Learning Platform - "Markets & Trading"
Course: Interest Rates & Money Markets
About the online training programme
This course covers the money markets. It sets out what interest concerns, how it can be calculated and what conventions apply in the markets. Attention is given to interbank offered rates and interest rate benchmarks, and day count convention. Also covered are related concepts, processes and terminology.
Course Contents
This course covers the following video lessons:
- Introduction
- Basis points
- Calculations with interest rates
- Risk-free rate
- Interest rate benchmarks
- LIBOR
- The LIBOR scandal
- EURIBOR, EONIA & EURONIA
- Money markets conventions – Day count conventions
- Interest rate calculation methods – Simple interest rate
- Interest rate calculation methods – Annually compounding interest rate
- Interest rate calculation methods – Continuously compounding interest rate
- Interest rate calculation methods – Natural logarithm & exponential function
This course also includes examination and certification.