Instructor Led Futures Training

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...

Short Selling course hort-sellers are often regarded as sophisticated market participants, but they are also vulnerable to a series of unusual risks. In this course, we will explore how short-sellers behave in practice, how they manage the risks they face and how they gain valuable new ideas and warning signs from stock lending data. What You Will Learn We will examine the evidence behind a variety of  more...

Hedge Fund Strategies This course examines in detail the principal hedge fund and proprietary trading strategies that drive the need for securities financing, combining an academic approach with real life illustrations from hedge fund managers themselves. In 2010 the hedge fund industry is already looking very different. Due to the rapid changes in the industry, all investors, service providers and other market  more...

Fundamentals of Derivatives Valuation and Pricing ...cs and uses of financial derivatives, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps * Understand the basic concepts of derivative valuation and their applications * Learn how to value financial derivatives using widely accepted analytical and numerical methods * Develop an appreciation of derivative risk management, including hedging and the Greek letters WHO SHOULD  more...

Interest Rate Derivatives Hedging and Managing Risk Course Outline A comprehensive 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  more...

Volatility Trading and Managing Risk ...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. Presented by Simon  more...

Property Derivatives ...n 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 Course is For The course is useful for property investment desks and houses, risk  more...

Managing Liquidity Risk in Financial Institutions Course Outline Learn processes and techniques for measuring funding liquidity and market liquidity risks. Understand the link with other a traditionala risk classes such as credit, market and operational risks. Topics include: liquidity coverage optimisation, liquidity risk mitigation, best practice in contingency liquidity planning and effective stress testing. The programme also covers  more...

Equity derivatives Equity 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...