Dr. T. C. Nair, Whole-time Member, SEBI today inaugurated BTI-ICSI joint Part time Course in Capital Markets at a function organised at the International Convention Hall, Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai on January 03, 2008.

Ms. Preeti Malhotra, President, The ICSI, Shri B Narasimhan, Council Member, the ICSI & Programme Director and Mr. Rajnikant Patel, Managing Director & CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. addressed the inaugural session.

This programme is exclusively offered to the students and members of the ICSI. The course covers macro economics and its relation with capital markets, pricing & valuation of equity, book building, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, trading & settlement depositories and dematerialisation, role of derivatives in banks, rules, bye laws & regulations, FEMA & Money Laundering Act, Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, Foreign Exchange Market, Forfeiting, leasing, Factoring & Buyback of Shares, Mergers & Amalgamation, Corporate Governance , Reconstruction & Securitisation of Assets, etc. This course is designed in such a manner that it would provide value addition on theoretical and practical aspects of capital market and build up the confidence of professionals. It would also help the students who are the prospective professionals to acquire advanced knowledge on capital market.

This course is a part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) with BSE Training Institute (BTI) to facilitate training programmes on themes of topical and professional interest and to regularly exchange resources of mutual interest.

About The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) : ICSI, a premier national body established to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries was established under an Act of the Parliament- The Company Secretaries Act, 1980. With 4 regional councils, 45 chapters and 25 satellite chapters all over India , the Institute aims to inter alia organize professional development programmes, continuing education and participative certificate programmes, international/ national/ regional conventions and conferences. The Institute also undertakes research in law, management and finance disciplines to aid in the development of professionals at large and provide expert advisory opinion to them on intricate issues.

ICSI-Centre for Corporate Research & Training-the research and training arm of the ICSI has over the years achieved the status of a nationally recognized centre providing learning experience with excellence through Academic Development Programmes. Established in May 1999 with the primary mission to act as a catalyst organization in the professional development of the Indian Corporate Sector, its serves as a Centre of Corporate Excellence by harnessing all available resources, national and international, and promote original and contemporary applied research, higher learning and conduct training programmes (residential and non-residential) in various streams of corporate sector.

About Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) :

Established in 1875, BSE is the oldest Stock Exchange in Asia. Earlier an Association of Persons (AoP), the exchange is now a corporatised and demutualised entity. BSE reaches to around 450 cities and towns in India and has more than 4,800 listed companies on the boards, with over 7,500 scrips being traded. The companies listed on BSE command a total market capitalization of more than USD 1.7 trillion. The Exchange offers trading in the equity (cash and derivatives) and debt (corporate and government securities) segments.

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