Ethan Hathaway

Accounting for Derivatives : Stay up-to-date on the changing accounting standards for derivatives With the changing accounting standards in the industry for accounting for derivatives, it's becoming harder to keep up with how to appropriately account for derivative products. This 2-day course teaches you how to account for derivative instruments as set out in IAS39 and amended in FAS 133. Staying up-to-date The course will focus on the changing accounting standards for derivatives. The IFRS changes have resulted in a different approach to accounting for derivatives and you will learn about these changes and how to apply them.

Advanced Credit Management : This credit training course will provide experienced lenders with the necessary skills to increase the profitability of your loan portfolio by mitigating the potential risks.

Advanced Derivatives: Pricing & Hedging : This 4-day intensive workshop is focused on the specific needs of Asian participants to increase your skills in the pricing, risk management, and structuring of global derivatives products. The workshop focuses on forwards, futures, swaps, options, caps, collars, and swaptions in the equity, foreign exchange, commodities, and interest rate markets. The workshop builds on the widely used text Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (6th more...

Advanced Securitisation Workshop : This course is patterned after the Advanced Securitisation Workshop, which has been developed for the Australian Securitisation Forum over the course of twelve years. The course features three interlocking themes: deal structuring, deal modelling, and what can be termed deal microstructure".

Anti-Money Laundering for Banks : All banks are legally obliged to implement systems to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Auditors must ensure that the spirit and letter of the law is being strictly implemented.

Asset & Liability Management : How to effectively manage your ALM function To effectively manage your balance sheet, you need to be able to manage your financial exposure due to currency, interest rate and liquidity risks. By the end of this 3-day workshop, you will be able to: * Implement an effective asset and liability management (ALM) policy * Manage the ALM function * Understand the analytical framework of interest rate risk management * Confidently apply ALM in derivatives products * Develop familiarity with Value at Risk (more...

Auditing Derivatives : Derivative products are relatively new financial products in the financial markets today. As a result, the way they operate and their accounting and risks are not clear to many investors, bankers and auditors, and the recent collapse of many financial institutions is a clear indication of that fact.

Back Office Management Workshop : How to create an air-tight back office You'll learn how to effectively improve the control, efficiency and performance of your back office operations.

Bank Internal Audit School : This course gives internal auditors the key skills that you require prior to commencing internal auditing assignments within financial service institutions.

Basel II and Risk Management : This training course cuts through the maze of provisions contained in the new Basel II Accord to extract the practical implications of the new framework on pricing, deal structuring, profitability and ultimately, competitiveness. The primary focus is on Credit Risk but the new Market Risk and Operational Risk Frameworks are also reviewed.

Bond Markets & Yield Curve Analytics : In this practical three day workshop on bonds and fixed income products, you will: * Module 1: Be walked-through present yields and market conditions * Module 2: Be guided through complex yield curve mathematics * Module 3: Learn how to model yields and distributions * Module 4: Learn about various money market instruments and yields * Module 5: Learn to understand and how to use traded Libor futures * Module 6: Learn how to model and value bonds * Module 7: Understand how to analyse spread products and the credit risks in yields * Module more...

Bond Markets & Yield Curve Analytics - UK : A 3-day training course on bond markets & yield curve analytics.

Business Continuity & Scenario Planning : This is an intensive course on Business Continuity and Scenario Planning focused on the banking/ financial institution environment.

Client Relationship Management : By the end of this 3-day client relationship management course, you will be able to: * Establish productive relationships with your internal or external clients * Commit to mutual goals with the client * Plan for results collaboratively with the client * Provide ongoing support to the client * Assess the consulting relationship

Commodities Trading : This course will highlight the key concepts involved in commodity trading with elements drawn from real situations. You will also cover liquidity issues and lightly traded commodities.

Company Valuation and Modelling : A 3-day training course on Company Valuation and Modelling.

Corporate Credit Analysis : This course is designed for banking and credit professionals seeking to advance their analytical skills.

Corporate Finance Masterclass : This five-day workshop is designed to provide you with an overview of the main theories and tools used in corporate finance, all centered on an examination of shareholder value. We will examine several overarching issues: * What factors contribute to a company s worth? * What tools can investors use to estimate that value? * What theoretical concepts underlie modern corporate finance? * How do we select appropriate M&A, financing, and risk management solutions to enhance value for shareholders? * How can financial professionals anticipate and understand corporate news events and the accompanying market movements?

Counterparty Risk Management for Derivatives: Market and Legal Perspective (Module 2) : A 2-day training course on counterparty risk management of derivatives.

