Market Data – Ticks – Uptick – Downtick
I just wanted to clarify few basic terms that are used very often to indicate market movements.
Plustick/Uptick
Security is Trading at higher than the...
Financial Markets & Products – Introduction
One day workshop
Covers fundamental elements of Financial markets and products. Topics like:
Overview of Financial markets
Players and Structure of Financial markets
Buy Side Firms
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FIX Protocol Training
As I promised, another one day FIX workshop will be conducted on Feb 15 '09. This is going to be one day course from...
‘Short End’ and ‘Long End’ of the Yield Curve
These are some of the informal terms used. Usually Yield Curve is formed with two sets of Maturities. They are -
1. Short Term Rates...
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Credit event
An event that leads to a diminished market value for a reference obligation (corporate debt security or loan) other than market interest rates.
Cash flows of credit derivatives
It includes payments associated with initial settlement, periodic premium or coupon payments, termination fee, credit settlement
Course on Derivatives Life Cycle for Boursa Kuwait
Last week and half, I was in Kuwait. It was a great experience conducting a training at Boursa Kuwait. We had a good blend...
Event Mapping between Internal Systems and FpML for Regulatory Reporting
The introduction of open protocols almost two decades ago changed the face of communication among financial institutions. The first one was FIX protocol. Although...
How soon Smart Contracts will disrupt Derivatives Market?
We all experienced the excitement and the hype of the Bitcoin explosion. Prices went up, and prices went down; it was a manic moment....
