Contents Introduction Purpose of the Reuters Guide to the International Financial Markets Who's Who in the International Financial Markets The Roles in the International Financial Markets Traders Brokers Sales Investment Institutions Decision Support General Management Trader Support Back Office Retail Sector Introduction to Financial Markets Overview of Financial Markets Types of Instruments Equity Debt Commodity Over The Counter or Exchange Traded Cash or Derivative Domestic or Global Types of Markets The Foreign Exchange (FX) Market …showed first 75 words of 9497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 9497 total…responsibility and risk. A graduate might begin working in the dealing room as a dealer's assistant and progress from there. Work performance targets Many traders are required to achieve appropriate profit targets. This is the main mechanism for determining salary. Traders need to sustain consistently high performance to retain their jobs and to progress within their company. High staff turnover Employers tend to be unsympathetic to traders who do not achieve required levels of performance.