Introduction to Investment Banking

This course will allow participants to understand the main front-office banking divisions and their respective products and services.

It covers the role of each of these, how they make money, and the risks associated with their activities.

Suitability

This is for individuals new to investment banking and the financial markets.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course participants should understand:rn

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  • How an investment bank makes money

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  • The key roles within an investment bank

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  • The different types of risks faced by the banking sector

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Course Content

How banks make moneyrn

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  • Customers, clients and counterparties

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  • Traditional model VS new model

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  • Profit and Loss (P&L)

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rnRoles in sales and tradingrn

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  • Specialist and generalist sales

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  • Flow, cash and prop trader

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  • Sales trader

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rnRole of Researchrn

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  • Sector VS product research

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rnRole of global capital markets divisionrn

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  • Syndication, origination and execution

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rnRole of investment banking divisionrn

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  • Advisory and underwriting roles

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  • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

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  • Restructurings

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rnRole of prime brokeragern

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  • Core VS value-added services

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  • Prime brokerage risks

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rnRisks in bankingrn

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  • Types of risk: market risk, model risk, rogue trader risk, credit risk, operational risk and reputational risk

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  • The current regulatory environment

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Why study with Alpha?

Innovation and creativity born from experience

We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.

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We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?

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Quality and innovation, using current market and industry best practices, have made us a trusted partner in delivering dynamic and motivating training for the financial and capital markets. Our programmes are generation proof and responsive to evolving learner needs and styles. Our solutions use a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy that expands beyond relationships between the learner and learning provider. We create connections with managers, peers and the wider business to drive impactful return on investment..

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