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Capital Modelling and Capital Management - More Details Go to top of the page
Learn the latest strategies and techniques for regulatory and economic capital after the credit crunch
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Learn the latest strategies and techniques for regulatory and economic capital after the credit crunch. 

During this highly intensive two-day course you will:

  • Gain an understanding of the very latest economic & regulatory capital methodologies
  • Learn about the key practical features of the Basel II proposals, pillars 1,2,3 and the latest developments
  • Review current liquidity risk regulations and requirements
  • Learn a wealth of practical strategies and techniques for dealing with market risk
  • Gain an insight into the future of capital management
  • Benefit from an in-depth study in the risks beyond capital
  • Learn cutting-edge techniques for capital structuring and optimising capital level
Counterparty Risk of OTC Derivatives - More Details Go to top of the page
The credit crisis created a climate of fear around counterparties in OTC derivative markets. This course will help you develop the skills to understand the risks of dealing with OTC derivatives.
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Attend this highly practical two-day programme and you will learn:

  • Best practice techniques for pricing and hedging counterparty risk, illustrated with real world case studies and models
  • Bilateral and multilateral payment and closeout netting techniques
  • How to structure derivative transactions that actually reduce your exposure to counterparty risk
  • State-of-the-art approaches for collateralisation – in theory and in practice
  • Tools for dealing with “wrong way” counterparty risk
  • The latest strategies and techniques for reducing credit exposure
  • How to deal with the problems created by the credit risk of derivatives

….and many other critical topics.

Equity Derivatives - More Details Go to top of the page
Understand how to price and structure equity derivatives and learn exactly how to use them in practice. Taught by one of the leading experts in the field, this is the only equity derivatives course you'll need.
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  • Understand the role of equity derivatives and their advantages to the issuer, the investor and the investment bank
  • Gain hands on experience of varying the parameters of equity structured products to meet client needs
  • Understand the derivative hedging process and how it can go wrong
  • Explore the practical limits of derivative models and their  reliability
  • Be able to guide clients to better solutions for their equity risk management requirements
  • Have a much better understanding of the front offices approach to pricing and trading these products

 

Exotic Options - More Details Go to top of the page
A sound understanding of exotic options is essential in order to exploit the opportunities they present. This course will help you understand the complexities of exotic options and teach you a wealth of practical tools for using exotics in a pricing, hedging and trading context.
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A practitioner-focused guide to pricing, hedging and risk management

Attend this intensive course and you will:

  • Learn the best practice techniques to pricing and hedging exotic options illustrated with practical case studies and simulations
  • Get to grips with all the major risk management components
  • Master the complexities of a wide rage of exotics, including barrier, Asian, equity-linked, digital and ratchet options
  • In addition to uses in foreign currency, you will cover interest rate options and derivatives on volatility
  • Gain knowledge from one of the leading pioneers in his field; the instructor is a member of the New Product Committee at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and is noted for his cutting-edge knowledge in the exotics arena
Fundamentals Of Global Bond Markets - More Details Go to top of the page
Your essential and complete practical guide to fixed income products and markets
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  • Master practical bond pricing techniques
  • Get to grips with domestic, international, emerging and eurobond markets
  • Understand duration and convexity
  • Get to grips with fixed income mathematics
  • See how different benchmarks are used
  • Understand the interaction between interest rate swaps and bonds
Fundamentals Of Swaps - More Details Go to top of the page
A solid understanding of the mechanics of swaps is a requisite for every derivatives professional. This highly practical course will help you to get to grips with all aspects of pricing, hedging and trading swaps.
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  • the development of the swaps market, its current size and key players
  • main swap instruments including interest rate swaps, currency swaps and simple non-generic swaps
  • uses and applications of swap products
  • swap portfolio risk management
  • capital requirements, documentation and regulatory issues
How the Financial Markets Work - More Details Go to top of the page
Designed to expel the confusion that often surrounds the financial markets, this course looks at all the major financial markets and will help you understand the products that drive them.
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  • Gaining full insight into the origins of the capital markets, the key players and the role of the regulatory institutions
  • Thorough grounding in the main financial products and how they are used, including: bonds, equities, futures and forwards, swaps and options
  • Defining and exploring the key features and purposes of the financial markets, including fixed income markets, equity markets, money markets, foreign exchange market, swaps market, forwards and futures markets, options market and credit markets
  • Unravelling the credit crunch: causes, consequences and the future
Islamic Capital Markets - More Details Go to top of the page
The appetite for capital market instruments that are Sharia compliant represents a very exciting sector of the market. This course will compare existing capital market products with those that are Sharia compliant and help you understand the structural differences between each, thus ensuring you are able to exploit opportunities in both markets.
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 Unravel the complexities and opportunities within this dynamic market

