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Derivatives School: Strategies, Instruments & Practical Solutions Training Course

This course gives you the essential fundamentals in using financial derivatives.

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How to Use Financial Derivatives in Risk Management and Funding

This derivatives course is designed to give you the essentials in using financial derivatives.

You are given tools to understand transactions involving exchange-traded (ET) and over-the-counter (OTC) derivative products.

The fundamental concepts in structuring, pricing and using derivative products are explained with a focus on interest-rate and currency derivative products.

The 3 main benefits of this derivatives training course are that you'll learn:

The fundamental building blocks of derivative and swap product structures
How to price swaps and derivatives
How swap and derivative products are used for risk management and raising funding for banks and corporates

"Great...Ethan Hathaway's presentations and the materials are excellent and it is the best seminar I have attended." - W.N., Dealer, Bank BJB, Indonesia

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Derivatives Strategies Training Course Highlights

"Speaker conducted the course at a comfortable pace. He was able to share anecdotes from his professional experience, related to the course subjects." - L.K.W., Treasury Sales, CIMB, Singapore

"What I liked most about this training course was: the real & updated issues discussion" - S.P., Manager, ABN Amro Bank, Thailand

"The 3 biggest benefits of attending this training course were: understand the fundamentals of derivatives product, learn how to pricing all these derivatives and learn how hedge and/or construct the product" - Y.P., Senior Treasury MIS Manager, Kasikornbank, Thailand

DAY ONE
Day one of this course will provide you with knowledge of how to structure derivative & swap products

The Role of Financial Derivatives
The Building Blocks of Derivatives
Exchange Traded (ET) Markets
Over-The-Counter (OTC) Markets

DAY TWO
Day two will provide you with an introduction to derivatives pricing using simple to understand approaches and minimal use of mathematics

Pricing of Derivative Instruments
Pricing Forward Contracts
Pricing Option Contracts
More Complex Derivative Structures

DAY THREE
Day three will provide you with actual experience in using derivatives (futures contracts, options and swaps) to manage risk, create synthetic assets, undertake arbitrage and raise funding

Using Financial Derivatives
Capital Market Arbitrage Using Derivative Transactions
Using Derivatives for Risk Management

Who should attend this derivatives training course?

This course is suitable for those who have no prior knowledge or a basic understanding of derivatives. The course will begin at a basic level and move towards an intermediate level.

Treasury staff in banks,corporations and financial institutions
Dealers and Traders
Sales and Marketing staff
Institutional investors
Finance professionals
Corporate Bankers looking to expand product sales knowledge

This is a good pre-requisite course for our other derivatives and Advanced Derivatives courses.

What you need to bring

You will need to bring a financial calculator or a laptop for the practical exercises.

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Why Ethan Hathaway training courses?

Practical. Learn from experienced and active industry practitioners and what's being practiced by your peers.
Applicable. Apply what you learn in your job and your career
Specially designed courses by industry active experts for industry practitioners
Quality Control. Each expert instructor is interviewed and vetted through our senior management and our 5-point instructor criteria.
Valuable. Earn more revenue or save your organisation from monetary loss. You and your organisation will quickly earn back your investment on the course fee and more
Enjoyable. Speakers who have a passion for their topic
Clear. Turning complex concepts into easy to understand concepts
Limited seats - each session is limited to between 18-25 seats

What do you receive from an Ethan Hathaway training course?

You gain knowledge and skills that make you valuable to your company and your career
Instruction by industry experts
Course notes and reference package
Daily lunch, snacks and refreshments
Certificate of completion
Meeting your industry peers
Ask questions relevant to your job

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Your course instructor

Christopher Danielewski: Christopher Danielewski, a Managing Director with a US based consultancy, specializes in the areas of foreign exchange, money markets, derivatives and fixed income products.

Before joining this consultancy, Mr. Danielewski managed capital markets businesses for Citibank, Credit Agricole Indosuez and Calyon, Credit Agricole?s Corporate and Investment Bank. During a twenty year career at Citibank Mr. Danielewski held a number of senior positions. He was responsible for all trading and sales activity in the Citibank Paris trading room for FX, Derivatives, Bonds and Money Markets, managed the Emerging Markets FX trading team in New York and was co-head of Citigroup New York?s Corporate Foreign Exchange Sales. He later joined the Credit Agricole group, first as head of capital markets for the U.S. based in New York and later as the head of fixed income products for Central and Eastern Europe based in Warsaw. Throughout his career, Mr. Danielewski has been involved with training initiatives as a trainer and manager in the U.S. as well as various countries around the world.

Mr. Danielewski completed his undergraduate education at The Johns Hopkins University and received a Masters in International Economics and Political Science from the The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies(SAIS). He is fluent in English, French, and Polish.

Dates & Locations & Fees

Date	Location	Venue	Course Fee	Early Bird Fee	Register
21 Nov - 23 Nov, 2012	SG, Singapore	Marina Mandarin Hotel	US$4398	See Brochure

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