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Panoramic Capital Academy

Advance your career with accredited online education in mortgage capital markets. In-depth, flexible, expert-led courses for mortgage professionals, from C-suite executives to analysts.

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Advance your career with expert-led online education in mortgage capital markets.

Experience immersive learning through lectures, forums, interactive sessions, and hands-on assignments. Our engaging approach ensures a comprehensive understanding of mortgage capital markets.

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Capital markets fluency—for professionals who need to know, now.

Mortgage Capital Markets Executive Course

8 weeks
$3,000
Next Cohort Starts Jan 2026

The Mortgage Capital Markets Executive Course delivers a flexible, 8-week overview of the mortgage capital landscape—designed for busy professionals who need to understand the big picture without getting lost in the math. Learners explore pricing strategies, rate sheets, servicing, and market dynamics through accessible, real-world instruction. Perfect for loan officers, agency reps, and operations leaders seeking to improve performance and communication across teams.

Where capital markets leaders go to sharpen strategy and execution.

Mortgage Capital Markets Masterclass

14 weeks
$5,000
Next Cohort Starts Jan 2026

The Mortgage Capital Markets Masterclass is our flagship, 14-week accredited program for professionals ready to elevate their technical fluency, strategic insight, and real-world impact. Designed by industry veterans, this program demystifies the full capital markets lifecycle—from rate sheet pricing and hedging to servicing valuation and hedge accounting. If your role requires precision, performance, or leadership in the secondary mortgage market, this course was built for you.

"I with 100% confidence can tell you I would not have achieved that promotion if it wasn’t for this course. I spent hours watching and rewatching your videos and podcasts about MSRs and that gave me a lot of knowledge and general speaking points to make me competitive for this role."
- Fall 2024 Graduate
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Testimonials

"I recommend considering this coursework for newer secondary and servicing valuation analysts."

Brett Schaffer

Phoenix

"Panoramic's coursework is a foundational collection of critical content for mortgage capital markets participants."

Seth Sprague

Mortgage Consulting Services, Richie May

"I can not imagine a company in our industry, that would not benefit from this service."

Mark Garland

SitusAMC

"The hands-on experience was invaluable, but having access to structured guidance like that offered by Panoramic Capital Academy would have undoubtedly accelerated my proficiency and confidence in handling these complex tasks."

Wes Horbatuck

Dark Matter Technologies

"Challenging, enlightening, and highly informational. The content is engaging and entertaining while also clearly explaining some of the most complex topics I've come across."

Michael O.

Polly

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Meet Our Instructors

Rob Kessel

Founder & Lead Instructor

Founder of Panoramic Capital Academy, Rob is a mortgage capital markets expert and former CEO of Compass Analytics, with over 30 years of industry leadership.

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Gary Malis

Instructor & Strategic Advisor

Gary is a seasoned mortgage executive and chief strategist, with deep expertise in mortgage capital markets, M&A, and lender consulting.

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James Baublitz

Instructor & Capital Markets Executive

James is a capital markets executive and CFA® charterholder, known for his hands-on leadership in pipeline analytics, pricing, and secondary strategy.

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How Our Courses Help

When your team understands the history, context, and mechanics of capital markets, they unlock the ‘why’ behind how mortgages are priced, managed, and delivered. This deeper knowledge drives sharper decisions, stronger financial performance, and more efficient capital use — the difference between simply keeping up and consistently outperforming. Employees who master this context become a strategic advantage at every level of your company.

Explore how this knowledge benefits you, regardless of where you are in your career or in the industry:

Accounting

  • Greater confidence in secondary, servicing and month-end reporting
  • Deeper understanding of fair value derivatives, and hedge accounting
  • Better forecasting and understanding of performance rate sensitivity
  • Remove language, jargon disconnect with secondary and servicing

C-Suite

  • Enhanced focus on strategies and operations to improve performance
  • Greater confidence and predictability in financial projections and performance
  • Better understanding of deviations of target margins
  • Demystify capital markets jargon for better interdepartmental communications

Development and technology

  • Foundational understanding of business, urgency, and workflow required for development or deployment of enterprise systems, consistent with secondary and C-Suite objectives

Operations

  • Improved focus on operational areas to better support financial performance consistent with secondary and C-Suite objectives

Production

  • Loan Officers and Brokers: Enable better pull-through, lock performance, confidence, and comprehension of rate sheet and market dynamics
  • Correspondent Reps: Enable more productive conversations with sellers, better feedback loop with secondary, and production success

Secondary Marketing

  • Implement more profitable rate sheet and margin strategies
  • Ensure full deployment of best execution strategies
  • Identify areas to reduce hedge cost and improve performance attribution
  • Improve communication to c-suite and accounting

Servicing

  • Improved accuracy of valuations and understanding of rate sensitivity
  • Better cash flow planning and forecasting
  • Expanded context on economics and workflow associated with retention strategies

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8 weeks

Mortgage Capital Markets Executive Course

What you can expect

  • A clear understanding of rate sheets, pricing components, and market drivers
  • Fluency in capital markets terminology and processes
  • Insights into loan sale execution, servicing decisions, and risk strategy
  • The ability to improve internal communication and decision-making
  • A digital certification respected by lenders and industry employers

Who this course is best for

  • Branch managers and loan officers
  • Correspondent and wholesale AEs
  • Agency reps and mortgage insurers
  • Operations and servicing professionals
  • C-suite leaders with limited time

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Capital markets fluency—for professionals who need to know, now.
14 weeks

Mortgage Capital Markets Masterclass

What you can expect

  • A complete understanding of best execution strategy, PPEs, hedging inputs, pull-through, and hedge ratios
  • Hands-on skills in Excel and data analysis for decisions
  • A structured approach to servicing valuation and MSR economics
  • Clarity on performance attribution, hedge accounting, and balance sheet impacts
  • Greater cross-functional communication and executive influence
  • A digital certification respected by lenders and industry employers

Who this course is best for

  • Capital markets and secondary marketing professionals
  • Hedge desk analysts and pricing strategists
  • CFOs, controllers, and risk managers
  • Developers and analysts supporting capital markets systems
  • Senior executives ready for a deep dive

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