Core Financial Markets: FX, Money Market and Bonds
Introduction
The Core Financial Markets Programme is a comprehensive self-learning course designed to build practical, working knowledge of Foreign Exchange, Money Markets, and Bond Markets.
This programme focuses on how markets actually operate — how rates are quoted, how instruments are priced, how trades are settled, and how risks are managed — rather than theoretical finance.
The content is developed from real treasury training scripts and delivered through clear, step-by-step video modules, making it suitable for both newcomers to treasury roles and professionals seeking to strengthen fundamentals.
Course Highlights
Complete coverage of FX, Money Markets, and Bonds
- Dealer-style explanation of bid/offer, pricing, valuation, and settlement
- Strong focus on market conventions, calculations, and workflows
- Clear separation of trade date vs value date accounting
- Practical treatment of:
- FX spot, forwards, swaps
- Money market instruments & interest rate conventions
- Yield curves, discounting, compounding
- Government securities and bond basics
- Designed for self-paced learning with modular videos
- Aligned with banking, treasury, and ACI-style exam expectations
Benefits of the Programme
After completing this programme, learners will be able to:
- Read and interpret FX quotes and interest rate quotations correctly
- Apply bid / offer logic without confusion
- Understand pricing and valuation of money market instruments
- Calculate interest, yields, discounts, and forward rates
- Understand trade lifecycle, settlement mechanisms, and risks
- Bridge the gap between theory and desk-level understanding
- Build confidence to operate in treasury, operations, or market-facing roles
This programme reduces conceptual errors, improves calculation accuracy, and builds market intuition — essential for professional credibility.
Best Suited For
This programme is best suited for:
- Bank treasury staff (front, mid, and back office)
- Junior dealers and treasury operations professionals
- Finance graduates and MBAs targeting banking roles
- ACI Dealing Certificate / Treasury exam candidates
- Back office and operations professionals transitioning to market roles
- Professionals who want clear fundamentals before advanced products
Course Material Includes
- Professionally structured video lectures
- Clear explanations supported by worked examples
- FX, money market, and bond calculation walkthroughs
- Market conventions, rules, and practical tips
- End-to-end coverage of:
- FX markets
- Money & interest rate markets
- Bond market fundamentals
- Self-learning friendly format with logical progression
Programme Structure
Module 1: Foreign Exchange Markets
- FX market structure
- Bid / offer logic and dealer perspective
- Spot, forward, and swap transactions
- FX arithmetic and rate calculations
- Settlement conventions and risks
Module 2: Money & Interest Rate Markets
- Money market instruments
- Interest rate conventions and day counts
- Discounting, compounding, PV & FV
- Yield curves and market benchmarks
- Broken dates and interpolation
Module 3: Bond Market Fundamentals
- Bond characteristics and structures
- Yields, pricing concepts, and conventions
- Government securities overview
- Relationship between interest rates and bond prices