Course Outcomes
Expected learning outcomes
- How to develop an impactful IR strategy that will effectively raise the company's profile in an increasingly competitive global market
- The value of a clearly defined investment thesis and how to achieve it
- How to ensure a sound financial image through transparent and effective communication
- Clear guidelines on how to communicate value and deliver compelling messages on corporate strategies, major transactions and returns to shareholders
- How to organize the Investor Relations function for maximum efficiency and impact: team size, skill sets, budgets, reporting lines, measurement tools
Target Audience
Who should attend?
- CEOs
- CFOs
- Directors
- Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Team
- Company Secretaries
- Senior executives in finance, legal, human resources
Curriculum
Course modules and outline
Macro Economics and Capital Markets
- Defining an economic environment
- Managing an economic environment
- Central banks
- Global interest rates
- Bloomberg Financial Conditions Monitor “FCON”
- Purpose of the capital markets
- Listed vs. OTC markets
- Clearing houses
- Two way markets and types of markets
Currency and Commodity Markets
- F/X market fundamentals
- Forward markets
- Commodity market fundamentals
- Types of traded commodities
- 3:2:1 crack spread
Equity Capital Markets and Valuation
- Trading venues
- Trading conventions
- Equity security dynamics
- ETFs and closed end funds
- Equity fundamentals
- Equity valuation basics
- Estimating costs of capital
- Equity valuation from capital markets perspective
Fixed Income
- What is a bond
- Types of bonds
- Bond math
- Bond pricing
- Interest rate risk
- Yield curves
- Credit spreads
Derivatives
- Futures and Forwards
- Financial futures
- Cash and carry arbitrage
- Swaps
- Types of Swaps
- Equity options
Why Attend
Key course benefits
Practical capacity building approach
Designed for government, NGOs and public institutions
Real-world African case studies
Certificate of completion
Applicable tools and templates
Interactive facilitation and exercises
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