Credit and Loan Markets : This course provides a comprehensive overview of the credit and loan markets.

Credit Derivatives: Pricing & Hedging : * Wide range of uses of credit derivatives * The various products included in the general label credit derivatives * Pricing and hedging of credit and credit derivatives products * Practical, hands-on examples of various credit math tools and techniques * Where to get the relevant parameters for pricing and hedging * Insights into the latest credit derivatives products and applications strategies in the markets * A peak into what the future might hold for this rapidly growing market

Credit Risk Modelling : Pricing loan portfolio, evaluating risks and mitigating default This course will aim to provide you with an understanding of the methodologies adopted in quantifying credit risk, will examine developments in the area of credit portfolio management including an examination of credit derivatives. The course incorporates workshop and case study sessions and is designed to be interactive.

Derivatives School: Pricing & Hedging (Module 1) : This derivatives course is designed to give you essential the foundation knowledge in using financial derivatives.

Effective Leadership and Management : Take your organisation to the next level with your leadership The pressure for "dynamic" leadership at all levels within organisations has grown rapidly over the past few years. This is in response to several factors, including younger managers, interactive client dealings and the general speed of change in organisations. How to become an effective leader and manager This course is designed to help you and your organisation build lasting leadership skills for the new millennium. It seeks to help you balance "managing" and "leading". The course is built around a highly-researched set of High-Leverage Core Competencies:  more...

Effective Treasury Management : By the end of this 3-day workshop, you will be able to: * Implement an effective treasury management policy * Manage the treasury function in both a banking and a corporate environment * Understand the analytical framework of interest rate and foreign exchange risk management * Confidently apply financial derivatives as risk management instruments * Develop familiarity with Value at Risk (VaR) concepts and application * Understand important regulatory developments relevant to the treasury function Key features of this more...

Energy Derivatives Trading, Valuation & Hedging : A 2-3 days course on energy derivatives.

Financial Modelling in Excel : Your business is running smoothly, but... What if oil prices continue to rise? What if an avian flu pandemic breaks out? What if interest rates rise? As a banker or a financial professional, you want to be able to make reliable, quality and timely decisions. You need to make split second decisions that could result in substantial financial gain or loss. If you learned how to use simple spreadsheets and create financial models of how these effects would impact the bottom line of your business' financials, that would be an invaluable skill. Learning how to effectively construct and use financial models is the closest thing to having your own crystal ball when it comes to determining financial more...

Financial Modelling in Excel - USA, UK, Europe, Dubai : This practical 3-day workshop is designed to provide you with an overview of the variety of Excel models used in business and corporate finance environments.

Fixed Income Derivatives : A 2-3 day training course on Fixed Income Derivatives.

Fixed Income Structured Products : A 3-day Fixed Income Structured Products training course.

Foreign Exchange Workshop : What will you get out of this workshop? In three days, you will: * Learn how to profit from your forex transactions * Work with your fellow delegates to solve realistic case studies * Be introduced to a highly effective and innovative teaching technique called the "arrows methodology" which describes flows of domestic and foreign currencies respectively in terms of different coloured-coded magnetic arrows * Learn how to apply the "arrows methodology" every day in your job. You'll be able to use this methodology to describe all the foreign exchange situations you will ever encounter * Learn how to solve the management of your own foreign exchange problems * Be able to trade more...

Hedge Fund Risk Management : This workshop is designed to give you a comprehensive overview of risk management for hedge funds.

Interest Rate & Currency Exposure Management : A 4-day training course on interest rate and currency exposure management.

International Bank Compliance : This 2-day course consists of general requirements and provides guidance to you in regards to international bank compliance.

International Financial Reporting Standards-IFRS Workshop : A workshop on how to comply with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) regulations.

International Trade Finance : This is a 4-day course providing you with an in-depth appreciation of international trade finance. Trade Finance products and solutions are covered in detail during the programme. A strong emphasis is placed on understanding the key elements of customer trade cycle analysis, and specifically, the effectiveness of using this particular risk assessment tool in identifying customer financing needs and maximising potential monitoring and control mechanisms for the bank.

Introduction to Operational Risk & Basel II : This comprehensive three day hands-on "Basel II and Operational Risk" course will prepare you to comply with the Basel II Operational Risk Requirements.

Introduction to Risk Management : This course provides you with a brief introduction to the various areas of risk management within financial institutions.

Loan Documentation : A two-day course designed for both bankers and borrowers who require an understanding of the practical and legal issues involved in negotiating loan agreements.

Managing Risk in Electronic Banking : This course examines how the traditional risk profile has shifted and focuses on these changes and what needs to be done to effectively implement an efficient operational risk regime that includes all the required controls.

