Security Market Foundation Course Contents

Understanding Securities Market

• Securities markets and the definition of securities

• Structure of securities Markets

• Security Market participants

• Role of securities markets in allocation of capital

• Technological advancements

• Cyber security

• Innovations in Fintech and regulatory sandbox

Security Types, Features and Asset Allocation concept

• Different types of equity and debt securities and its features

• Difference between equity and debt financing

• Equity Investing

• Equity analysis and valuation

• Risk and Return in Equities

• Debt Investing

• Types of Debt instruments

• Debt Terminologies

• Risk and return in Debt investing

• Hybrid Instruments

• Investment vehicles such as Mutual Funds

• Alternative asset classes such as commodities, structured products and Distressed Securities

• Derivatives

Primary Markets

• Meaning of Primary markets and its functions

• Issuers in Primary market

• Regulatory framework

• Types of issues and its process

• Public issue, Rights Issue and Private Placement

• Public Issue types

• Pricing in a new issue

• Public Issue Process

Secondary Markets

• Secondary Market Role, function,

• Secondary Market structure

• Secondary Market Participants

• Brokers and Client Acquisition

• Trade Execution

• Settlement of trades

• Risk Management

• Investor Grievance Redressal

Mutual Funds

• Meaning and description of a mutual fund

• Mutual Fund terminology

• Functioning of mutual fund

• Mutual Fund regulations

• Concept of systematic transaction in mutual funds

• Reading mutual fund information

• Benefits and Costs of Investing in Mutual Funds

• Mutual Fund Regulations

Derivatives Markets

• Definition of derivatives and the concepts underlying derivatives

• Types of derivative products

• Trading and Settlement of Derivatives

• Risk Management in Derivatives

• Benefits, costs and risk of derivatives

Other investment options

• Small case investments

• Portfolio management Services

• Alternate Investment Funds

• Special Investment Funds