Trading Operations Control Academy

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The Finance 3.0 Trading Operations Control Academy is a library of 4 courses designed to provide treasury managers and trading operation professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the trading and operational activities in trade life cycle, and the role and structure of the front office, middle office and back office in processing and controlling a trade.

The 4 courses in the Finance 3.0 Trading Operations Control Academy are:

1. Trade Life Cycle
2. Front Office Controls
3. Middle Office Controls
4. Back Office Controls

PROGRAM DETAILS

1. Trade Life Cycle

• Basic concepts in trade life cycle
  • Front office
  • Middle office
  • Back office
• Logical sequence of events in trade life cycle
• Concept of Straight Through Process (STP)

2. Front Office Controls

• The role and structure of the front office in a trading institution
• The importance of front office in the financial institution’s trading activities
• The different methodologies of measuring and managing market risk
• The techniques used by trading institution to summarize market risk
• The market-risk limits that are used to control the risks that arise in trading activity

3. Middle Office Controls

• The techniques used for determining market prices for liquid instruments and illiquid instruments.
• The valuation methodologies that are used in the middle office for marking trade positions.
• The pricing models which are used to value and hedge financial securities.
• The characteristics of the pricing model review process

4. Back Office Controls

• Various functions performed by the back office
• Processing of payments and delivery or receipt of securities, commodities, and written contracts by back office staff
• Role of back office in:
  • Confirmation of trading transaction
  • Settlement of transaction process
  • Foreign payments
  • Reconciliations
• Netting and types of netting

$60 – 12 Month Program – Enroll Now