Causal Capital

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Causal Capital has an extensive training and workshop centre that offers leading courses in the finance domain.  We have a technical lean that services Oceania, South East Asia and GCC.

 

 

All our courses can be designed to fit your exact requirements so the outlines that are available here should be seen as a starting point on your learning path.  

 

 

  [ Please feel free to customise the topics you have an interest in learning ]

 

 

This is a small selection of some our leading courses that have been successfully delivered and they take in both quantitative and instrument design processes.

 

 

 

Why Causal Capital

 

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Basic to Intermediate 

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Operational Risk Management  [ Basel II quantitative frameworks in banking environments ]


Operational risk is present in all businesses, it happens to be a major part of the Basel II banking accord and has led quite a few institutions to a difficult place.    This course has been designed to show you how to build all the elements that are required to quantify operational risk in a parametric manner. Many different approaches are investigated and compared so attendees can expect to finish the workshop with a clear path ahead.
 
   Build a risk database      Integrate Loss Data, Scenarios, KRI and CSA      Generate an OpVaR number

 

 More information can be found here 

 

 
Credit Scoring and Portfolio Management  [ Valuation and risk of the customer against the portfolio ]

This credit risk framework is designed for front, middle and back office.   It looks at different scoring models and how such data can be used to measure the risk within a portfolio.  Different perspectives of credit risk management are considered, including; how better to rate a corporate term structure and how such risks can be hedged.
 
   Credit Scorecard model      Integrate scorecard model & portfolio model      Generate Expected & Unexpected loss values

 

More information can be found here 
 
  
 
 
Fixed Income [ Instrument use design and operation ]

This course has been designed for the investor who wishes to learn about fixed income instruments end-to-end.  Discussions about the instruments (Bond’s, MBS, CDO’s and many more) will show how they are traded and valued.  Learn how to build a robust portfolio that has a stable yield is also covered in this workshop and how to manage default adjusted structures as well as hedges will be given with examples.

 
   Yield Curve Analysis     Default Adjusted Duration      Vanila Bonds, Exotics, Swaps, IRO's FRA's
 
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Cost Control Management [ Operation, Accounting and Structured Finance ]

This is a balanced course that looks at the dynamics or function between revenue enhancement and cost.  It highlights best practice methods for reducing costs without hampering revenue streams and reviews various ways to scale up/down operations to reach economies of scale.   The workshop will also review various aspects of cost risk management, tax cost effectiveness, typical cost reduction strategies, effective procurement policy and how to hedge cost risk. 

 
   ABC Cost Analysis     Real Options      Funding & Leverage     Profit Centres
 
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Structured Finance [ Business Modelling, Structure, Sensitivity Analysis, SPV Structure, Optimisation ]

Structure finance end-to-end and the CCPF is one of our flagship workshop products and is ideal learning for bankers, account managers, project financiers and valuation experts.   The course looks at all parts of the model from leverage through to debt management and uses real live case studies to explain complicated concepts.

 

   SPV structures and strategies     Financing Options      Valuation Approaches      How to Optimise a project

 

More information can be found here

 
 
 
  
 
   
 
FX and Interest Rates   [ Trading strategies, Hedging of interest rate and currency risk ]

Money Markets are often misunderstood yet are an important domain to hedge and speculate.  Whether you are a banker, trader or operating business, being able to understand how to measure your exposure and manage such risks is an invaluable piece of learning.  This course is totally focused on the FX and Interest Rate Market.

 

   How to trade FX and Interest Rates     Swaps, IRO's, FRA's      How to price instruments      How to measure risk in trades

 
More information can be found here
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
Trade Finance [ UCP 600 best practice, LOC's, Hedging Currency Risk ]

Trade finance is not project finance – It is the commercial end of banking that follows agreements between importers and exporters of goods.   Gain insight into best practice methods for effective trade which is built around the UCP guideline.   Learn about the risks in trade finance and how to manage them.  This workshop will also show how to establish a small business treasury function that can control cash flow.

 

   Apply UCP principles for different trades     How to hedge FX exposure      How to price trades      How to forecast and manage cash

 
More information can be found here