Post-Trade Qualification
Financial Markets Professionals
INTRODUCTION
Did you know that in a comparison with 30 other countries, South Africa was found to have one of the lowest productivity rates and one of the highest skills mismatches with a quarter of the workforce over-qualified and a quarter underqualified. In financial services, an estimated 60 000 roles in banking are vacant or incorrectly filled with incumbents with unsuitable qualifications. With this in mind, Novia One Business School has designed a specialist qualification relevant to the Capital Markets Post Trade ecosystem in an effort to create a talent pool of highly skilled individuals to reduce the skills mismatch that currently exists within the market. As a key provider of fintech, disruption and innovation programmes, and with the current delivery of these programmes to South Africa’s major banks and financial institutions, Novia One Business School is well placed to stage a training intervention that ensures financial markets professionals remain future fit and relevant.
Overview of the High-Level Programme
A Specialist Securities, Operations and Asset Servicing Qualification (NQF 6)
Module 1: Main Industry Participants
Module 2: Disruptive Innovations and Emerging Trends in Trading
Module 3: Securities and Asset Classes
Module 4: Clearing and Settlement
Module 5: Custody and Safekeeping
Module 6: Corporate Actions
Module 7: Cash Management
Module 8: Securities Financing
Module 9: Collateral Management
Module 10: Risk Identification and Managing Risk
Module 11: Fintech and Digital Disruption
Module 12: Taxation & ESG
Modules 1
Main Industry Participants • Buyside vs Sellside • Issuers, Exchanges, CSD, CSDP • Regulators • Trading Members • Clearing Members • Prop Trading • Communication and Technology Providers
Modules 2
Disruptive Innovations and Emerging Trends in Trading • Trading Fundamentals • Trading Risk Management • South African Trading Landscape • On- vs Off-Exchange Trading • Trading Principles and Market Types • Trading Mechanisms • Disruptive Innovations in Trading • Social Trading • Sustainable and Ethical Trading Practices • Global Trading Innovations • The Future of Trading • Summary of Regulations
Modules 3
Securities and Asset Classes • Equities • Bonds • Money Market • Property • Derivatives • Alternative Investments • Investment Fund Vehicles
Modules 4
Clearing And Settlement • Securities Trade Lifecycle • Settlement Periods and Payment Systems • Pre-Settlement • Settlement • DVP vs DFOP • Transfer of Legal Title and Netting in Pre-Settlement • Failed Settlements • Corporate Actions and Settlement Risk • Digital Assets and Settlement
Modules 5
Modules 6
Modules 7
Modules 8
Modules 9
Modules 10
Risk Identifying and Managing Risk • Overview of Different Types of Risk • Risk Identification and Assessment Techniques • Risk Management Strategies • Risk Mitigation vs Reconciliations and Regulations • Financial Markets Act and Other Relevant Regulations • Crisis Management
Modules 11
Modules 12
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