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Reducing Risk in Foreign Exchange Settlements Training Course

This course teaches you how to manage and reduce your risk in foreign exchange settlement transactions.

".. despite significant progress, the potential consequences of a disruption in the foreign exchange settlement process remain considerable" - BIS Steering
Group on Settlement Risk in Foreign Exchange Transactions - 2007

Course overview

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

You will gain a deeper insight into Foreign Exchange Settlement Risk, what it is and what is needed to control it.

Join us to explore the nature of foreign exchange settlement risk, what has been done and what remains to be done to mitigate it. Learn how to calculate the
extent and duration of your settlement exposures.

Different types of settlement mechanisms are examined in detail including how banks, worldwide, handle these processes today. Because of its significance the CLS rational, processes and practicalities are examined in detail.

This is a practical "hands on" course that will provide you with the tools and understanding to better mitigate Foreign Exchange Settlement Risk.

Have a question? Email us at: or call us at: (+852) 2273-4393

Course highlights

• An Introduction into Foreign Exchange
• Managing the Risks
• The Present Situation
• Settlement Methods
• Present Day Actions
• The Future

Who should attend?

The course has been specifically designed for Bankers involved with:

• Foreign Exchange
• International & Correspondent Banking
• Payment Systems and Money Transfers
• Risk Managers
• Auditing & Compliance
• Payment Strategy
• Retail Banking Services
• Banking Product Development

This course is a must for all forex practitioners; beginners and seasoned alike.

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Have a question? Email us at: or call us at: (+852) 2273-4393

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

Download the course brochure to learn more

Your course instructor

Richard Barr: Richard holds a B.S. in International Business Administration from San Jose State University in California. His professional experience spans 19 years, 5 of which were spent with Wells Fargo Bank. Another 5 were spent honing his global banking skills, when Richard was intimately involved with International Trade Finance, Real Time Gross Settlement and Cross Border Banking. The past 9 years have been in the private and high-tech sectors providing high-level consulting services, business analysis, project management and training to a wide range of banking clientele across the globe.

He has spent extensive time servicing a diversity of "financial institutional" clients, in South Africa, Poland, Sweden, Ireland, Netherlands, Greece, Bermuda, Malawi, United Kingdom and across North America. Clients that Richard and Citadel Advantage have dealt with such notable firms as AIB Bank, Eurobank, ABSA Bank, CitiBank, Swedbank, INDEbank, IBM, Montran and Fundtech, as well as many others.

Richard has also filled the role of advisor to central banks on payment systems and technical payments issues. Furthermore, key staff from the Bank of England, South African Reserve Bank, Central Bank of Ireland and Bank of Portugal who have attended training sessions presented by Richard.

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Dates & Locations & Fees

Sorry, there are presently no public dates for this course, however, this course is available on an in-house basis.

Date	Location	Venue	Course Fee	Early Bird Fee	Register

Early Birds Save Up To 30% Off the Regular Fee, download the brochure to learn more

Limited seats - Email us: for availability.

* Venue, dates, course fees, promotions, course content, course instructor are all subject to change

Can't find a session in a city near you?

If there's no session scheduled in a city near you, you have the following options:

• In-house training: If you have a group of 8 or more, consider having us run this course in-house for you
• Co-sponsored training: Between 5-7 people, consider a co-sponsored course - you agree to send this set number of people to the course if we run it in a city near you and Ethan Hathaway sells the remaining seats to other companies
• Distance learning: Less than 5 people, consider distance training format: live trainer presents over phone lines/web at pre-scheduled times (available only for select courses)
• Just tell us where you want the course: Let us know which city you'd like us to run this course in - we'll plan it if there's enough demand

Email us at: for more information regarding the above options.

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: +852 3014-0721
4. Or call: +852 2273-4393 during normal office hours

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Related Courses

• Operational Risk Management: Basel II Compliance
• Foreign Exchange Risk Management Workshop
• Back Office Management for Financial Institutions Workshop
• Anti-Money Laundering for Banks
• International Bank Compliance
• Business Continuity & Scenario Planning for Banks & Financial Institutions
• Managing Risk in Electronic Banking: Taming the Electronic Tiger
• Bank Internal Audit School
• Advanced Operational Risk Management
• Risk Management School

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