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Trade Finance

Trade Finance Introduction

Trade Finance represents products that facilitate international trade. In this introductory video into the topic, Andy breaks the sector down into its constituent parts.

Andy Sweeney • 9:55

How a Bank works

What is a Bank?

Rob describes the fundamental activities of a bank, builds a theoretical bank balance sheet and shows how liquidity and capital perform their vital functions.

Robert Ellison • 1:10:55

Derivatives

Interest Rate Swaps Introduction

David provides an overview of interest rate swaps – what they are, why they are used, typical parties involved and key components of the derivative.

David Leeming • 17:58

ESG

FX Markets (1/2): Introduction

In this video, Kees discusses the Foreign Exchange (FX) market and the importance of understanding Money Markets. He goes into detail on the popularity and volume of currencies traded in the FX market.

Kees van den Aarssen • 17:33

Corporate Finance

M&A: Valuations Introduction (2/2)

In the second part of this series, Jo discusses various valuation methods, including precedent transaction multiples, discounted cashflows (DCF), leveraged buyouts (LBO) and sum-of-the parts.

Josephine Tan • 10:33

Financial Crisis

Central banks & when they go wrong

January covers the roles of a Central Bank; how it controls the currency, how it maintains adequate foreign exchange reserves, and how it acts as a lender of last resort.

January Carmalt • 10:08

Fintech

Fintech Data (2/4): Types of Data and Privacy

The media often talks about privacy in the Fintech world. In this video in the series on Fintech Data, Marta covers what anonymised and pseudonymised data is, and what the advantages of using pseudonymised data.

Marta Dunphy-Moriel • 7:51

LIBOR Introduction (1/4): Floating Rates

Debt

LIBOR Introduction (1/4): Floating Rates

Peter explains what floating rates are and explains why the most important floating rates are in fact central bank policy rates.

Peter Eisenhardt • 10:23

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Regulation

Fallible Models (1/2)

Christian explores how traditional ways of thinking might not always serve us well in the modern world. He explains why we use models and evaluates some of their limitations.

Christian Hunt • 16:12

Debt

Bond Bookbuilding Introduction (1/2)

Nigel explain the purpose of the bond bookbuilding process and the role of the syndicate bankers once a bond mandate is received.

Nigel Owen • 7:06

Equity

What is Equity?

‘Equity’ has many meanings. In this discussion, James focuses on the most common financial market reference. In this video, James explains what shares and shareholders are, and how a shareholder can trade shares

James Eves • 6:01

Risk

A Practical view of Operational Risk (1/3): Introduction

Olaf provides an introduction to Operational Risk explaining what Operational Risk or “OpRisk” is, and why it matters.

Olaf Ransome • 9:34

Fintech

Blockchain in Trade Finance - Part I

Andrew provides an introduction to blockchain in trade finance, and explains how it can be used to solve real world problems in trade finance.

Andrew English • 9:03

Regulation

History of the Basel Accord

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, there was an unprecedented overhaul of the global framework regulating the banking system. Sukhy explains this regulatory framework and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Basel I and II that ultimately led to the current version – Basel III.

Sukhy Kaur • 15:52