COURSE TYPE : [ INTERMEDIATE ]
The bond market and fixed income instruments in general is one of the most lucrative investment conduits in all of the capital markets however so many investors do not involve themselves in this domain because of a lack of understanding of the terms, trading approaches and valuation principles. This course addresses these areas and many more, it will give you all the tools you need to fully understand sound fixed income investment strategies.
| Who Should Attend |
| Risk Analysts | Will gain a solid insight into how credit risk is traded off their balance sheet while at the same time how to measure credit risks within investment portfolios. |
| Investment Advisors | The course will walk across all the key fixed income instruments, lifting their knowledge substantially so that they can advise their clients on the risks and expected returns from such investments. |
| Portolio Managers | Those who are establishing investment portfolios can understand how to immunise the yield within their fixed income investments, how to addjust returns inline with market and credit risk of the investment. |
| Treasury | Understand the Yield, Risk, Liquidity relationship of a fixed income investment portfolio. Learn how to hedge exposure through Swaps, Options and Forwards. |
AFTER THE COURSE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
1) Understand the various fixed income instruments from vanilla bonds to exotic mortgage backed securities
2) Gain insight into the various risks and purposes of instruments in the fixed income domain
3) Learn how to immunise a portfolio so that it's yield is less volatile
4) Gain knowledge on how to hedge interest rate and currency risk
5) Understand how to measure market risk such as duration and Value at Risk
6) Build up more yield curve analysis in steps so that it is easy to understand
7) Complete outline of the securitisation process and how investors can benefit
8) How to compare bonds considering default risk
9) What brought about the credit crisis, the fixed income angle
COURSE GIVE AWAYS
Materials and spreadsheet examples will be given to all participants in electronic format so that they may take the examples away with them and evolve them further once the course has been completed. In addition a statistical tool will be presented to participants that allows for advanced yield curve analysis, this tool can also be taken away as a fully operational software package by all attendees.