Advanced Swaps

Fig 2: Advanced SwapsMonday October 25, 2010 - Thursday October 28, 2010

Hilton Hotel
Singapore, Central Singapore

Financial - Derivatives/Structured Finance

Course overview

'Advanced Swaps' training course has been offered for market participants for over ten years. It has been continually updated to include the latest practical and theoretical developments in the structuring, pricing and hedging of swaps and related transactions.

It is assumed that you will have a basic understanding of the swaps market, including:

  • Operations of the cash, FRA, futures and swap markets
  • Use of discount factors to fair price swaps
  • Basic option pricing
  • General interest rate risk management

Summary of course content:

  • Construct and price off a futures strip
  • Blend information from different markets together efficiently
  • Price and hedge a wide range of non-generic swap structures
  • Transfer credit risk through the CDS market
  • Value foreign assets correctly
  • Swap complex structured products using numerical models and Monte-Carlo simulations
  • Decompose structures with embedded options into their basic components
  • Apply modern risk management to swap portfolios

Methodology

This course is very interactive, combining formal lectures with practical sessions, discussions and a wide range of computer-based exercises which can be taken away after the course. This will reinforce your learning and ensure that you are ready to apply the course as soon as you return to your institution.

All delegates are expected to bring their laptops to facilitate in-class studies and exercises.

Who should attend this training course?

  • Experienced members of swaps desks and other structuring teams
  • Senior risk managers
  • Market participants responsible for providing financial structuring / engineering and treasury services to end users
  • End-users to understand how banks are pricing and hedging swap structures

For more information on this training course please email trai...@euromoneyasia.com or call +852 2520 1481

Homepage: http://www.euromoneytraining.com