Financial markets how to buid successful career

Financial MarketsHow to build successful careers

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Career in Financial Markets2

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Financial Markets

Any marketplace where buyers and sellers participate in the trade of financialsecurities, commodities and other fungible items of value at low transactioncosts and at prices that reflect supply and demand. Securities include stocksand bonds, and commodities include precious metals or agricultural goods.

Efficient transfer of resources from those having idle resources to others who have a pressing need for them is achieved through financial markets.



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Role Of Financial Markets

• Capital Formation (in the capital markets)

• The transfer of risk (in the derivatives markets)

• Creation of Investment avenues

• Price discovery

• Global transactions with integration of financial markets

• The transfer of liquidity (in the money markets)

• International trade (in the currency markets)



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Indian Financial System

Indian Financial System

Capital Markets

Securities Market

Primary Markets

IPOs

Book Building

Private placement

Secondary Market

Equity Markets

Debt Market

Commodity Market

DerivativesNon

Securities Market

Mutual Funds

FDs, PF, Small savings

Insurance

Money markets



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As Beneficiaries•Individual Investors – Speculators, Arbitrageurs•Corporations seeking capital•Hedgers•Prop traders•Mutual Funds, Portfolio Managers, Insurance companies etc

As Facilitators•Regulators•Stock Exchanges•Depositories and their participants, Custodians•Intermediaries, Merchant banks, Inv. banks•Rating Agencies

Participants of the Financial Markets



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Turnover in Financial Markets in India

Sources: NSE, BSE, PTI, FIMMDA, SEBI, RBIIndicative figs. only Please refer to relevant organisations for accurate figs.



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Career in Financial Markets



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Should you opt for ???

•A highly Competitive Industry – Do not enter if you can’t compete

•Passion to work 24 (Twenty four) 30 (Thirty) hours in a day

•Problem solving skills

•360 degree outlook

•Constant learner with Lateral & Practical thinking

•Numerical/ Statistical ability

•Observation and eye for detail

•In all, it’s a demanding workplace

•Hiring & Firing – Survival of the fittest

Then why to enter?????



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Highly rewarding career

Industry of Multi millionaire Second hand Traders

•Good Salaries

•Big Incentives

•Huge bonuses

•ESOPs

•Profit sharing



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Roles to start with…

•Sales

•Trading/Dealing

•Research

•Risk Management

•Operations

•Compliance

Get in on the ground floor – Choose the one of your interest



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SALES

Your chosen role may take you to

Wealth ManagementInvestment banking

Private Equity



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TRADING/DEALING

Your chosen role may take you to

Fund Management Corporate treasuries

Prop book Trading



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RESEARCH

Your chosen role may take you to…

Analyst Fund Management



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RISK MANAGEMENT


Vice President – RiskOr Risk Officer

Controller



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OPERATIONS


Vice President -Ops Trade book auditors



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COMPLIANCE


Compliance officer Merchant banker



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Potential Employers

•Exchanges

•Broking Organization

•Prop traders/Algo traders

•Banks

•Corporate treasuries

•Mutual funds, PMS, Hedge funds

•Investment banking organisations

•Credit rating agencies/Research outfits

•Self Employed



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Upcoming Avenues

•Alternative Investment funds

•Currency Derivatives

•Interest rate derivatives

•Algo Trading

•New Stock Exchanges – MCX-SX, SME exchanges

•ETFs and Market making



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Suggestion for aspiring professionals

•Read economic newspapers, magazines and articles

•Must clear NISM certifications

•Internships

•Real project work

•Attend Seminars & Conferences

•Keep a tick by tick update of market



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Thank you Please also complete our other related modules also

•Security Operations and Risk Management & question bank•Equity Derivatives & question bank•Currency derivatives & question bank•Commodity markets & question bank•Mutual fund advisor module & question bank

