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: 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 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 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 Review: Understanding Key Financial Terms and Statements Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: ICWIM, ICAWM, Securities DEFINITION Publicly traded companies are under an obligation to deliver regular trading updates to the market, ensuring that at all times they…
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…
The Structure and Function of the Foreign Exchange Market Relevant to the following CISI qualifications: IISI, Securities, Global Securities, ICWIM and ICAWM DEFINITION The foreign exchange market, also known as the forex, FX, or currency market, involves the trading of…
CISI Exam Prep: Inflation, Interest Rates & Forex The inter-relationship between inflation, interest rates and foreign exchange rates has always been a popular area in CISI exams – with varying difficulty across different levels. The recent turmoil in the Turkish…
Share Capitalisation Issues: Ex-scrip price and effects on the Balance Sheet A case study on Emirates NBD Capitalisation issues, otherwise known as bonus issues or scrip issues, are shares issued by the company to existing shareholders free of charge.…
