Impact of the Financial Crisis on Capital Markets

2007/2009: genealogy of an historical crisis
How the crisis unfolded
  • The “originate to distribute” model and its inherent conflicts of interests
  • Subprimes and their excesses
  • The liquidity crisis on financial and money markets
How the crisis spread over to the whole financial sector
  • Leverage and fair value: an astonishing mix
  • The banks hard landing
  • Too big to fail or too big to save?
Economic, social and political consequences
  • Avoiding 1929 at all costs
  • A pragmatic approach
  • The invention of new rules of monetary and budget policies
Proposed reforms to strengthen the financial sector
  • Accounting standards: telling the truth amplifies crisis
  • Review of the objectives and content of financial regulations
  • Ensuring a cohesive approach for all financial market players
Consequences of the crisis on the capital structure of banks and asset management companies
  • Back to basics: making money on vanilla products
  • New skills required for new jobs
  • Can finance be like any other industry?
Course outline continuously updated with most recent developments and regulatory changes

  • Understanding how the subprime crisis spread over to the whole financial sector
  • Analysing trends in the banking industry (disintermediation/intermediation) and their limitations
  • Understanding how the liquidity crisis impacted money markets
  • Understanding the impact of the financial crisis on the real economy
  • Analysing the regulatory loopholes, the proposed reforms and their likely consequences
  • Analysing the evolution of the banking and asset management industry
  • Thorough analysis of the crisis and its consequences
  • Course facilitated by investment bankers at the heart of the crisis mechanisms
  • Regular update of the course outline to take into account the most recent developments
  • Anybody involved in capital markets, corporate finance, asset management, private banking or risk management and who needs to gain a thorough understanding of the crisis and its consequences
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