there are "4markets". money market, capital market, and the capital market is divided into 2, the primary n secondary. money market is the sale n purchase of short term securities (bank bills, other short term debt, etc) capital market deals with long term debt,equity,securities (shares,bonds n debentures) primary market is where they are sold for first time, (i.e. the ipo of something [initial public offering]) and secondary market is where second hand ones r traded..
the majort participants in financial markets are banks,merchant banks,finance companies, insurance companies, superannuation companies, other business's and the rba.. preety much devide it into BFI and NBFI.. (Banks and NonBankFinancialIntermediary). is that what u wanted?
