An Introduction to Equity Markets

Overview

This one-day course is delivered by experts from within the London Stock Exchange and uses live market data, case studies and worked examples to provide an overview of how mature equity markets function and put into context a company’s role within these markets.

 Why attend?

The course aims to build a framework for understanding :

• the role of the Exchange in the context of the UK financial services industry
• how, where and why UK and international companies are listed and admitted to trading
• the evolution of trading markets
• the different factors that can affect company share prices
• the technology that underpins the efficient operation of the market
• how and why markets are regulated
• how financial market crimes are detected and investigated
• short selling, stock borrowing and stock