Syllabus

Course Code: IMS-710    Course Name: Finance - Securities Market Operations

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Indian Securities Market: Market Segments, Key Indicators of Securities Market, Products and Participants, Marketing of Securities, New issue market, Book Building, Listing of securities and Recent reforms in Indian Securities Market. Trading Membership: Stock Brokers, NSE Membership, Surrender of Trading Membership, Authorised Persons, Sub-Brokers, Broker-Clients Relations, Investor Service Cell and Arbitration
2 Trading Mechanism: Introduction, NEAT System, BOLT System, Market Types, Trading System Users Hierarchy, Local Database, Logging On, Log Off/Exit from the Application, NEAT Screen, Order Management, Trade Management, Auction, Limited Physical Market, Internet Broking, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).
Clearing, Settlement and Risk Management: Introduction, Key Terminologies used in Clearing and Settlement Process, Transaction Cycle, Settlement Agencies, Clearing and Settlement Process, Securities and Funds Settlement, Risks in Settlement, Risk Management. Data and Report Downloads.
3 Stock Market Indices: Meaning, Purpose and Types of Stock Market Indices. Consideration in developing index – Methods (Weighted Aggregate Value method, Weighted Average of Price Relatives method, Free-Float method) – Stock Market indices in India – BSE Sensex - Scrip selection criteria – Construction – NSE indices – S&P CNX Nifty – Scrip selection criteria
4 Legal Framework: SEBI (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008. Insider trading and SEBI, SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market), The Depositories Act, 1996
5 Investment Avenues: Meaning, Kinds of Investment Avenues, Objectives of investment, Process of investing through stock exchange.
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