Market Risk Management : Are you taking on more market risk to generate higher returns? Institutional investors, corporations, financial institutions, and central banks around the world are increasingly taking on more and more market risks in various aspects of their businesses as a way to improve performance by generating higher returns, or lowering costs. This course provides an understanding of the frameworks that can be used by Asian institutional investors, corporations, and financial institutions to identify, measure, and report market risks including price risks (marked-to-market or model against spot prices/rates, yields, credit spreads, volatilities, and correlations), cash more...

Mergers & Acquisitions Masterclass : This course is meant for practitioners looking to "fine tune" M&A techniques to Asia and leverage practical issues in Asia to execute successful M&A strategies.

Operational Risk Management: How to be compliant for Basel II : This is a three day non-mathematical course concentrating on the key issues that arise from the Basel Accord and the practical solutions that can be applied to your organisation. With the development of the Basel Accord there has been an increased focus on operational risk. The BIS have now affirmed the delivery date for the standardised and basic indicator approaches and only delayed the more advanced approach by a year. This means that for the majority of institutions the date is now set and you need to move forward with a degree of urgency.

Performance Measurement and Risk Analysis for Asset Management and Hedge Funds : This workshop is designed to give you a comprehensive overview of performance measurement and risk analysis for asset managers and hedge funds.

Project Finance Analysis : A 3-day project finance analysis training course for bankers and project finance professionals

Reducing Risk in Foreign Exchange Settlements : This 2-day intensive course takes you directly into the world of Foreign Exchange Risk.

Structured Equity Derivatives : In this 2-day intensive and practical course, you will learn: * How to use equity derivative products to structure solutions to your equity management problems * How to structure complex equity derivative transactions * How to price and trade equity derivative products * How to apply the latest available instruments in managing the liability of portfolios or investments

Syndicated Loans: Understanding the mechanics of loan syndication : This syndicated loans training course is designed for lending officers to deepen your corporate relationships and arrange syndicated loans for key customers.

Technical Analysis : In this course, you will learn how to use technical analysis in financial markets. You will also gain a series of practical techniques which will organise and rank technical analysis methodologies. This will give you a framework to forecast future price movements in financial markets.

The Next Big Deal in Asian Private Banking : Understand the opportunity Asian Entrepreneurs present private bankers "Retool" Private Bankers to handle entrepreneurs Understand the wealth being created by price discovery (listings etc), new economy businesses And more...

Trade Banking Operations : This brand new 2 module course will give you an overview of international trade finance that will cover products, operations and selected trends in trade finance. * Acquire an overview of trade finance that covers product and transactional information as well as broader operational and strategic issues * Explore selected challenges, enablers and trends in international trade finance and trade banking * Enhance your expertise as a trade specialist, or improve your effectiveness as a banker with dealings in international trade

Trade Finance for Financial Institutions : Overview This three day course will give you an overview of international trade finance that will cover products, operations and selected trends in trade finance, as well as provide an overview of practices or points of interest, by region. Enhance your trade finance expertise * Acquire an overview of trade finance that covers product and transactional information as well as broader operational and strategic issues * Explore selected challenges, enablers and trends in international trade finance and trade banking * Enhance your expertise as a trade specialist, or improve your effectiveness as a banker with dealings in international trade

Trade Finance Products : This brand new 2 module course will give you an overview of international trade finance that will cover products, operations and selected trends in trade finance. * Acquire an overview of trade finance that covers product and transactional information as well as broader operational and strategic issues * Explore selected challenges, enablers and trends in international trade finance and trade banking * Enhance your expertise as a trade specialist, or improve your effectiveness as a banker with dealings in international trade

Treasury Management School Asia : How to create an efficient treasury function In this 3-day workshop, you will learn how to effectively manage the risks facing your treasury operations and effectively manage your company's funds.

Treasury Management School UK Europe and Dubai : In this 4-day practical training course, you'll learn how to: * Effectively control your interest rate and currency exposures * Measure interest rate and currency risks * Apply appropriate strategies in response to risks you're exposed to * Confidently manage your risks and much more

Treasury Risk Management : A practical 4-day treasury risk management training course.

Analysing Financial Statements : This online training course teaches you the fundamentals of analysing financial statements such as the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement as well as key financial ratios.

Sukuk in Islamic Banking Finance : This online training course introduces you to Sukuk (Islamic securities), what it is, the common types of Sukuk used in today's Islamic finance and how they are structured. By the end of this course, you will have a good understanding of Sukuk and its applications in Islamic finance.