Instructor Led Derivatives Training

Energy Markets Carbon Trading and Risk Management The objective of this two-day comprehensive practical based workshop is to cover the fundamental aspects of the energy markets, principles and practice of carbon trading and issues in effective risk management of energy portfolios. The interplay between the individual energy markets and their specific characteristics are of great importance in successfully understanding energy products and their  more...

School of International Securities Operations A comprehensive and hands-on interactive program, using case studies, exercises and group sessions developed to ensure that the delegates gain the understanding of 1) how the industry and their specific interactions/ responsibilities interact within the overall scope of the international financial markets, 2) demonstrates the business links in their important contribution to the overall process of  more...

Credit Derivatives and Hedge Funds This course is aimed at prime brokerage staff, hedge funds and fund of funds, institutional investors and others wishing to gain a thorough understanding of credit derivatives as they are used by hedge funds. The course will test knowledge on a continuous basis by use of realistic scenarios for all.  more...

Global Collateral Management ...s loans and repos as well as both OTC and exchange-traded derivatives. This course explains the rationale and current best-practice functioning of collateral management programmes for financial institutions. It is designed to build up a sufficient level of expertise to give attendees a good grasp of the legal, technical, process and economic issues and drivers affecting the profession. It is  more...

Fundamentals of Derivatives Valuation and Pricing ...derivatives valuation and learn how to value some of the common financial derivatives. This intensive 1 day course is led by highly experienced industry practitioners. Our trainers are professional risk managers and consultants who are actively involved in risk management and finance. They can not only explain the latest thinking in changes and direction, but can also provide many practical  more...

Dodd-Frank Act Implications for Derivatives Trading Investing and Hedging Activities ...g, investing and hedging activities using a wide range of derivatives and related products. These products may be used by many different types of market participants in many different ways, such as bank dealers in market making, fund managers trading and hedging investments, regional banks managing their Asset-Liability positions, municipalities and government entities managing their debt,  more...

Index Linked Bonds and Inflation Derivatives ...derivatives is growing rapidly. The program covers the mechanics of the instruments, their valuation and how they can be used to take or hedge inflation exposure alone or embedded in other structures. Traders, risk managers, fund managers, project finance and structured finance practitioners, accountants, auditors, consultants and anyone interested in the use and operation of index linked  more...

Strategic ALM, Treasury and Capital Asset and Liability Management (ALM) is a key function of growing importance in financial markets. ALM involves a number of techniques that maximise the use of an organisation's assets and liabilities to improve performance. The course provides a deep understanding of the subject, offering an overview of traditional ALM and detailing the more recently applied risk measures, their modelling and use  more...

Equity Exotic Options calibration and pricing This course introduces and applies advanced models for the pricing of equity derivatives. Practical workshops develop a solid understanding of the current frameworks for pricing these instruments and give participants the mathematical and practical background necessary to apply the various pricing methodologies to the market. All delegates will receive a copy of Wim's book, "Levy Processes in  more...

Accounting for Derivatives in Practice ...irements, hedge effectiveness testing and accounting of a derivatives strategy during its whole life. All participants receive a copy of the "Accounting for Derivatives" book by Juan Ramirez. Who The Course is For * Financial managers * Treasurers * Derivatives accountants * Derivatives structurers and salespeople * Stock analysts * Derivatives middle-office  more...

Modern Credit Derivatives ...course provides a comprehensive view of how modern credit derivatives are used for risk management, to create profitable opportunities through trading and arbitrage, and to create liquidity. A thorough analysis of the credit crisis, what went wrong and the future of credit derivatives will be considered. The course will provide an in-depth description of all credit products including Default  more...

Quantitative Techniques for Credit Derivatives ...of the current framework for modelling and pricing credit derivatives. Participants will gain the mathematical and practical background necessary to apply the various models in the market and will learn about recent advances in the field. Who The Course is For * Quantitative analysts * Risk managers * Financial engineers * Researchers * and others who are involved in credit risk  more...

