ACI Operations Certificate
INR ₹40,000 - Inaugural Offer : INR 10,000
USD 350 - Inaugural Offer : USD 150
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Introduction:
The ACI Operations Certificate New Version Exam is designed to cover the fundamental competence skills for new entrants in Back and Middle Office roles, as a well-trained and efficiently organized Treasury Operations Department is required to complete every financial markets transaction. This Department is critical to the Front Office since it ensures that all monies flow correctly and on schedule, as well as that all relevant documentation is completed. Besides the topics, Financial Markets Environment and Financial Markets Applications, the programme offers theoretical and practice-based knowledge in Foreign Exchange, Interest Rates, and FICC Derivatives.
Course Highlights:
The Self Learning Program will provide a time bound self paced collaborative learning environment which will facilitate advanced knowledge, employability, and performance at work to the Self Learners. The Self learning program will provide the Self Learners with required knowledge and specialized skill sets to succeed in the ACI Operations Certificate New Version examination conducted by ACI FMA Paris, a global Financial Markets Association. The certificate exam is considered to be benchmark for competency of market operations.
(Refer: https://acifma.com/about-education).
Benefits of the Programme:
- With a worldwide qualification, candidates will have more chances both nationally and globally.
- Comply with the rules imposed by financial services authorities for regulated activity.
- Learn a worldwide standard and skill set that is unique in Treasury.
- Join a global network of thousands of ACI Certificate holders.
- Assist your organization in effectively passing regulatory risk evaluations.
Best Suited for:
- Recent hires in the Treasury Operations Department (Back and Middle Office)
- Additional support sections for the Treasury/Dealing room
- Both internal and external auditors
- Officers responsible for compliance and risk
- Personnel responsible for product control
- Vendors
Course Material Includes:
- Study material of Mastering Trade Finance Basics: From International Trade to TBML prepared by Market Experts available on SIFL Learning platform (SIFL-LMS).
- Video Presentation for explanation of the Topics Presentation–wise
- SIFL Mock/Assessment test.
- One SIFL Final tests for the Mastering Trade Finance Basics: From International Trade to TBML
- Self-learning training program with access to the SIFLLearning Platform (SIFL- LMS)
Programme- ACI Operations Certificate Training
- Structure of Economic Agents, Segmentation, OTC Vs Exchange
- Main participants & their role
- Information on markets. Front Office, Middle Office and Back Office
- FX Global Code, UK Money Markets Code, Global Precious Metals Code, Bench Mark Regulation, Markets Abuse Regulation, MiFID & MiFID II
- Basel I, II & III.
- Treasury Structure, Organogram, Accounting & Settlement of the Deals
- Nostro Accounts & Vostro Accounts
- Position Balancing & Valuation
- Base Currency, Quoted Currency, G-20 ISO Codes, Spot & Forward Rates, Cross Rates & Reciprocal Rates
- FX Forward Rates- Interest Rates Vs Forward Points & Vice Versa, Early, Late settlement & historic rate rollovers, Forward hedging, FCY Assets & Liabilities
- Non Deliverable currencies, NDF Structure & Dealing Currency Futures- Setup, Dealing & Arbitrage.
- Precious Metals
- Money & Interest Rate markets. Cash/MM Instruments-Features, Investment, Trading & Bench Mark Rates, Broken dates and Linear Interpolation
- Simple/Compound Interest, Day Count Basis, FBD, MFBD convention and end to end rule.
- Bonds, Fixed Income securities functions & Domestic, Foreign, Euro Currency bonds
- Fixed/Floating coupon, Zero Coupon, Covered, Callable, Convertible & Floating Rate Bonds
- Mudarabah & Murabahah
- Derivatives-definitions, terminology & Concepts
- Interest Rate Derivative- FRA, OIS, IRS, Interest Rate Futures & Options- Concepts & Application
- Currency Forwards, Swaps& Options
- Derivatives- Dealing, confirmation, MTM, Valuation
- Risk Weightage, Capital Adequacy, Hedging, Arbitrage & Trading
- Exchange Traded Derivatives- Contract specifications, Initial, Variable Margin, & Margin
- Basel Accords, Market, Credit, Liquidity, Operational, Legal & Reputational Risks.
- Dealing Room Limit Structures, VaR, Duration, PVBP
- Country Risk & Counter-Party Risk Limits.
- Funding Strategy, LCR & NSFR
- Operations Risk, Legal, Reputational & Regulatory Risk.
- Anti-Money Laundering & FATF. KYC
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plan (DR & BCP):
