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Global Banking, Money Markets, FOREX, and Swaps

An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Global Banking, Money Markets, FOREX, and Swaps

Understanding Contemporary Financial Intermediation

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
01 - 05 Jun 2026 Los Angeles $ 7,950
16 - 20 Nov 2026 Dubai $ 5,950

Course Summary

This GLOMACS training seminar focuses on understanding the contemporary functional roles of global banking and financial intermediation and the short-term money markets, foreign exchange markets, and swap markets.  It will examine a wide range of modern-day case examples regarding money transfers and the various products-services that support banking intermediaries.  This seminar will also review the full range of global banking and money markets, including: country and regional monetary policies, overnight deposits, SWIFT wire transfers, M1-M2-M3 L and “prime” [LIBOR] lending-rate benchmarks.  The focus will be on terminology, models, risk positions, hedging, and the role of monetary on lending, borrowing, and short-term marketable securities worldwide.   

This GLOMACS training seminar will highlight:

  • The roles and relative interactions of central banks in London, EU, China, Japan, and the U.S.
  • All types of daily currency transactions between individuals, businesses, and nations
  • The function of money markets’ short-term lines of credit on daily/overnight balances
  • The function of money market interest-bearing instruments on short-term liquid holdings
  • How financial engineering developed the swap markets for interest and currency
  • How monetary policies affect short-term cash flow strategies and risk positions
  • The role of FOREX [foreign exchange] markets cash and futures, also put and call options
  • Strategies for managing banking and money market transactions and relationships
Course Outline
Day 1

The Contemporary Landscape of Global Banking

  • Central Banks and Variations on Monetary Policies
  • SWIFT and Related Electronic Funds Transfers
  • Commercial Banking vs. Private Banking Clienteles and Funds Management Policies
  • The Intentions and Impacts of Quantitative Easing [QE] on Borrowing and Lending Policies
  • Foreign Trade Balances of Payments among Countries and Banking Intermediaries
  • The Impact of LIBOR, U.S. Prime, and other Short-term Benchmark Interest Rates
  • The Effects of Removing the “Gold Standard” in Backing Currency Valuations
  • The Role and Risks Associated with “Offshore Banking” and Non-regulated Transactions
Day 2

Global Money Markets

  • Understanding M1 M2 M3 and L
  • Bankers’ Acceptances [BAs] and Foreign Trade Credit Letters
  • Repurchase Agreements [Repos] and Commercial Paper
  • T-Bills and Deriving the Yield Curve: Implications for Global Interest Rates
  • Certificates of Deposit and other Short-term Bank Instruments
  • Fixed and Variable Bank Lines of Credit
  • Global “Money Centers” for Short-term Financial Intermediation
  • Cash Flow Management Strategies
Day 3

Foreign Exchange [FOREX] and Global Currency Valuations 

  • Purchasing Power Parity and FOREX Conversion Pricing
  • Hedging Currency Risk Exposure with Long and Short Currency Futures Contracts
  • The Use of Put and Call Options on Foreign Currency Risk Exposure Mitigation
  • The Pound Sterling and Bank of England vs. Euros and European Central Bank Policies
  • Country GDP, Interest Rates, and Relative Currency Fluctuations 
  • Pegged Currencies vs. Free-Market Supply and Demand Currencies
  • The Role of Speculators, Hedgers, and Ultimate Long Positions in FOREX Markets
  • New “financially engineered” Products and Contractual Cash Flow Structures
Day 4

The Global Swap Markets

  • History and Development of the Swap Market for Foreign Currency
  • History and Development of the Swap Market for Interest Rate Exchanges
  • Portfolio Approaches to Foreign Currency Management
  • Fixed-for-Fixed, Fixed-for-Floating, and Floating-for-Floating Interest Rate Swaps
  • Nominal Principal and Settlement Valuations
  • Bid-Ask Pricing Spreads and Market Efficiency in the Swap Markets
  • Minimizing Transaction Costs on Global Financial Intermediation 
Day 5

New Banking Frontiers, Functions, and Cryptocurrencies

  • The Design, Development, and Launch of Bitcoin
  • Two-dozen Cryptocurrencies Follow the Bitcoin Lead
  • Direct “peer-to-peer” Financial Transactions
  • Dramatic Changes Coming in Global Banking Fees for Financial Intermediation
  • Geographic Trade Blocs, Trade Pacts, and New Paradigms in “Cash Flow Management”
  • Privacy Laws, Financial Disclosure, Collusion, Cartels, and Currency Innovations
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates. Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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