Deep Dive Into Equity Swaps

Deep Dive Into Equity Swaps, available at $69.99, has an average rating of 4.25, with 20 lectures, 5 quizzes, based on 507 reviews, and has 3408 subscribers.

You will learn about Understand what equity swaps are all about and how / why they exist Describe the features and functions of equity swaps, and how they operate in the financial markets Determine pricing and valuation issues of equity swaps Evaluate various swap structures and variances Apply portfolio diversification using swaps to mitigate or take financial risk Explain how equity swaps, rainbow swaps and variance swaps operate This course is ideal for individuals who are Analysts and associates in commercial, corporate and investment banking or Capital markets and financial markets professionals looking to expand their product knowledge It is particularly useful for Analysts and associates in commercial, corporate and investment banking or Capital markets and financial markets professionals looking to expand their product knowledge.

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Summary

Title: Deep Dive Into Equity Swaps

Price: $69.99

Average Rating: 4.25

Number of Lectures: 20

Number of Quizzes: 5

Number of Published Lectures: 20

Number of Published Quizzes: 5

Number of Curriculum Items: 25

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 25

Original Price: $39.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Understand what equity swaps are all about and how / why they exist

Describe the features and functions of equity swaps, and how they operate in the financial markets

Determine pricing and valuation issues of equity swaps

Evaluate various swap structures and variances

Apply portfolio diversification using swaps to mitigate or take financial risk

Explain how equity swaps, rainbow swaps and variance swaps operate

Who Should Attend

Analysts and associates in commercial, corporate and investment banking

Capital markets and financial markets professionals looking to expand their product knowledge

Target Audiences

Analysts and associates in commercial, corporate and investment banking

Capital markets and financial markets professionals looking to expand their product knowledge

This course will give you a broad overview of this rapidly-evolving section of the derivatives markets. Swaps in general will be introduced, and then the course will segue into an introduction to equity swaps, look at the various details of the contracts, the applications that market participants use them for, as well as pricing and valuation issues.

This course contains 18 lectures divided into5 sections, including: 

Introduction to Equity Swaps

Equity Swap Contracts

OTC Clearinghouses

Equity Swap Structures and Applications

Variance Swaps

More about this course and Starweaver

This course is led by a seasoned capital markets industry practitioner and executive with many years of hands-on, in-the-trenches financial markets sales, trading and analysis work. It has been designed, produced and delivered by Starweaver. Starweaver is one of the most highly regarded, well-established training providers in the World, providing training courses to many of the leading financial institutions and technology companies, including:

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Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Equity Swaps

Lecture 1: Welcome!

Lecture 2: Introduction to Swaps

Lecture 3: Equity Swap Exposures and Users of Equity Swaps

Lecture 4: Potential Advantages of Equity Swaps Versus Alternatives

Chapter 2: Equity Swap Contracts

Lecture 1: Equity Swap Contract Features

Lecture 2: Exposures Created by Equity Swaps

Lecture 3: Equity Swap Contract Illustration

Lecture 4: Equity Swap Contract Illustration and Economic Equivalents

Chapter 3: OTC Clearinghouses

Lecture 1: Swaps Versus Economic Equivalents and OTC Clearinghouses

Lecture 2: Cleared Swaps Compared to Swaps Done Ex-Clearinghouse

Lecture 3: Functioning of OTC Clearinghouse

Chapter 4: Equity Swap Structures and Applications

Lecture 1: Variations in Equity Swap Structures, Swap Pricing and Valuation

Lecture 2: Swap Pricing, Early Termination and Risk Management with Swaps

Lecture 3: Tactical Asset Allocation Using Equity Swaps

Lecture 4: International Diversification Using Equity Swaps

Lecture 5: Diversifying Concentrated Portfolios Using Equity Swaps

Chapter 5: Variance Swaps

Lecture 1: Rainbow Swaps and Variance Swaps

Lecture 2: Introduction to Variance Swap and Contract Features

Lecture 3: Variance Swaps Gains and Losses, Applications of Variance Swaps

Chapter 6: Closing Remarks

Lecture 1: Take-aways

Instructors

Starweaver Instructor Team
Learning | Doing | Connecting?

Paul Siegel
Top rated instructor and course creator

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 5 votes

2 stars: 9 votes

3 stars: 65 votes

4 stars: 191 votes

5 stars: 237 votes

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