Knowledge as Growth Factor
Principles of Investment Banking

Module 1: Time Value of Money
Module 2: Internal Rate of Return
Module 3: Valuation of Bonds
Module 4: Duration Management
Module 5: Bond Prices & Yield
Module 6: Term Structure of Interest Rates
Module 7: Quantitative Methods
Module 8: Introduction to Risk and Return
Module 9: Introduction to Financial Futures
Module 10: Fundamentals of Options

Money Market

Module 1: Introduction to Monetary Policy
Module 2: Market Operations of Central Banks
Module 3: Cash Instruments
Module 4: Repo Instruments
Module 5: Repo & Financial Products
Module 6: Yield Curve Shapes

Fixed Income Securities

Module 1: Global Fixed Income Markets
Module 2: Trading Government Bonds
Module 3: Corporate Bonds
Module 4: Bond Indices

Fixed Income Strategies

Module 1: Index Strategies
Module 2: Active Fixed Income Strategies

Equities & Derivatives

Module 1: Stock Indices
Module 2: Stock Index Futures
Module 3: Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
Module 4: Exotic Options
Module 5: Local Volatility
Module 6: Basket Correlation
Module 7: Alpha-based Strategies

Equities & Structured Products

Module 1: Stochastic Asset Pricing
Module 2: Correlated Asset Paths
Module 3: Baskets (Stock Picking)
Module 4: Baskets (Lock-ins)
Module 5: Autocallable (Kick-out) Notes
Module 6: Reverse Convertible

Portfolio Management

Module 1: Overview of Models & Theories
Module 2: Portfolio Selection
Module 3: Efficient Portfolios
Module 4: Benchmarking
Module 5: Index Tracking
Module 6: Advanced Regression Analysis
Module 7: Single Index Models
Module 8: Multi Index Models

Behavioural Finance

Module 1: Anomalies in Financial Markets
Module 2: Decision Making with Uncertainty
Module 3: Prospect Theory

Foreign Exchange

Module 1: FX Management
Module 2: FX Spot Market
Module 3: FX Forward Market
Module 4: FX Options
Module 5: Exotic Options
Module 6: Volatility Surface
Module 7: FX Baskets

Managing Bank

Module 1: Bank Capital
Module 2: Gap Management
Module 3: Managing Leverage

Corporate Finance

Module 1: Investment Appraisal Techniques
Module 2: Investment Decision & Risk
Module 3: Company's Cost of Capital
Module 4: Real Option Theory
Module 5: Debt Financing

Derivative Products

Module 1: Money Market I (FRAs)
Module 2: Money Market II (Euro Futures)
Module 3: Swaps I (Interest Rate Swaps)
Module 4: Swaps II (Asset Swaps)
Module 5: Swaps III (Cross Currency Swaps)
Module 6: Bond Futures
Module 7: Options I (Advanced Strategies)
Module 8: Options II (Pricing Options)
Module 9: Options III (Risk Parameters)
Module 10: OTC Options I (Caps and Floors)
Module 11: OTC Options II (Swaptions)

Commodities

Module 1: Agricultural Markets
Module 2: Metal Markets
Module 3: Oil & Refined Products
Module 4: Natural Gas & LNG
Module 5: Bio Energy Products
Module 6: Trading Commodities
Module 7: Investment Strategies
Module 8: Pricing Commodities

Market Risk Management

Module 1: Market Risk Measurement
Module 2: Risk Analysis of Financial Products
Module 3: Value-at-Risk
Module 4: Historical & Monte Carlo Simulation

Credit Risk

Module 1: Introduction to Credit Risk
Module 2: Valuing Credit Risk
Module 3: Credit Risk Models
Module 4: Modern Credit Risk Management
Module 5: Measuring Credit Risk of Derivatives

Credit Derivatives/Indices

Module 1: Credit Derivatives I (Products)
Module 2: Credit Derivatives II (ISDA)
Module 3: Credit Derivatives III (Pricing)
Module 4: Credit Derivatives IV (nth to default)
Module 5: Trading Credit Indices

Securitization

Module 1: Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs)
Module 2: Synthetic CDOs
Module 3: Single Tranche (Bespoke) CDO
Module 4: MBS Collateral Analysis
Module 5: Mortgage Backed Securities
Module 6: Mortgage Backed Securities (Math)
Module 7: Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs)
Module 8: Loss Distribution of Correlated Defaults
Module 9: Tranche Spread & Sensitivities
Module 10: CDO Restructuring

BIS Compliance

Module 1: Credit Risk - Standardised Approach
Module 2: Credit Risk - IRB Approach
Module 3: Operational Risk
Module 4: Market Risk - Standardised Method
Module 5: Market Risk - Internal Models Approach
Module 6: Market Risk - Backtesting

Rules & Regulation

Module 1: Anti Money Laundering
Module 2: Hedge Accounting
Module 3: Corporate Governance
Module 4: MiFID (EU Directive)

Analytical Methods

Module 1: Principal Component Analysis
Module 2: Copula
Module 3: Stochastic Volatility

Understanding Pricing Techniques

Module 1: Introduction to Interest Rate Models
Module 2: Black Derman Toy Model
Module 3: Simulation of Short Rates
Module 4: Libor Market Models

Know Your Clients

Module 1: Pension Funds
Module 2: Life Insurance
Module 3: Corporates
Module 4: Hedge Funds

Strategies

Module 1: CPPI
Module 2: CPDO
Module 3: Forward/Duration Bias Strategies
Module 4: Liability Driven Investments

Structured Products

Module 1: Callable Bonds
Module 2: Range Floater/Accrual Note
Module 3: Convertible Bonds
Module 4: Constant Maturity Swaps/Note
Module 5: Reverse Floaters
Module 6: Libor in Arrears (Lia) Swaps
Module 7: Inflation-Linked Products
Module 8: One way (Ratchet) Floaters
Module 9: Target Redemption Notes
Module 10: Quanto Swaps
Module 11: Volatility/Variance Swaps

Alternative Markets

Module 1: Freight & Shipping Market
Module 2: Weather Derivative Markets
Module 3: Property Derivatives & Indices

Quantitative Analysis

Module 1: Volatility in Financial Markets
Module 2: Correlation in Financial Markets
Module 3: Regression in Financial Market