Masterclass School Series

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The IFF Schools Masterclass programmes are a series of unique training forums designed to equip today’s financial professionals with the critical skills needed to compete effectively in the rapidly changing marketplace:

IFF School of Corporate Finance,
IFF School of Corporate Credit,
IFF School of Operations,
IFF School of Derivatives,
IFF School of Risk Management,
IFF School of Bonds & Fixed Income,
IFF School of International Capital Markets,
IFF School of Project Finance,
IFF School of Hedge Funds,
IFF School of Treasury Products and Risk Management,
IFF School of Private Equity,
IFF School of Investment Management,
IFF School of Mergers & Acquisitions,
IFF School of Energy.

These programmes represent a new paradigm in financial education and have been painstakingly designed after extensive consultation with practitioners from all over the globe. Put simply, these events will have a huge impact on your practical skills and understanding. No other learning format comes close to matching the benefits derived from an IFF school. To find out what our past delegates thought, please click here.

Here’s what you can expect when you attend a typical IFF School:

Intensive practical training from some of the world’s leading experts in each field.
Course programme carefully structured to make sure there is a perfect synergy between theoretical knowledge and practical market focused applications.
The residential format allows you to focus on immersing yourself in the topic area without the usual day to day distractions.
The School programmes attract delegates from major financial institutions from all over the world – a great opportunity to network and learn from your peers.
Cutting edge case-studies and up to the minute examples underpin every aspect of the programme.
The content in focused on real-world applications and our goal is to make sure the transition from theory into practice is smooth and efficient.
Massive cost savings – our schools are entirely residential (the fee includes all accommodation and meals etc).

The IFF Schools Masterclass programmes are held at Wotton House, an outstanding venue located in the heart of leafy Surrey, near Dorking, south of London. Wotton House is the perfect venue, providing both a study-focused and a relaxing environment. It offers luxury accommodation, fine food accommodating any dietary requirement and excellent leisure facilities both indoors (indoor swimming pool, spa pool and sauna plus a well-equipped gymnasium) and outdoors (tennis and jogging trails). To find out more information about Wotton House, please click here. To view some photos of this exquisite venue, please click here. To view a video of our superb venue, click here

Other Course Sectors

Available Courses:

School Of Bonds & Fixed Income
School Of Corporate Finance
School Of Derivatives
School of Energy
School Of Hedge Funds
School Of International Capital Markets
School Of Project Finance
School Of Risk Management
School of Treasury Products and Risk Management
The IFF School of Investment Management
The IFF School of Mergers & Acquisitions
The IFF School of Operations
The IFF School of Private Equity

School Of Bonds & Fixed Income - More Details
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.
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 Corporate Finance - More Details
The School of Corporate Finance is a unique figure in the world of corporate finance training. Designed to be a total immersion course that focuses on the complete spectrum of corporate finance transactions. The course is a state-of-the-art guide to modern corporate finance best practice.
DAY ONE Market Overview – Understanding Free Cash Flow – Getting to Grips with Financial Structuring – Practical Valuation Methodologies DAY TWO Practical Pricing Techniques – Emerging Markets– Project Appraisals – Adaptive Situations DAY THREE Getting to Grips with Leverage – Modelling Corporate Cashflows – Principles of Securitisation DAY FOUR Changes in Regulation and Accounting – Shareholder Value – Hedging Strategies – Raising Equity DAY FIVE Mastering Mergers and Acquisitions – Contested Bids

School Of Derivatives - More Details
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.
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 Energy - More Details
The most comprehensive energy training programme currently available. Over five intensive days you will explore every aspect of the global energy markets and the products and issues that drive them.
The programme focuses on the key practical trading and risk issues in all the major energy markets. The practical focus of the course will expose you to the complex risks in the sector via our simulation sessions and equip you with cutting-edge tools to deal with them in the real world. Our faculty of internationally recognised experts are unrivalled in the training world. You are guaranteed to be learning from some of the finest minds in the business. The residential nature of the programme means that these hand-picked individuals will be able to work with you closely to ensure your practical knowledge grows substantially over the five intensive days. There is no other programme like it, you will benefit from 18 cutting-edge case-studies enabling you to apply what you have learned to any scenario.

School Of Hedge Funds - More Details
The ultimate course in our hedge fund portfolio of events. The course is delivered on a residential basis to facilitate focused learning without distraction. The course aims to take your practical skills to new heights as a result of working 1-to-1 with our trainers with over 15 years' experience in the hedge fund industry. If you are looking for hedge funds training, this is the course that will make a difference!
This is an intermediate-level course developed to meet the needs of investment professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge of hedge funds. This course will therefore be beneficial to Hedge Fund Managers, Investment Managers, Investment Analysts, Fund Managers, Portfolio Managers, Asset Managers, Pension Fund Managers, Private Bankers and Sales Staff.

School Of International Capital Markets - More Details
Designed to help professionals develop a detailed practical understanding of the global capital markets and the products that drive them.
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 Project Finance - More Details

The flagship programme in our project finance training porfolio. This highly intensive, residential course has been designed to provide today's project finance professionals with the skills and knowledge to reach the pinnacle of modern project financing. By utilising a practical case study approach to project finance training, the course helps bridge the gap between theory and practice with excellent results.

