What you'll learn:
- Understand what equity swaps are, how equity swaps work, and why they are widely used in financial derivatives markets
- Explain equity swaps in detail, including key features, functions, and their role in financial markets
- Analyze equity swaps examples to understand practical applications and real-world use cases
- Determine pricing, and valuation issues of equity swaps
- Assess different swap structures, including variations such as rainbow swaps, and variance swaps
- Apply portfolio diversification strategies using swaps to manage and mitigate financial risk
- Explain how equity swaps, along with related instruments, function within the broader financial derivatives ecosystem
This course delivers a structured and in-depth overview of equity swaps, a critical instrument within the financial derivatives markets. It begins with a foundation in financial derivatives, then progresses into a detailed exploration of what equity swaps are, how equity swaps work, and their role in modern financial markets.
You will gain a clear understanding of equity swaps explained through real-world equity swaps examples, including how these instruments are used for risk management, portfolio diversification, and exposure to underlying assets without direct ownership. The course also examines OTC financial derivatives markets, including the role of clearinghouses and counterparty risk.
A strong emphasis is placed on pricing and valuation, where you will explore how equity swaps are assessed in the context of business valuation. You will also evaluate different swap structures, including stock swaps, and understand how variations such as variance swaps function within the broader derivatives landscape.
This course includes 18 lectures across 5 sections
Introduction to Equity Swaps
Equity Swap Contracts
OTC Clearinghouses
Equity Swap Structures and Applications
Variance Swaps
More about this course and Starweaver
This course is led by a seasoned capital markets industry practitioner and executive with many years of hands-on, in-the-trenches financial markets sales, trading and analysis work. It has been designed, produced and delivered by Starweaver. Starweaver is one of the most highly regarded, well-established training providers in the World, providing training courses to many of the leading financial institutions and technology companies, including:
Ahli United Bank; Mashreqbank; American Express; ANZ Bank; ATT; Banco Votorantim; Bank of America; Bank of America Global Markets; Bank of America Private Bank; Barclay Bank; BMO Financial Group; BMO Financial Services; BNP Paribas; Boeing; Cigna; Citibank; Cognizant; Commerzbank; Credit Lyonnais/Calyon; Electrosonic; Farm Credit Administration; Fifth Third Bank; GENPACT; GEP Software; GLG Group; Hartford; HCL; HCL; Helaba; HSBC; HSBC Corporate Bank; HSBC India; HSBC Private Bank; Legal & General; National Australia Bank; Nomura Securities; PNC Financial Services Group; Quintiles; RAK Bank; Regions Bank; Royal Bank of Canada; Royal Bank of Scotland; Santander Corporate Bank; Tata Consultancy Services; Union Bank; ValueMomentum; Wells Fargo; Wells Fargo India Solutions; Westpac Corporate Bank; Wipro; and, many others.