Mastering Credit Derivatives - More Details Go to top of the page
A comprehensive and practical guide to the current credit derivatives market
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  • the credit derivatives market, its current size and key players
  • the uses and applications of credit derivatives
  • the impact of recent market turmoil
  • credit default swaps, credit-linked note and CDOs
  • credit derivative pricing
  • bank regulatory capital requirements, documentation and legal considerations
  • the outlook for a market influx
School Of Bonds & Fixed Income - More Details Go to top of the page
An essential training course for all bond and fixed income professionals. Developed over time to become the programme of choice for anyone looking to enhance their practical knowledge of bonds and fixed income trading.
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  • Master practical bonds pricing techniques
  • Get to grips with bond mathematics
  • Understand bond sensitivities to ensure effective investment and trading decisions
  • Learn how futures, options and swaps can be used as hedging and trading technique in the bond market
  • Get to grips with repos and reverses and learn how to price them
  • Learn how to use strips to exploit arbitrage opportunities
  • Use the term structure of interest rates to effectively price bonds and swaps
  • Discover new insights into liability swaps, asset swaps and their relationship to the bond markets
  • Understand the debt origination process
School Of Derivatives - More Details Go to top of the page
This intensive course is designed primarily to provide detailed insights into the principles, methods and mathematical tools for understanding the analytics of derivatives structuring, use, valuation, control, and risk management. The emphasis is on better understanding of the intuition behind the analytics employed, and not the complex mathematics per se.
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This intensive course is designed primarily to provide detailed insights into the principles, methods and mathematical tools for understanding the analytics of derivatives structuring, use, valuation, control, and risk management. The emphasis is on better understanding of the intuition behind the analytics employed, and not the complex mathematics per se.

By the end of the course, participants will have acquired key skills in, and an appreciation of, the issues involved in the:

  • Valuation and modelling of fixed income and equity-linked derivatives
  • Practicalities behind their trading, structuring, and risk mechanics
  • Recent developments behind integrated stochastic yield curve models
  • Understanding securitisation and hybrid corporate credit-risky securities
  • Credit derivatives and introduction to credit risk models
School Of International Capital Markets - More Details Go to top of the page
Designed to help professionals develop a detailed practical understanding of the global capital markets and the products that drive them.
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  • Issuers & Investors, Commercial Banking, Role of Investment Banks, Understanding Core Market Principles, Research & Analysis, Getting to Grips with the Major Products
  • Origination & Syndication, Primary & Secondary Trading, The Rationale for Structuring, FRN Issues, Fixed Rate Bond Issues, Recovery Rates
  • The Mechanics of Bond Pricing, Understanding the Yield Curve, Credit Pricing, Understanding the Swaps Market, Using Swaps in Practice, Swap Market Quotations and Calculations, Trading & Structuring Swaps
  • Getting to Grips with the Theory and Practice of Options, Asset & Liability Mgmt, Capital Market Arbitrage Techniques, A Practical Introduction to Credit Derivatives
  • Understanding Securitisation, Compliance & Risk Management Issues, Capital Adequacy Implications, Getting to Grips with Hedge Funds, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Risk Management & Regulation
School of Treasury Products and Risk Management - More Details Go to top of the page
A masterclass in understanding treasury markets and products. Designed with practitioners in mind, the course looks at the spectrum of treasury products and will teach you how to utilise them in a trading, hedging and risk management context.
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Attend this highly practical residential course and you will: 

  • Learn how treasuries function in banks and corporations
  • Gain an insight into managing currency and interest rate risk
  • Discover how to create successful treasury policies
  • Understand how to identify risks and how to hedge them
  • Explore the relationship between trading and hedging
  • Develop a knowledge of the currency risk management strategies of major corporations and how to profit from them
  • Gather more information about attitudes to risk and its management
Understanding & Using Options - More Details Go to top of the page
The practicalities of valuation, hedging and structuring
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Attend this comprehensive training course and:

  • Understand the mechanics of option pricing and valuation
  • Create trading strategies using single and multiple options
  • Learn how to exploit arbitrage opportunities using leverage
  • Develop efficient hedging strategies and understand when they can fail
  • Understand how to manage the risks inherent when using options
  • Learn practical techniques for building and pricing sophisticated structured products
Understanding Commodity Markets & Commodity Trading - More Details Go to top of the page
As commodity markets around the world continue to attract a lot of attention, this course will help you understand the mechanics of the markets and the applications of the associated derivative products.
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Your definitive guide to all the major commodity markets and their trading applications

With commodity markets reaching new highs and volatility increasing, this course aims to give an understanding to the major commodity markets and how to trade them. Over three intensive days you will learn:

  • The characteristics and risks of the different commodity markets and how to capitalise on the different opportunities they present
  • The rationale for investing and trading commodity products via the cash and futures market
  • How to understand the benefits commodities offer as an alternative asset sector
  • Practical trading strategies and techniques for the different commodity markets, including:
    • Base metals
    • Softs
    • Energy
    • Precious metals
  • How to optimise your use of commodity derivatives as a robust trading and hedging tool