CISI Training: Hedge Funds

CISI Training: Hedge Funds – Understanding the Risks and Returns Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: ICWIM, ICAWM, Securities, IISI DEFINITION Although hedge funds seem to have hit the headlines only recently, the first of these funds was actually started…

CISI Training: Derivatives Markets – Their Structure and Function

CISI Training: Derivatives Markets – Their Structure and Function Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: ICWIM, ICAWM, Derivatives, IISI DEFINITION Derivatives markets attract three main types of participants: hedgers, speculators, and arbitrageurs. Hedgers reduce the risk that they face in…

The Tadawul Book Club: The Alchemy of Finance

The Tadawul Book Club The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the Mind of the Market (George Soros) Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: ICWIM, ICAWM, Securities Why Read It? ·         Gives insight into Soros’s investment strategies, and the decision-making processes of…

CISI Training: Methods for Dealing with Inflation Risk

CISI Training: Methods for Dealing with Inflation Risk Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: ICWIM, ICAWM, Securities, Risk in Financial Services DEFINITION Inflation risk can be defined as the risk that the value of physical or financial assets willbe eroded…

CISI Training: Corporate Governance and Its Interpretation

CISI Training: Corporate Governance and Its Interpretation Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: ICWIM, ICAWM, Risk in Financial Services DEFINITION Corporate governance is the system by which organizations are directed and controlled. The defects of poor corporate governance have recently…

CISI Training IFQ: An Overview of Shariah-Compliant Funds

CISI Training IFQ: An Overview of Shariah-Compliant Funds Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: Islamic Finance Qualification DEFINITION Shariah-compliant funds are investment vehicles which are fully compliant with the principles of Islam. The funds are prohibited from making investments in…

CISI Exam Prep: Managing the Time Value of Money

Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: ICWIM, ICAWM, Securities, Risk in Financial Services DEFINITION The time value of money is based on the premise that most people would choose to receive, say, $10,000 now, rather than the same sum in…

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