DAY ONE
How Project Finance Differs from Conventional Finance
Contracts and Cross-Border Enforcement
PPP and Infrastructure Projects

DAY TWO
Power Projects – Developing & Emerging Markets
Market and Operating Risks
Project Cash flow and Debt Structuring

DAY THREE
Project Cash flow Models
Demonstration Exercises
Other Modelling Issues
Practical Modelling Masterclass

DAY FOUR
Technical Issues in Limited Recourse Financings
Bond Financing

DAY FIVE
Sponsor Perspective
Export Credit Agencies
The Golden Rules of Project Finance

School Of Risk Management - More Details
In the current climate there's no subject with more impact than that of risk. The IFF School of Risk Management course sets new benchmarks for risk management education. Taught by a globally recognised team of experts and structured to focus on all the major risk types, this is the only course risk professionals will ever need.
Your course programme at a glance: DAY ONE: Quantitative risk management - Regulation; Bank capital adequacy - Basel capital accord DAY TWO: Measuring market risk - Monte Carlo Simulation; Value-at-risk - Economic & regulatory capital DAY THREE: Credit risk - Default risk; Credit risk exposure - Credit derivatives DAY FOUR: Credit risk management - Liability and risk aggregation; Risk assessment - Basel II and operational risk DAY FIVE: Liquidity risk and valuation; Operational risk measurement and management; Integrating capital measures

School of Treasury Products and Risk Management - More Details
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.
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

The IFF School of Investment Management - More Details
The ultimate investment management training course. Spanning the spectrum of the investment world and focusing on all asset classes, this is the most comprehensive investment management course currently available anywhere around the globe. Always a firm favourite with our investment clients, this course is always oversubscribed.
You will get to grips with the practicalities of cutting edge investment management methodologies The residential nature of the course enables you to cover numerous highly-focused case-studies with a particular emphasis on the practical applications Taught by the world’s leading investment management practitioners, it will provide you with the chance to learn directly from the experts It is tailored specifically to your needs. The intensive programme and case studies will focus on the industries and sectors that YOU choose It will provide you with the perfect balance between theory and practice, ensuring you return to work with all the tools you need to be an outstanding success

The IFF School of Mergers & Acquisitions - More Details

Mergers and acquisitions training can be approached in many ways. Sadly the most common way is largely theoretical. The IFF School of Mergers and Acquisitions course takes a different path. Yes, we'll give you the theory behind the mechanics of M&A, but much more importantly it will equip you with a wealth of practical skills and tools to ensure that every transaction you undertake is a resounding success. Taught by one of the veterans of global M&A deals, this really is a course for serious practitioners.

The residential nature of this programme allows a full explanation of the analytical features associated with business acquisitions, the modelling of the transaction, the legal and regulatory constraints, and the tactical implementation of acquisitions
The programme covers the passage of the European Takeovers Directive, permitting detailed coverage of the topic on a detailed pan-European perspective
You will get more detailed case studies incorporated here than on any other M&A course, enabling you to get a highly practical illustration of the concepts and techniques
This course looks at how, in recent times, financial buyers (private equity) have been able to outbid trade buyers with synergistic benefits from the acquisition and whether it is sustainable in the future
In addition to the comprehensive course materials, you will leave the course with a CD-ROM including specialised reading materials, copies of the regulatory documents, excel spreadsheets encompassing valuation, pricing, consolidation, volatility quantification, synergy evaluation, multiple tranche financings with cash sweep, and more…

The IFF School of Operations - More Details
After extensive consultation with practitioners around the globe, we have formulated this programme reflecting the knowledge needs and concerns that are essential in today's market for the education and development of operations staff. Described by many past delegates as the "ultimate operations training course".
It is the only course of its kind. No other training company provides the operations function with such a thorough yet highly practical programme. The residential nature of this programme allows the inclusion of case studies with a deeper level of appreciation and understanding. This programme will bridge the gap between theory and market practice. It will provide you with an insight into every area of operations from structure, procedure and accounting to risk and regulation. Tailored specifically to your needs. Intensive coverage and case studies will focus on the topic areas and industry sectors that YOU choose. You will have the unique opportunity to attend a completely FREE half day pre-course workshop. The workshop is a practical review of all the major financial products and will act as a worthwhile refresher.

The IFF School of Private Equity - More Details
Already the programme of choice for many organisations around the world. The IFF School of Private Equity raised the bar in private equity training. Focusing on the practical aspects of private equity, this really is the only course of its kind that is designed with practitioners in mind.
The only 5-day course of its kind that is dedicated to applications not just theory You will learn from Guy Fraser-Sampson, one of the world’s leading private equity experts The programme covers all aspects of private equity from both an LP/LG (fund level) and GP/entrepreneur (company level) perspective You will benefit from highly practical guidance on practical matters such as fundraising and planning an investment portfolio The use of extensive real-world practical examples and group case studies will provide you with state-of-the-art knowledge in the private equity sector You will gain a unique insight into how private equity fits into modern investment portfolios and its role in multiasset class investing You will receive a free signed copy of Guy Fraser-Sampson’s top selling book - Private Equity as an Asset Class