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Derivatives School: Pricing & Trading - UK Training Course

Date	Location	Venue	Investment	Register
5 Nov - 7 Nov, 2008	London, UK	TBA	£2597

*18 seats only for each public session

      

What you will learn in this derivatives training course

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

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

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

The 3 main benefits of this 3-day 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 to use swap and derivative products for risk management and raising funding

Derivatives School Training Course Highlights

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

• Concept of Arbitrage Free 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 and corporations
• Dealers and Traders
• Sales and Marketing staff
• Institutional investors
• Finance professionals

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.

Official Media Partner

Eurekahedge is world’s largest independent data provider and research house dedicated to alternative investments. Maintaining coverage of over 16,000 funds across all strategies and asset classes, Eurekahedge is the most widely used and quoted alternative research house worldwide.

Eurekahedge has produced a market-leading research data suite from which our hedge fund and Islamic fund indices are derived, an array of region-specific hedge fund, private equity fund, Islamic fund and real estate fund databases and directories, as well as a collection of educational guides for both funds and investors.

Founded in 2001, Eurekahedge has offices in London, New York and Singapore.

For more information, please contact Alexander Mearns, Managing Director at alex@eurekahedge.com or +65 6212 0924. US toll free: 1866 578 4852, UK toll free: 0800 404 8106

      

Run this course in-house

Consider running this course as an in-house course where you want, when you want and tailor the course to how you want it.

You can gather a group of your colleagues and/or invite your clients.

Find out more about running this course or any other one of our courses in-house.

Why Ethan Hathaway?

• Practical. Learn from experienced industry practitioners and what's being practiced by your peers.
• Applicable. Apply what you learn in your job and your career
• 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

Learn more about this course

Register for the course

You may book your place on the course by any of these methods:

1. Online booking - simply click on the "Register Me" button next to the course date you wish to register and it will take you through our quick online registration procedure.
2. Email us at: - please include your full contact details.
3. Fax us the booking form (included in the brochure) to: UK: +44 87 1715 0414 / Hong Kong: +852 3014-0721
4. Or call: +852 2273-4393 during normal office hours

Derivatives School: Pricing & Trading - UK Training Course

Date	Location	Venue	Investment	Register
5 Nov - 7 Nov, 2008	London, UK	TBA	£2597