Interest Rate Derivatives 2 Second Generation Techniques ...r on pricing and managing second generation interest rate derivatives. What used to be called exotic interest rate derivatives are now commonplace and an essential part of the financial marketplace. This intensive seminar is for anyone who wishes to be able to use, price, manage, market or evaluate standard second generation interest rate derivatives such as Constant Maturity Swaps and  more...

Interest Rate Derivatives Hedging and Managing Risk ...mprehensive seminar on pricing and managing interest rate derivatives. This course is charged and can be booked by the day. Select the days that meet your needs, or participate in the whole course for a thorough grounding in these instruments. Who The Course is For This course is designed for anyone who wishes to be able to price, use, market, manage or evaluate interest rate derivatives  more...

BGM Market Models Advances, Calibration, Smile, Pricing ...the last generation of financial models for interest rate derivatives, with an importance in pricing and hedging financial products that has grown in the recent market turmoil. Discover new developments and cutting edge techniques in Libor and Swap Market Models. This in-depth course reviews foundations and illustrates the latest advances, including lessons learnt from the financial crisis.  more...

Equity Derivatives Advanced Models ...ces and applies advanced models for the pricing of equity derivatives. The objective of the workshop is to develop a solid understanding of the current frameworks for pricing equity derivatives and to give participants the mathematical and practical background necessary to apply the various pricing methodologies to the market. Delegates are entitled to a 30 discount on Schoutens's book, L vy  more...

Equity Derivatives Valuation and Management ...derivatives have been growing in importance over a number of years and are now well established in the financial marketplace. This seminar is for anyone who wishes to be able to price, use, manage or evaluate equity derivatives and exotic equity options. More than half of the seminar is devoted to practical small group sessions. Who The Course is For Anyone who wishes to be able to price,  more...

Using Inflation Derivatives in Today s Market ...derivatives and other index-linked products is growing rapidly. The programme covers the mechanics of the instruments, their valuation and how they can be used to take or hedge inflation exposure alone or embedded in other structures. Traders, risk managers, fund managers, project finance and structured finance practitioners, accountants, auditors, consultants and anyone interested in the  more...

Advanced Mathematics Financial Tools and Applications ...nd principles used for calculating the price of financial derivatives. The Black-Scholes model is used as the starting point but gradually the level of complexity is increased to discuss the jump-diffusion models, stochastic volatility models as well as discussions of pricing various exotic pay-offs that will be the new vanilla products tomorrow. Who The Course is For Quantitative analysts,  more...

Implementing Fundamental Quantitative Techniques ... * Risk managers * System developers * Traders and derivatives teams * Consultants and brokers Objectives To provide practitioners with a practical understanding of how a range of tools can be used to manage analyse and price financial instruments. Participants will study: * Principal components * Duration and the impact of convexity * Methods of interpolation, their  more...

Volatility Trading and Managing Risk ...ions on the application of a range of standard volatility derivatives such as VIX futures and options and volatility swaps. The final part of the programme covers the treatment of volatility in the more popular stochastic volatility models used in the industry such as SABR and Heston and provides insights into the most relevant approaches to modelling volatility under current market conditions.  more...

Property Derivatives ...models and applications related to the latest real-estate derivatives will be covered in this course. The first day is dedicated to forwards and futures and to the introduction of a new type of modelling based on mean-reverting models with nonlinear trend. Day two covers total return swaps and options pricing and risk calculations based on value-at-risk and expected shortfall measures. Who The  more...

FX Exotic Options ...elop a solid understanding of the current exotic currency derivatives used in international treasury management. This will give participants the mathematical and practical background necessary to deal with all the products on the market. Delegates are entitled to a 30 discount on Uwe's book, FX Options & Structured Products Guest speaker Tino Senge: Quantitative Analytics Group, Barclays  more...

Commodities and Commodity Derivatives Course Outline The current explosion of activity in commodity markets - expressed by the amount of capital flowing into this asset class and the remarkable growth of hybrids, structured notes and commodities indexes - makes this course essential for all those needing a thorough and detailed understanding of both spot and derivative transactions. The programme will cover fundamental issues such  more...

