Briefly discuss different tasks of a professional manager in order to achieve goals and objectives of an organisation.

What is Duration and Modified Duration? How are they calculated? 

What is interest rate risk? Explain the interest rate sensitivity policy and discuss its broad parameters

Explain the following
(a) REPOs
(b) Forward Rate Agruments (FRAs)

What are Currency Swaps? Explain how it can be used to reduce the cost of borrowings.

Explain the structure of the currency market in India. Who are the participants in the currency market and what are the products traded in the Indian foreign currency market.

Describe the application of long and short Hedge in managing risk using commodity futures with the help of suitable examples. 

What is ‘Emission Trading’? Explain the use of Futures on Carbon Credits for mitigating risk of increasing costs in pollution control. Also discuss the present status of ‘Emission Trading’ in India.  

Discuss the trends in Gold trade during the past 5 years. Also analyze the major policy changes that have taken place in this. 

Discuss the features and functionalities of the user interface for trading in commodity futures on the electronic online trading system of MCX. 

Try to analyse, using practical examples, how different market participants use commodity derivatives to mitigate risk.  

Explain the following:
(i) Delta
(ii) Gamma

What is an ‘Option’? What are the factors taken into consideration for determining call option prices?

What are Futures? Explain the process of price adjustments of futures when dividend or bonus shares are paid out. 

What is Hedging? What are the various inefficiencies persisting in the process of hedging?

What are ‘Derivatives’? Explain the various types of derivatives and discuss their uses and applications. 

Explain the steps involved in the process of portfolio management. Discuss the fiduciary responsibilities of a Portfolio Manager? 

Explain ‘Qualified Institutional Placement’ and the process involved in it. Discuss the regulatory framework that has evolved for this purpose in India. 

What do you understand by pledging of shares? How is it different from hypothecation of shares? Explain the procedure adopted for pledging of shares. 

Explain the role of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in regulating the securities markets in India. Discuss the major achievements of SEBI since its inception.