Pre-Study: What to Study
10 Subtopics · 99 ConceptsBasics of the Money Market
Financial Market and Its Segments
Importance 2/5 What to StudyMoney Market: Meaning, Participants and Regulators
Importance 3/5 What to StudyMoney Market versus Capital Market
Importance 4/5 What to StudyTreasury Bills and Cash Management Bills
Treasury Bills
Importance 4/5 What to StudyCash Management Bills
Importance 3/5 What to StudyOther Money Market Instruments
Certificates of Deposit
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCommercial Paper
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCommercial Bills
Importance 2/5 What to StudyInter-Corporate Deposits
Importance 1/5 What to StudyCall Money and Repo Markets
Call Money, Notice Money and Term Money
Importance 4/5 What to StudyMarket Repo, CBLO and TREPS
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Types of Government Securities
Meaning of Government Securities and Their Four Kinds
Importance 3/5 What to StudyDated Securities: Fixed Rate and Floating Rate Bonds
Importance 3/5 What to StudyZero Coupon Bonds and STRIPS
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCapital Indexed Bonds and Inflation Indexed Bonds
Importance 4/5 What to StudyBonds with Call and Put Options
Importance 2/5 What to StudySpecial Securities, Recapitalisation Bonds and UDAY Bonds
Importance 3/5 What to StudySovereign Gold Bonds
Importance 3/5 What to StudyState Development Loans
Importance 3/5 What to StudyIssue, Trading and Settlement of G-Secs
Issue of G-Secs Through RBI Auctions on E-Kuber
Importance 4/5 What to StudyRBI Retail Direct Scheme
Importance 4/5 What to StudySecondary Market for G-Secs (NDS-OM, OTC, Stock Exchanges)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyParticipants in the G-Sec Market and Primary Dealers
Importance 3/5 What to StudyClearing Corporation of India Limited
Importance 3/5 What to StudyFBIL and FIMMDA
Importance 2/5 What to StudyInclusion of Indian G-Secs in Global Bond Indices and the Fully Accessible Route
Importance 4/5 What to Study
Bond Yield and Its Relation to Bond Price and Interest Rates
Importance 5/5 What to StudyCoupon Rate, Current Yield and Yield to Maturity
Importance 3/5 What to StudyFactors Influencing Indian Government Bond Yields
Importance 3/5 What to StudyYield Curve and Inverted Yield Curve
Importance 4/5 What to StudyYield Spreads: Credit Spread and Term Premium
Importance 2/5 What to Study
Types of Bonds and Debentures
Bonds and Debentures
Importance 4/5 What to StudyConvertible Bonds and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
Importance 4/5 What to StudyPerpetual, Bearer and Negative Yield Bonds
Importance 2/5 What to StudyMasala, Panda, Uridashi and Maharaja Bonds
Masala Bonds
Importance 4/5 What to StudyPanda, Uridashi and Maharaja Bonds
Importance 2/5 What to StudyBonds for Specific Purposes
Municipal Bonds
Importance 3/5 What to StudyGreen Bonds and Sovereign Green Bonds
Importance 4/5 What to StudyTransition Bonds
Importance 2/5 What to StudyBond ETFs and Surety Bonds
Bond Exchange-Traded Funds (Bharat Bond ETF)
Importance 2/5 What to StudySurety Bonds
Importance 2/5 What to StudyDevelopment of the Corporate Bond Market
Need for a Deep Corporate Bond Market and Reasons for Its Slow Growth
Importance 4/5 What to StudyMeasures to Develop the Corporate Bond Market
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Basics of Securities and Markets
Debt and Equity Securities Compared
Importance 4/5 What to StudyPrimary Market versus Secondary Market
Importance 4/5 What to StudyCompanies, Capital and Shares
Private, Public, Listed and Unlisted Companies
Importance 2/5 What to StudyAuthorised, Issued, Subscribed and Paid-Up Capital
Importance 2/5 What to StudyShares, Stock and Preference versus Ordinary Shares
Importance 3/5 What to StudyRaising Capital
Ways to Raise Capital in the Primary Market
Importance 3/5 What to StudyInitial Public Offer and Offer for Sale
