Capital Markets and Key Participants

This course explores the economic interplay between financial intermediaries (indirect finance) and markets (direct finance) in allocating capital and creating investment opportunities. You will learn about global financial markets including how banking and financial markets work together. You will learn about the types of of financial intermediaries and how to identify the drivers behind the global distribution of investment-grade bonds by currency and of equity market capitalization by country.

• Introduction to Global Financial Markets
• Identify the key participants and their impact on the market
• Understand the drivers behind the global distribution of investment-grade bonds by currency and of equity market capitalization by country.
• Distinguish between direct and indirect finance in global capital markets.
• Identify the main types of financial intermediaries.
• Distinguish between primary and secondary financial markets.

• Basic MS Excel Skills