Capital Markets: Enhancing National Economic Growth

01 Nov 10 - 05 Nov 10 - London Book this course
Duration: 1 week
Price:£2150
Course ref: 10CAPM

Overview:

The extent of capital market development is an important determinant of a country’s level of savings, efficiency of investment and ultimately its rate of economic growth.

The aim of RIPA International’s concentrated workshop is to provide participants with analytical insight and an awareness of international best practice in the promotion, development and enhancement of capital markets, focusing on aligning contemporary international best practice to an individual participant’s country’s current economic situation.

The workshop is intended to build the existing knowledge and skills of participants in this key area of national economic development, utilising participative learning methods including case study evaluation, critical thinking and problem-solving techniques.
 



Learning objective
You will be able to:
  • A comprehensive understanding of how an efficient capital market should be developed and structured
  • Effective market and product development
  • Tools to build greater investor confidence
  • An understanding of the governance and risk management dimensions of capital markets
  • An awareness of the need to strengthen the legal and regulatory framework to meet the changing demands of the capital market and keep pace with international developments
  • The ability to develop and enhance regulatory measures to improve the capital-raising opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)
  • An understanding of the need to develop measures to improve the public’s confidence in the operation and integrity of the capital market in each participant’s own country

Course content
  • Necessary steps to support well-balanced and vibrant capital markets through expansion, diversification and effective regulation
  • Meeting capital market challenges
  • Developing private sector competence
  • Attracting and maximising capital flows: success stories from the global economy
  • How to develop domestic equity and bond markets into a relevant source of long-term finance
  • Understanding the essential disclosure: financial statements
  • Creating new investor choices
  • Developing the exchange-traded derivatives market
  • Futures contracts in commodities
  • Effectively bringing SME’s into the capital market
  • Encouraging issuer offerings
  • Government assistance to Issuers
  • Improving corporate governance standards
  • Mergers and acquisitions: capital market concerns
  • Hostile takeovers
  • The importance of a capital adequacy regime and early warning reserve
  • Enhancing transparency and governance in stock exchanges
  • The Implementation of the VAR-based mechanism for valuation of eligible securities
  • Supporting an effective licensing regime for market intermediaries
  • Developing and strengthening codes of conduct across the financial sector

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