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Level 7 Diploma in Accounting and Finance

Market Operations and New Issues

AF701 · Investment Analysis — Week 3 of 16

CourseAF701
Week3 of 16
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This week’s topics

Market Operations and New Issues

  1. Primary market issuance and underwriting
  2. Secondary market mechanisms
  3. Clearing and settlement procedures
  4. Exchange vs over-the-counter (OTC) trading
  5. Ciamac Moallemi: High-Frequency Trading and Market Microstructure

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Explain regulations and procedures used in trading securities.
  • 2.2 Analyse the policies and procedures relating to the trading of securities and new issues in world markets.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain regulations and procedures used in trading securities.

Study materials

Videos

  • Ciamac Moallemi: High-Frequency Trading and Market Microstructure · YouTube · Columbia Business School · 25 min · for registered students
  • Costis Maglaras: High-Frequency Trading · YouTube · Columbia Business School · 21 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Money and Banking, ch. 2: The Financial System · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 12–36 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 1: Financial Accounting, ch. 14: Corporation Accounting · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 795–854 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Securities and Asset Classes
  • Week 2: Securities Valuation and Strategic Use
  • Week 3: Market Operations and New Issues
  • Week 4: Global Capital Markets and the London Stock Exchange
  • Week 5: Investment Theories and Market Efficiency
  • Week 6: Taxation and Investment Decision-Making
  • Week 7: Financial Services Regulation and Compliance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Investment Risk Assessment and Mitigation
  • Week 10: Client Profiling and Asset Allocation
  • Week 11: Portfolio Management and Performance Evaluation
  • Week 12: Applying Investment Analysis in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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