Product Controllers - Training Resources

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...

Intermediate Mathematics Understanding Stochastic Calculus Course Outline The use of Probability theory in financial modelling can be traced back to the work on Bachelier at the beginning of last century with advanced probabilistic methods being introduced for the first time by Black, Scholes and Merton in the seventies. The modern financial quantitative analysts make use of sophisticated mathematical concepts, such as martingales and stochastic  more...

Advanced Mathematics Financial Tools and Applications ...he Course is For Quantitative analysts, risk managers, product controllers, financial engineers, researchers. Past participants have included: Chief investment officers, Asset Managers, Strategists, Private Banks, Relationship Managers. Prior Knowledge: Differential calculus, yield curves, duration, convexity, covariance matrix, Riemann integral, ODE (covered in Maths Refresher)  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...

Mortgage-Backed Securities Assessment Management of Risk ...ers * 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 (yield curve, forward rates, forward curve,  more...

Equity Derivatives Valuation and Management Course Outline Equity 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  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...