Capital Markets: Equity, Debt & Market Regulation is a structured track of 12 lessons that build a complete, interview-ready understanding of the topic. Work through them in order, then use the quiz and flashcards in each lesson to revise.
What this course covers
- How Capital Markets Work: Players, Products & Market Plumbing - The map of capital markets: issuers, intermediaries, investors and infrastructure.
- Primary Markets & the Public Issue Process from Filing to Listing - Every stage of an Indian public issue, and who does what at each one.
- Public Issue Pricing, Book-Building & Anchor Investors - How a price band is set, and how to read subscription and anchor demand.
- Secondary Markets: Order Books, Settlement & Circuit Filters - How an order becomes a settled trade, plus circuits, auctions and settlement cycles.
- Equity Markets: Indices, Free Float & Market Capitalisation Segments - Index construction, free-float methodology and the large, mid and small cap divide.
- Debt Markets in India: Government Securities, Corporate Bonds & Yields - The Indian debt market's segments, participants and how yields are quoted.
- Mutual Funds, Exchange-Traded Funds & Index Investing - Fund structures, expense ratios and the shift towards index investing.
- Alternative Investment Funds, Portfolio Management Services & Trusts - The Indian alternatives map, with the structure and investor base for each.
- Corporate Actions: Splits, Bonuses, Rights Issues & Buybacks - Each corporate action, its mechanics, and its effect on price and shareholding.
- Market Regulation in India: The Rules That Actually Get Tested - The market regulator's role and the specific rules interviews return to.
- Market Infrastructure: Exchanges, Depositories & Clearing Corporations - Exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations, and who does what.
- Case Study: A Recent Indian Public Issue, from Filing to Listing Day - A recent listing decoded: valuation, book, pricing and post-listing performance.