Managing Exotic Risk Course Outline New market conditions have changed forever the way in which managers need to think about complex risk. In this course we look at lessons from the recent financial crisis and how to avoid explosions of risk from illiquid and complex products during times of financial stress. Lessons learned call for a re-assessment of tools available for the management of exotic risk. More than  more...

Managing Liquidity Risk in Financial Institutions ...s (internal and external) Fixed Income traders (cash and derivatives) IT professionals specialised on treasury systems Executives who are members of ALCOS (asset a liability committees) Prior Knowledge It is assumed that participants are familiar with a bank's treasury operations and fundamental market instruments such as swaps, swaptions, FRAs, futures and vanilla FX derivatives.  more...

Counterparty Risk, Credit Exposure and CVA This course explains and develops the ideas and models for collateral management and the measurement and quantification of counterparty risk. The ideas are built up sequentially and workshops are used to develop the key ideas including margin calculations, estimation of haircuts, credit exposure and pricing counterparty risk. Participants will be able to take away all worked examples and  more...

Correlation Trading and Risk Management Course Outline The programme aims to provide a sound understanding of the up-to-date practical realities of trading and risk managing correlation, especially equity and equity/ forex. The course will draw heavily from recent markets case studies, and the real practices used at large financial companies, highlighting the weaknesses and pitfalls where needed. During the Excel based workshops  more...

Stock Exchange & Investment Training Course This training is designed for anyone who is interested in the stock exchange and investment. It intends to make people understand the technicalities with simple examples. This course will explain how the stock exchange works in relation to the London Stock Exchange. It guides you through the history of LSE and other Stock Exchanges. The participant will get familiar with financial site of  more...

Building high-performing teams Building high-performing teams: Businesses increasingly need to develop people at all levels who have the skills to move between project teams and work groups. We focus on the underlying principles of high performance and the development of long-term skills. We help people understand the strength of collective working, and ensure they develop clear insights about themselves and the ways to  more...

Business finance and commercial skills Business, finance and commercial skills: Not surprisingly, people tend to place a great emphasis on their own skills when they tackle the challenges they face. A low level of skills constrains the options that people are able to consider; a wider range of skills equips your people with a wider choice of action when deciding how to be most effective at work. At the design and development  more...

Selling effectively in the insurance sector Selling effectively in the insurance sector: In an increasingly global, competitive marketplace, client managers and brokers need to be more than just a nice person to do business with. Increasingly they need to be able to discuss with senior boardroom clients the value proposition of solutions in a risk management and corporate finance framework. In particular, they need the ability to  more...

CPD - business professionals CPD - business professionals: Your business professionals might work in IT, Operations, HR, Legal, Compliance, L&D or one of the other critical functions of your organisation. In their respective roles managing the components of a financial services operation they need to be experts in their field, together with having a good understanding of the financial markets, capital and derivative  more...

Improving bank and individual effectiveness Improving bank and individual effectiveness: At MDA Training, we have extensive experience in delivering personal skills training and programmes designed to improve corporate effectiveness. A relationship manager may be highly skilled in identifying a prospect, performing a risk assessment and constructing a deal, but if the relationship skills are lacking, the deal will never be  more...

Intern training Intern training: Increasingly we are being asked by our clients to design and deliver short programmes for their interns before they start their summer placements. Potential future recruits form their first impressions of your organisation from their internship and therefore it is very important that you make a positive impact and create a memorable experience. We work with you to ensure  more...

CPD - market professionals ...professionals will be dealing with securities and trading derivatives in the global marketplace. Regardless of their front office role: fund manager, trader, analyst, sales or structuring; every moment they are away from the markets costs your organisation money. Training, however, is vital to keep your professionals up-to-date and ahead of your competition. But the training has to be of the  more...

Insurance accounting updates Insurance accounting updates: In recent years, the regulatory, accounting and financial reporting framework for insurance business has changed enormously. And in the near future it is expected to progress still further. Solvency II, Insurance Contracts phase II, new guidelines on Market-Consistent Embedded Values (MCEV), new IFRSs, and changes to regulatory returns to name but a few. These  more...

