Course Objectives

Understanding contracts, exchange and clearing house, looking at the margin process, UCITS III, valuing derivatives, hedging, asset allocation and speculation


Who Should Attend?

Finance and accounting, Human Resources, Sales and Marketing, Risk Managers, Administrators


Prerequisite Courses

None


Course Overview

� Looking at contracts
� Valuing contracts
� Risk assessment
� UCITS III, powers and risk management
� Swaps and CFD�s
� Accounting for Portfolios
� Index futures contracts
� Fixed income futures contracts
� Options
� The role of the exchange
� The role of the clearing house
� The role of clearing brokers
� Valuing derivatives
� Hedging
� Asset allocation
� Strategies


Course Materials

Notes, hand outs, exercise materials