July 2025

Fixed Income,-In an Era of Political Instability Course Overview Knowledge of the fixed income or bond markets is essential to understanding financial markets. This course delivers a comprehensive and practical introduction to the bond markets, from the basics of what a bond is to some trading strategies. It is focused throughout on current market practice with many actual […]

Fintechs, Crypto & De-Fi Introduction The advent of e-money licenses has been seized upon by a number of fast growing Fintech’s, who aim to disrupt existing retail and commercial financial services providers, and in particular banks, in the same way the internet has successfully challenged many ‘bricks-and-mortar’ retailers. The ultimate Fintech may prove to be Facebook’s proposed Libra

Exchange Traded Funds Course Overview Exchange Traded Funds are now firmly established in the investment world. But how do they actually work? Originally designed as simple, user friendly, passive, Equity Index tracking vehicles, their evolution has created several different types of product, across the AssetClasses, with each one requiring different approaches in due diligence. While the external ‘packaging’

Equity Derivatives Overview The goal of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the main Equity derivatives.  The focus is on how each instrument works, the various ways they are used, how they are priced and risk-managed. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this seminar delegates will be able to:   Understand the key features of

Equity Capital Markets Introduction London’s importance as a centre for global Equity trading is illustrated by the 418 foreign companies listed on the London Stock Exchange at the end of 2018*. The Shanghai-London Stock Connect is the latest idea to encourage this particular trend from China, as that countryis increasingly embraced by the international Stock Index providers.

Efficient Markets vs Behavioural Finance Course Overview One of the traditional building blocks of Efficient Markets – the assumption of rational Investors – has now been seriously questioned since the emergence of Behavioral Finance as an accepted discipline. Participants will gain an insight into a subject matter area which hasnow become accepted as highly relevant & mainstream

Cryptocurrency Delta Hedging Overview Recent cryptocurrency price performance has resulted in a great deal of financial market interest in cryptocurrencies. Most courses on cryptocurrencies focus either on trading strategies, whether cryptocurrencies should exist or whether payment in cryptocurrency should be allowed by payment systems.This course will take an alternative view by acknowledging that cryptocurrencies do exist and are being

Credit Derivatives Overview A good understanding of Credit Derivatives is essential knowledge for a full picture of how the credit markets work – for both private sector borrowers and sovereigns. This is particularly true of the bond markets but also of the loan market. This course explains the key features of the main single-name and index Credit Derivative

Contract Management Systems Overview Creating, negotiating and managing contracts are an essential part of any business, regardless of its size. Contract management is an intricate oversight process that follows contracts from pre-award to completion, including execution, vendor selection, issue detection and control, tracking and processing. Contract Management Solutions can incorporate clause libraries, repositories filled with standardized template clauses that have

Commodity-Delta Hedging Overview Recent commodity price volatility has resulted in a great deal of financial market interest.  Most courses focus on using expensive option strategies to implement commodity hedging. This course will take an alternative view by introducing risk management of gold, oil, natural gas and copper via Delta Hedging risk management simulations targeted at users trying to reduce commodity