Introduction to derivatives It is important wherever you work in the business to have some understanding of the capital markets and also the way companies and governments raise money. One area of the capital markets which has been under scrutiny for the past 18 months are the derivatives markets. A dynamic and highly volatile part of any bank; capable of yielding high revenues by taking on increased risk. However,  more...

Industry business and management risk training Industry, business and management risk training: With a high-level view of the economy established and regulatory risk assessed, no lend can realistically be sanctioned until there has been a detailed sector analysis and the all-important assessment of management. We are able to introduce, in a practical manner, effective tools for sector analysis and demonstrate how to apply them in the  more...

Graduate training Graduate training: Training and developing your graduates is a major investment. Get it right and you have the leaders of tomorrow. Get it wrong and you live with the consequences for years to come. We know that it takes a lot of effort, energy and investment to give graduates the best start. So our unique approach to training equips them with the skills they need to be effective as soon  more...

Equity derivatives ...derivatives: This course will enhance participantsa ™ ability to work confidently and competently on an equity derivatives desk. They will master the key concepts and be familiar with the language and jargon of the markets. Depending on particular client needs, this course typically explores: * The information provided by Bloomberg for futures and option contracts *  more...

Introduction to fixed income Introduction to fixed income: Fixed income products play a key role in global capital markets. This course introduces candidates to different types of bonds, who the investors are and the different types of issuer. The yield curve, along with its important economic dynamics is introduced, together with key concepts such as how simple bonds are priced and duration. Various risks associated  more...

Economic and regulatory risk training Economic and regulatory risk training: With the current state of the economy a hot topic no matter what industry you are in, it is vital to have a sound understanding of events in the domestic and global economies. This understanding is paramount when the context is whether or not to sanction a request for funding from a customer. We have run high level economics overviews for HR  more...

Credit Derivatives The credit derivative markets allow participants to take views on an entities credit quality and to insure themselves against counterparty and credit risk. Many structures exist but the most common and widespread is the Credit Default Swap (CDS). This course covers the basics of single name and basket CDS contracts, CDS pricing, ISDA definitions together with examples of real life practical  more...

Driving commercial and financial awareness Driving commercial and financial awareness The financial dimension of an insurance business has long been the preserve of the accountants and actuaries. However the external demands of the marketplace and the requirements of internal business targets have a pervasive impact on the work of everyone in your organisation. However, do your people understand your organisationa ™s strategic,  more...

Credit and financial risk training Credit and financial risk training: At the heart of the credit decision are financial analysis and risk assessment. Our trainers use their financial backgrounds to demonstrate how to quickly break down the financial performance of a business to identify strengths and weaknesses. Where we add most value is in explaining how to interpret the data.  more...

Introduction to the insurance industry Introduction to the insurance industry: Insurance companies are increasingly recruiting talented individuals who have little experience of the insurance industry. Understanding how an insurer makes money and appreciating the details of the insurance marketplace is hard for an experienced manager, let alone a new joiner. The apparent complexity of products, processes and language can be  more...

Risk management Risk management: Products, channels, regulations, and market events all play their part in the complex risk frameworks that define the insurance sector. In particular, people may feel the need to take inadvisable risks in order to meet a short-term business development target, and may feel unable or unwilling to speak out if they consider the risks to be unacceptable.  more...

Graduate induction programmes Graduate induction programmes: New graduates need to quickly get up-to-speed with both the necessary technical and interpersonal skills, as well as reflecting the values and competencies of their employer. Any introductory programme needs to sit around professional examinations, job rotations, and other work-based activities which the participants will be undertaking. It also needs to  more...

Leadership development and assessment Leadership development and assessment: Talented individuals can become effective leaders with the right coaching, training and practice. However, making the transition requires people to think and act in different ways, and thata ™s the challenge that many find most difficult. We focus on building peoples insight into leading themselves, their people and their business.  more...

Business commercial and leadership skills Working in partnership with you, we invest our experience and expertise to design and deliver tailored development and assessment events that are firmly grounded in your business, commercial and leadership contexts. This way, your training programmes reflect your genuine work environment and culture, helping your people make sense of their business experiences while offering new avenues to  more...