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A four-day workshop for financial markets participants with up to two years’ experience who wish to develop their trading skills.

Who Should Attend this Workshop?

• Finance graduates commencing employment in financial markets who have theoretical knowledge of the industry and are seeking practical trading knowledge
• Sales teams and other financial market professionals seeking to understand the key elements of markets and trading
• Industry service providers and middle and back-office staff seeking insight into the core elements and drivers of financial market transactions

Workshop Synopsis:

• A two-day workshop for operations professionals to develop or refresh their knowledge of the fundamentals of financial markets.
• An overview of financial markets, including understanding the role of financial markets, how they operate, and the key participants and their roles.
• Presentations on financial markets products and processes will be reinforced through a series of simulated market scenarios.

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The New Zealand Financial Markets Association (NZFMA) invites submissions on proposed changes to the NZFMA Business Day Definition and adoption of a single financial centre calendar for transactions and settlements in New Zealand’s wholesale financial markets.

This workshop is facilitated by Kevin O'Reilly of FXware and will be held over four days in Wellington (14-17 March) and Auckland (21-24 March).

The workshop utilises a purpose-built trading simulation platform as well as extensive performance reporting. The workshop participants undertake a series of increasingly challenging trading simulations that are customised to create a realistic financial markets wholesale trading experience. For more information read here

The NZFMA's Rates Committee recently initiated a review of the terms to maturity and market parcels for New Zealand Government Bonds and New Zealand Inflation Indexed Bonds and made some changes.

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