Importance 3/5 What to StudyStock Exchanges, Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists
Importance 5/5 What to StudyTrading and Settlement
Common Stock Market Terms
Importance 3/5 What to StudyShort Selling and Long Selling
Importance 3/5 What to StudyDematerialisation and the Settlement Cycle (T+1 and Optional T+0)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyIndices, Valuation and Market Growth
Stock Market Indices (Sensex and Nifty 50)
Importance 4/5 What to StudyMarket Capitalisation, Beta and Circuit Breakers
Importance 3/5 What to StudyValuation Ratios (Price-to-Earnings, Price-to-Book, Dividend Yield)
Importance 2/5 What to StudyFinancialisation of Household Savings and Growth of India's Equity Market
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Derivatives
Meaning of Derivatives and Underlying Assets
Importance 3/5 What to StudyForward Contracts and Futures Contracts
Importance 4/5 What to StudyOptions: Call and Put
Importance 4/5 What to StudySwaps: Interest Rate and Currency Swaps
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCredit Default Swaps
Importance 3/5 What to StudyWarrants
Importance 2/5 What to StudyUses of Derivatives: Hedging, Speculation and Arbitrage
Importance 3/5 What to StudyAdvantages and Risks of Derivatives (Exchange-Traded and OTC)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyDerivatives Markets in India and Their Regulation
Importance 3/5 What to StudyDerivatives Frenzy and SEBI's Curbs on Equity Index Derivatives
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCommodity Exchanges (MCX, NCDEX, etc.)
Role of Commodity Exchanges: MCX and NCDEX
Importance 3/5 What to StudyHow Farmers Can Use Commodity Exchanges
Importance 2/5 What to Study
Mutual Funds and Other Pooled Schemes
Mutual Funds: Open-Ended and Close-Ended Schemes
Importance 4/5 What to StudyExchange-Traded Funds
Importance 3/5 What to StudySpecialised Investment Funds
Importance 2/5 What to StudyCollective Investment Schemes
Importance 2/5 What to StudyHedge, Venture and Alternative Funds
Alternative Investment Funds and Their Three Categories
Importance 4/5 What to StudyHedge Funds
Importance 3/5 What to StudySocial Venture Funds
Importance 1/5 What to StudyREITs, InvITs, ESG and Sovereign Wealth Funds
REITs and InvITs
Importance 4/5 What to StudyESG Funds
Importance 2/5 What to StudySovereign Wealth Funds and the Santiago Principles
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Meaning and Purpose of Depository Receipts
Importance 3/5 What to StudyADR, GDR and IDR Compared
Importance 4/5 What to Study
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Establishment and Statutory Status of SEBI
Importance 4/5 What to StudyLaws Governing the Securities Market and the Securities Markets Code
Importance 3/5 What to StudyFunctions of SEBI
Importance 4/5 What to StudyOrganisation of SEBI (Chairman and Board)
Importance 2/5 What to StudyRegulation of Market Infrastructure Institutions and Intermediaries
Importance 3/5 What to StudyInsider Trading and Market Manipulation
Importance 3/5 What to StudyBusiness Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR and BRSR Core)
Importance 4/5 What to StudyInvestor Protection and Grievance Redress (SCORES, Investor Protection Fund, NISM)
Importance 2/5 What to StudySecurities Appellate Tribunal
Importance 3/5 What to StudyOther Financial Regulators
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
Importance 3/5 What to StudySabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025
Importance 3/5 What to StudyPension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyInternational Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)
Importance 4/5 What to StudyFinancial Stability and Development Council (FSDC)
Importance 4/5 What to Study
GIFT City and Its Two Zones
Importance 4/5 What to StudyInternational Financial Services Centre: Meaning and Special Status
Importance 3/5 What to StudyIndia INX and Direct Listing of Indian Companies in GIFT IFSC
Importance 2/5 What to Study