Certificate Program

FMAT

About The Course

FMAT is a joint Certification Program of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (SSCBS) & BSE Institute Ltd (BSEIL), an arm of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The course has been especially designed to equip students with specialized skills needed to work with the ever-increasing challenges of the financial markets and develop them into holistically knowledgeable, skilled and competent financial professionals.

Rationale

The course would help develop competencies in vital areas of management and finance such as risk management, valuation modeling, project finance, Algo trading, financial statement modeling and data mining amongst others. A strong practical approach including case discussions, hands-on practice, and live (Algo) trading using specialized software’s and research orientation are some of the key highlights of this course. The course would help develop competencies in vital areas of management and finance such as risk management, valuation modeling, project finance, Algo trading, financial statement modeling and data mining amongst others. A strong practical approach including case discussions, hands-on practice, and live (Algo) trading using specialized software’s and research orientation are some of the key highlights of this course.

Aims

The Course aims to abreast the students with latest Financial Modeling tools and techniques and Algo trading. Program shall help in not only improving the employability of the students but also kindle the spirit of entrepreneurship within the student community at large by opting stock and derivatives trading as a career.

FMAT

Course Coordinator
Mr. Amit Kumar

Email : 
amit.catlog@sscbsdu.ac.in
Phone : 
9958161303
Batch Size : 
25-45 students (Twice a year – January & July)
Timing : 
Weekends (Saturdays and Sundays: 5 hours per day)
Venue : 
SSCBS Campus, Dr. K N Katju Marg, Sec 16, Rohini, Delhi
Eligibility Criteria : 
12th Pass with minimum of 60% marks
Program Fees : 
Rs 27,500 per student
Program Duration : 
160 Hours (covered in 5 to 6 months)
Pedagogy : 
Face to face lectures, Practical hand-on, Live trading, project presentations and problem-solving sessions

Admission Notice About The Course Application Form

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Have a comprehensive overview of the Financial markets and its relation with macroeconomic factors.
  • Appreciate the role of financial and risk models in providing solutions to key financial challenges of business world.
  • Develop an understanding of how Algo trading is changing the overall stock and derivatives trading environment.
  • Understand the role of Derivatives in addressing the complexities of financial risks of organizations.

Objectives

The Course aims to make students:

  • Understand the linkages between macroeconomic happenings and its impact on financial market.
  • Abreast with the tools & techniques for the development of Financial and Risk models and their applications.
  • Learn about financial issues (like forecasting the cash flows, valuation of financial and real assets) and addressing them through use of Financial models.
  • Learn the trading in stock market and algorithm involved.
  • The Course shall help in not only improving the employability of the students but also kindle the spirit of entrepreneurship within the student community at large, in the area of financial trading and portfolio management.

Target Audience

  • Candidates pursuing graduation, graduates, Post Graduates,
  • Professionals like MBA/CA/CWA/CS
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Corporate Executives
  • Traders and Investors

Basic knowledge of Financial Management, Economics, and Statistics will be an advantage.

Future Prospects

  • Strong Employment Potential with Fund/Portfolio Managers and financial Consulting Companies.
  • Acts as a bridge between theory and practice in the Financial Market especially the stock and derivatives trading.
  • Helps in getting entrepreneurial mindset in the field of Financial trading and investment.

Resource Persons

The sessions will be taken up by

Financial market experts

Industry experts

Academicians

Traders

Mode of Fee Payment

By Cheque or Net Banking (Preferred)

Account Name: Principal SSCBS Students Society A/C

Bank: State Bank of India

Account Number: 35810781108

IFS Code: SBIN0011550

MICR: 110002303

Branch: (11550)- Pascon Building Garg Trade Centre, Sector-11, Rohini, New Delhi-110085

Brief Profile of Participating Institutions

SSCBS

Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies

Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (CBS) the first undergraduate management school under the aegis of the University of Delhi (DU) is one of the premier institutions imparting education in the fields of management and information technology with excellence and vision. Visit: sscbs.du.ac.in

BIL

BSE Institute Ltd

The BSE Institute Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, Asia’s first and the world’s fastest stock exchange with the speed of 6 micro seconds. BIL inherits from BSE the knowledge and insights into the capital markets industry. BIL is an academic and training arm of the BSE Ltd partners with other Institutions and provide the practical aspects of financial market and trading to the students and eligible candidates.

Course Syllabus

Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7

Title: Basics of Financial Market

Duration (Hours): 10

Money Market

Capital Market

Forex Market

Derivatives Market

Financial Instruments

Various Investment Vehicles

Title: Introduction to Excel, Financial Modeling and Spreadsheet Essentials

Duration (Hours): 15

Introduction to Financial Modeling

  • Strengths and weaknesses of spreadsheets
  • Golden rules of spreadsheet design
  • Do we make the most of modeling?

Spreadsheet essentials

  • Lookup and reference functions
  • NPV and IRR functions
  • Data tables
  • IF function
  • Excel Skills – Shortcuts, Formulas, Array Function and Pivot Tables
  • VBA
  • Macros
  • Simple exercise/models in excel

Title: Integrated financial modeling (Financial statement analysis)

Duration (Hours): 20

  • Equity Modeling – Equity Infusion
  • Modeling Paid Up Capital and Share Premium Account
  • Modeling Retained Earning Schedule
  • Modeling the projected P/L and BS
  • Modeling the projected Cash Flow Statement
  • Conducting Covenant Testing
  • Performing Ratio Analysis
  • WACC and Cost of Equity Analysis
  • Performing Valuation using DCF (FCFF & Enterprise Value) and Comparable analysis (Relative Valuation)
  • Performing sensitivity/scenario analysis

Case studies at least 2

Title: Risk Analysis

Duration (Hours): 10

Estimating betas with regression analysis

Using daily, weekly, and monthly data

Testing market efficiency

  • With regression analysis
  • With pivot tables
  • Recording and editing macros

Title: Advanced risk analysis

Duration (Hours): 10

Sensitivity, Scenario

Monte-Carlo simulation

Risk analysis of discounted cash flow models

Spreadsheet features

  • Using @Risk for Monte-Carlo simulation
  • Combining macros with @Risk

Case study 1

Case study 2

Case study 3

Title: Portfolio Optimization

Duration (Hours): 15

Mean-variance portfolio selection

  • Computing mean-variance portfolios
  • Back-testing portfolio performance
  • Research on portfolio selection

Bond portfolio selection

Capital budgeting

Spreadsheet features

  • Matrix operations in Excel
  • Using Solver for optimization

Using macros to generate the efficient frontier

Title: Derivatives

Duration (Hours): 30

Introduction

  • Intro to Derivatives
  • Futures Contract, Terminology, Mechanism & Pricing
  • Applications of futures contracts
  • Basis risk, why hedge?
  • Types, positions, spreads, margins, markets, underlying assets, options on futures
  • Factors affecting option prices, upper bounds, lower bounds, put & call parity.
  • Spreads, combinations, payoffs

Black-Scholes formula

  • Pricing European options
  • Estimating implied stock return volatilities

Application of Options contract

Trading of Derivatives Contracts

F & O Market Instruments: Individual & Index based

Clearing & Settlement: Entities, Mechanism, Settlement Procedure

Risk Management

Title: ( Strategies): Practical Training

Duration (Hours): 50

  • Conversion & Reversion
  • Future to Future
  • Cash to Future
  • Box, Butterfly, Straddle, Strangle
  • Condor, Ladder
  • Ratio
  • Bull/Bear Spread
  • Calendar Spread
  • Covered Call
  • Covered Put