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Introduction to Commodities ... features that exist in each product class, the impact of fundamentals on price action, and the limitations of current financial products in managing the risk. This course will review the development of commodity markets, describe current commodity markets including how products are defined and traded, and will provide a discussion of challenges faced in current markets through new  more...

Commodities and Commodity Derivatives ...pot and derivative transactions. The programme will cover fundamental issues such as volume risk, mean-reversion, the forward curve, and the theory of storage. Plain-vanilla and exotic options on commodities will be analysed, as well as a real options approach to energy physical assets. Lastly, different ways of investing in commodities will be presented and discussed, as well as the virtues of  more...

Property Derivatives ...atives, product control and model validation teams, hedge fund participants aiming at trading on the nascent real-estate derivatives markets, traders, research and policy departments. Prior Knowledge: * Basic knowledge of financial markets and instruments (bonds, swaps, caps, floors, options) in terms of mechanics and elementary pricing. * Basic knowledge of fixed income (yield curve,  more...

Structured Products Design Pricing and Implementation Course Outline A comprehensive seminar on the design, use and pricing of structured products. This course explains how the products are constructed, hedged and applied in live situations. Practical workshops illustrate the details of product design and use. They provide participants with the confidence that stems from a solid understanding of the current frameworks for pricing and applying  more...

Volatility Trading and Managing Risk Course Outline The course starts by providing an understanding of how to estimate volatility and the consequences of the various ways of describing volatile asset prices. This leads into sessions 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  more...

Risk Management and Modelling Course Outline This course develops a set of tools essential for the accurate management of the wide range of risks encountered in capital markets. Techniques are applied cumulatively in a sequence of workshops that include Value at Risk and its limitations, practical uses of Monte Carlo simulations and the Merton and Gaussian approaches for estimation of probabilities. Who The Course is For  more...

Using Inflation Derivatives in Today s Market ... 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 securities and their derivatives.More than half of the seminar is devoted to practical small group sessions. These intensive exercises include simulations using Microsoft  more...

Mortgage-Backed Securities Assessment Management of Risk ... for * Risk Managers * Portfolio Managers * Hedge Fund Managers * Structured Product Desks, Product Controllers and Researchers * Rating agencies involved with mortgage backed securities Prior Knowledge * Basic knowledge of financial markets and instruments (bonds, swaps, caps, floors, options) in terms of mechanics and elementary pricing. * Basic knowledge of fixed income  more...

Asset Allocation and the Business Cycle ...fundamentals influence the returns from bonds and stocks in a changing global environment is essential in determining an optimal portfolio asset mix. This course looks at asset allocation in the context of both business cycle dynamics and structural changes in the world economy, including changing patterns of inflation/deflation, shifts in productivity growth and the impact of asset price  more...

Equity Derivatives Valuation and Management ...Risk Managers, Fixed Income Professionals & Sales People, Fund Managers, Investors, Middle Office Managers, Senior Managers, Quantitative Analysts, Structured Products Desks, Researchers, Financial Engineers, Compliance Staff, Auditors, Dealing Room Staff, Systems Developers, Product Controllers, Loan Portfolio Managers, Credit Analysis, Credit Risk Managers Prior Knowledge A basic  more...

Equity Derivatives Advanced Models ... is For * Quantitative analysts * Risk managers * Fund managers * Financial engineers * Researchers * Credit managers * Accountants * Corporate and financial consultants * Treasury managers * Portfolio managers * Venture Capital executives Prior Knowledge Probability theory, basics of stochastic processes, basic concepts of financial products, bionomial tree  more...

Credit Derivatives 2 Practical Implications of Pricing Course Outline The accurate and consistent pricing of credit derivatives is crucial to gaining a competitive edge in today's market. The objective of this workshop is to develop a solid understanding of the current frameworks for pricing credit derivatives and to give participants the mathematical and practical background necessary to evaluate the various pricing methodologies on the market.  more...