Inside the Markets sample agenda
09:00 Welcome and introduction
- FTSE 100 competition
Putting London Stock Exchange into context
- Brief background of today’s diversified London Stock Exchange Group
Primary markets
- EU, UKLA and LSEG regulatory structure in capital markets
- How and why issuers float in London
- Overview of roles of professional adviser community in London IPOs
10:30 Refreshment break
10:45 London Stock Exchange choice of Primary markets
- Main Market
- AIM
- Professional Securities Market (PSM) & Specialist Fund Market (SFM)
- Group practical exercise
Secondary markets
- What instruments are traded? (Bonds, shares, ETFs/ETCs, DRs etc)
- Who are the key market participants and how do they interact?
12:30 Break
13:30 Secondary markets
- ‘SETS’ electronic order-book trading: watch real-time market screens
- Quote-driven trading: watch real-time market screens
- LSEG ‘Turquoise”: dark pools of liquidity
- Group practical exercise
15:15 Refreshment break
15:30 Regulation
- How listed and quoted companies must disseminate inside information
- Market abuse regime in UK and LSEG’s role in monitoring markets
Market close
- How closing prices are determined and why this is important
- Live demonstration of closing auction process
16.45 Review/Q&A & FTSE100 competition results
17:00 Close