Opleiding Financial Markets

During this course, you will learn the basic principles of the currency, money and capital markets and the coherence between them. The course is particularly suited to people who hold or are about to start a bachelor-level function in the financial services sector and wish to expand their knowledge of the financial markets. For example, this could include sales employees, investment advisors, accountants or support staff. The practical approach employed by the experienced tutors combined with the modern online learning environment make this a very attractive course. This NIBE-SVV course provides excellent perspectives for your future career.

Target group

This course was developed for current and starting employees occupying a bachelor-level function in the financial-services sector who wish to deepen their knowledge of the financial markets, such as starting salesmen and traders in the financial markets, mid/back-office employees, treasury and securities employees working for banks and institutional investors, investment advisors and asset managers, IT specialists and other support staff, internal/external accountants, SME accountants, government accountants and business accountants.

Preparation and study load

The classroom meetings, preparation and reading approximately takes 
12 hours.

Goal and structure

The goal of this course is to teach you about the function of the products in the money market, capital market, currency market and the financial-derivatives market. Following this captivating course, you will understand the different roles within the financial markets and you will know how the prices of the various products are determined. Furthermore, the course addresses how clients/banks can apply the various products and explains the risks involved with the various activities of institutions operating in the financial markets. This course is taught by highly experienced and professionally active lecturers. The lessons are practically oriented, extremely accessible and provide excellent preparation for the final modular assignment.

Preliminary training

No special preliminary training is required for this course. Bachelor-level education and experience in the banking sector would be preferred.

Course materials

NIBE-SVV is the number one financial trainer in the banking, insurance and securities sectors and sets the standard for the market. This guarantees you the highest quality by far. For many years, NIBE-SVV has been the training institute for the Dutch financial-services sector. NIBE-SVV uses the latest literature and possesses a modern online learning environment. This online learning environment includes all information that you will require for your training.

Study programme

The course addresses the following topics:

Introduction: Banking, Economics and Financial Markets

• Bank revenue models
• Bank risks
• Key economic terminology
• Financial markets: submarkets, market players and the trading room

The Money Market

• Functions of the money market
• Macroeconomics and ECB monetary policy
• Money-market products: deposits and commercial paper

The Currency Market

• Introduction
• Spot and forward transactions

The Capital Market - obligations

• Introduction
• Obligations: settlement and price setting
• Securitisation

The Capital Market - stocks

• Introduction
• IPOs and claim-emission statistics

Derivatives

• Introduction
• Options
• Interest-rate swaps

Alternative financing

• Dutch funding gap
• Direct lending
• Credit unions
• Crowdfunding

Exam and diploma

The course concludes with an assignment. If you obtain a passing grade for this assignment, you will be awarded the NIBE-SVV diploma ‘Financial Markets’.