Investment Banking- Introduction-Functions of Investment Banks- Types of Investment Banks-Investment Banking Services- Merchant Banking Services-Issue Management-Pre issue and Postissue obligations-Changing landscape of Investment BankingRegulation of the Capital Market- SEBI regulations for merchant bankers, brokers and subbrokers, intermediaries and portfolio managers- SEBI issue and Listing of Debt securitiesRegulation 2008
Depository System: Objectives, activities, interacting systems, role of depositories and theirservices, Advantages of depository system -NSDL and CDSL. The process of clearing andsettlement through Depositories, Depository Participants.Regulations relating to Depositories-SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations 1996-Registration of depository and participant- Rights and Obligations of depositories andparticipants- Recent amendmentsCustodial services- The Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited
Housing Finance: Role, Types of housing loans, Institutions and banks offering HousingFinance, Procedure and Interest rates. Income Tax Implication. Reverse mortgage loanNon-Banking Finance Companies: Types, Growth, Functions, RBI Guidelines, PrudentialNorms.
Factoring: Origin, Types, Factoring mechanism, advantages, factoring charges, Internationalfactoring, Factoring in IndiaForfeiting: Origin, characteristics, benefits, difference between factoring and forfeiting, growthof forfeiting in India
Underwriting: Concept – Devolvement - Business model - Underwriting in fixed price offersand book built offers.Venture Capital: Concept, features, Origin and the current Indian Scenario. Private equity-Investment banking perspectives in private equityMicrofinance: The paradigm - NGOs and SHGs - Microfinance delivery mechanisms - Futureof micro finance
Leasing: Concept, Steps in Leasing Transactions, Types of Lease, Legal frameworks,Advantages and disadvantages of Leasing, Contents of a Lease Agreement, Matters onDepreciation and Tax, Problems in leasing, Factors influencing Buy or Borrow or LeaseDecision.Hire Purchasing: Concepts and features, Hire Purchase Agreement, Comparison of HirePurchase with Credit sale, Instalment sale and Leasing. Banks and Hire Purchase. Problemsrelated to outright purchase, Hire purchase and Leasing.
Credit rating: Definition and meaning, Process of credit rating of financial instruments, Ratingmethodology, Rating agencies, Rating symbols of different companies. Rating agencies forSMEsSecuritization of debt: Meaning, Features, Special Purpose Vehicle, Types of securitisableassets, Benefits of Securitization, Issues in Securitization.