Omega Performance Workshop - Introduction to the Financial Markets

One-Day, Highly Interactive Workshop
Introduction to the Financial Markets
Join Your Industry Peers and Enhance Your Professional Development

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Omega Performance is offering Introduction to the Financial Markets—a one-day, highly interactive workshop to provide knowledge and insights about Australia's financial markets.

Select a venue/date below:

Sydney:
26 March 2009
24 September 2009

Melbourne:
24 March 2009
22 September 2009

Auckland:
18 March 2009
17 September 2009

Join us in Sydney, Melbourne or Auckland and leave the one-day, information-rich workshop better prepared to:

Put your role and the role of your organisation in the context of the broader financial services sector in Australia.
Appreciate how financial markets are used by businesses for both capital raising and as a source of investment returns.
Develop your knowledge of finance and investment language.
Define the role of the key regulatory agencies that supervise market activity.
Gain an appreciation of Australia’s place in the global financial services industry and the rationale for developing Australia’s credentials as a financial services centre.
Manage the challenges created by the current credit crisis.

Introduction to the Financial Markets will cover the following topics:

Structure of the Australian Financial Services Industry demonstrates the roles of the industry and the financial markets and its participants—both wholesale and retail. Includes case studies of the major players and the trends which drive the growth of the industry, both within Australia and globally.
Regulation of Financial Services explains the roles of ASIC, APRA and RBA and who they regulate. Plus, it explores key regulatory developments including response to the current credit crisis, FSR, Basel and anti-money laundering.
Equity and Debt Markets includes an overview of the key products traded on ASX and case studies on raising capital. It also explores the operation of Australia’s debt markets and the key products traded, with case studies of debt issuance in Australia.
Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Markets explores the type of products traded in the foreign exchange market and the factors influencing exchange rates. It explains the role of the banks as price markers. It defines and explores derivatives and their use for risk management, assets allocation and trading. Plus, it discusses how to manage the risks, with case studies on financial institutions and corporate customers.
Trends and Issues looks at the changing nature of international and domestic financial markets, particularly in light of the current credit crisis. It explores a range of topical issues such as the role of hedge funds, the debate over short selling as well as other contemporary issues currently facing government financial intermediaries, regulatory agencies and investors.

Our Facilitator:

Stephen Chambers, Omega Performance consultant for Asia/Pacific, is a financial markets consultant with 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. During his career, he has held a number of senior management positions with organisations including the Sydney Futures Exchange, the Treasury Department of the Australian Government and the National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO). Stephen was also an Associate Director of the Australian financial services consulting firm—Basis Point Consulting. In this role, Stephen provided specialist financial market consulting services to derivatives exchanges, funds management groups and other financial intermediaries. His expertise encompasses all areas of the capital markets, particularly in the fields of financial risk management, derivatives product pricing and trading, and portfolio management.