E-Learning : Financial Management Important Terms and Definitions: 1. Financial Markets: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/financial-market.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 2. Primary Market: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/primarymarket.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 3.

Secondary Market: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/secondarymarket.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 4. Equity Markets or Stock Market: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/equitymarket.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 5. Debt Market or Fixed Income Market or Credit Market or Bond Market: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/credit_market.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 6. Money Markets: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/moneymarket.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 7. Exchange : a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/exchange.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 8. Over the Counter or OTC : a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/otc.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 9. Securities : a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/security.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i b. Security can also mean the collateral provided against a loan 10. Stock: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stock.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 11. Share Capital/Equity Capital : a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sharecapital.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 12. Preference Shares: a. http://www.investopedia.com/search/default.aspx?q=preference%20shares#axzz1qr5c KH3i 13. Government Bonds: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/government-bond.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 14. Corporate Bonds: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/corporatebond.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 15. Debentures: a. http://www.caclubindia.com/articles/definition-type-and-issue-of-debentures-7305.asp 16. Treasury Bills or T-Bills: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/treasurybill.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 17. Commercial Papers: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/commercialpaper.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 18. Certificates of Deposit: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/certificateofdeposit.asp

19. Inter-corporate Deposits: a. http://stcipd.com/intercorp.aspx 20. Mutual Funds : a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mutualfund.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 21. Term Loans: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/termloan.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 22. Working Capital Loans: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/termloan.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 23. Initial Public Offering (IPO): a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/ipo.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 24. Corporate Action: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/corporateaction.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 25. Dividend: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dividend.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 26. Bonus Issue: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bonusissue.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 27. Stock Split: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stocksplit.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 28. Rights Issue: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rightsoffering.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 29. Interest: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/interest.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 30. Compound Interest: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/compoundinterest.asp 31. Coupon: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/coupon.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 32. Credit Rating: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/creditrating.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 33. Yield: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/y/yield.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 34. Present Value: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/presentvalue.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 35. Future Value: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/futurevalue.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 36. Annuity: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/annuity.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 37. Perpetuity: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/perpetuity.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 38. Discounting: a. Determining the present value of cash flows using a specified discount rate 39. Net Present Value: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/npv.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i

40. Discount Rate: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/discountrate.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 41. Risk Free Rate: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/risk-freerate.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 42. Internal Rate of Return or IRR : a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/irr.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 43. Portfolio: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/portfolio.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 44. Diversification: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/diversification.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 45. Derivatives: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/derivative.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 46. Spot Market: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/spotmarket.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 47. Margin: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/margin.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 48. Mark to Market: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marktomarket.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 49. Arbitrage: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/arbitrage.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 50. Hedging: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hedging-transaction.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 51. Market Cap: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marketcapitalization.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 52. Inflation: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/inflation.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 53. Leverage: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/leverage.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 54. Employee Stock Options: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/eso.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 55. Underwriting: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/underwriting.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 56. Merchant Banking: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/merchantbank.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 57. Primary Dealers: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/primarydealer.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i 58. Lease: a. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/lease.asp#axzz1qr5cKH3i Financial Regulators in India 1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) :

The Central Bank. Regulates money markets, government debt market, foreign exchange markets, all banks and non-banking financial institutions. 2. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): a. Protects the interest of investors in securities, regulates the securities markets, stock exchanges, mutual funds, stock brokers, merchant bankers, portfolio managers, investment advisors, custodians, depositories etc 3. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) : a. Regulates, promotes and orderly growth of the insurance industry both life and general 4. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA): a. Development and Regulation of the Pension sector.

a.