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Fundamentals Of The Foreign Exchange Market

by SAIFM (South African Institute of Financial Markets) Claim Listing

The workshop will introduce the learner to the South African Foreign Exchange Market. The retail, as well as the wholesale market for foreign exchange, will be discussed. The calculations and risks associated with this market will be described.

R4884.8

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The workshop will introduce the learner to the South African Foreign Exchange Market. The retail, as well as the wholesale market for foreign exchange, will be discussed. The calculations and risks associated with this market will be described.

 

The program is aimed at the following learners, but not limited to:

  • Bank Foreign Exchange personnel
  • Investment advisors
  • Banking investment personnel
  • Internal auditors
  • Accountants
  • Junior dealers in the treasury
  • Treasury operations staff
  • Risk managers

 

Workshop Outline:

  • Introduction – what is foreign exchange?
  • Participants in the foreign exchange market
  • Market convention for exchange rate quotation
  • Determinants of exchange rates
  • Spot foreign exchange
  • Cross rates
  • The relationship between money markets and foreign exchange
  • Forward Foreign Exchange rates
  • Principle of pricing a forward exchange rate

 

Outcomes Of The Workshop:

  • Explain the concept of foreign exchange
  • Understand the role of the different participants in the foreign exchange market
  • Distinguish between spot and forward foreign exchange
  • Calculate direct and indirect exchange rates and cross rates
  • Understand the economic influences on foreign exchange rates
  • Understand how a forward exchange rate is derived
  • Understand the influence of other markets on the foreign exchange market
  • Understand the risks in the foreign exchange market

The South African Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM) is a voluntary association registered as an NPO established to promote professionalism and integrity among members and the financial markets as a whole and is registered as a professional body in terms of the National Qualifications Act.

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  • Johannesburg Branch

    Ground Floor Building 27, Woodlands Office Park, 20 Woodlands Drive, Woodmead, Johannesburg
  • Teacher's Name
  • André
  • Teacher's Experience
  • André holds BCom Honours degree from UNISA and is a CAIB (SA) with the Institute of Bankers in SA. André is a Fellow of the South African Institute of Financial Markets and has served as a Governor on the board for over 17 years. He has extensive knowledge of banking, treasury and finance products. André worked in the treasury at Nedcor for 9 years, where he traded money and bond markets. While at Nedcor, he was instrumental in establishing the interest rate derivative trading desk. André worked at two major interdealer brokers as a Director responsible for Interest rate derivative broking. André worked at ABSA as Head of their agricultural derivatives trading desk in 1994. During his time at ABSA, André sat on the executive committee of the SA futures Exchange Agricultural Markets Division. André worked for the SA Futures Exchange for a year as Assistant General Manager responsible for interest rate product development. The ACI Financial Markets Association recognizes André as a training provider for both the ACI Dealing and Operations Certificate programs. André has been training for 16 years and is extensively traveled having facilitated workshops and training interventions for many of the large multinational financial institutions from introductory to advanced level in Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Oman, KSA, Malaysia, China, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. He consults to a number of companies on treasury product implementation and hedging.
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Teacher's Nationality
  • N/A

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