East Asia Institute of Management 东亚管理学院 (EASB) English

An Overview of Financial Derivatives

This course is a hybrid of course four to course six. It is meant to give a brief rundown of the paramount treasury derivatives available in the contemporary ambient.

Objective:

1. To familiarize the participants with the Equity options market.
2. To remove the “Black Box” mystery in options pricing among options users.
3. To introduce numerous options trading strategies.
4. To fully comprehend the risk and hazardous areas in options investment.
5. To complete the knowledge in options covering the vital area of currency options.
6. To introduce the complexity in managing a currency options portfolio.
7. To introduce the risk factors – Greeks and their risk elements..
8. To cover interest rate products being a huge sector in treasury.
9. To introduce all the vital interest rate derivatives and their attributes.
10. To give a special focus on Interest Rate Swaps.
11. To elaborate on the swaps market.

Outline:

1. The origin of options and the purpose of its existence.
2. Past pitfalls and lessons learnt.
3. The Binomial Pricing Model.
4. The Black Scholes Model
5. Options payoff diagrams.
6. Options trading strategies.
7. Exotic Options.
8. Options as investments.
9. The origin of options and the purpose of its existence.
10. Past pitfalls and lessons learnt.
11. The Binomial Pricing Model.
12. The Black Scholes Model.
13. Market conventions and practices.
14. Currency options portfolio management.
15. Dynamic delta hedging – from a trader’s perspective.
16. Currency options as investment and hedging tools
17. The interest rate market in general.
18. The history of swaps.
19. The Futures market.
20. Various Futures products and their uses.
21. FRA pricing.
22. Swaps pricing.
23. Swaps variations.
24. Risk analysis of swaps (curve shifts and rotation).
25. Other risk measurements.
26. Swaps in investment and hedging.
27. Yield curve analysis.
28. Swaps portfolio management – NPV change.

 
For whom:
Bankers of any department, and corporate professionals, all of whom have a need to be knowledgeable with treasury derivatives.

Duration:
3 days

Fees
$1050                            
*Subject to prevailing GST of 7%

Trainer Profile
Mr Lai Kum Hung has his forte in treasury activities with regard to the trading and sales of derivative instruments with various blue-chip banks both here in Singapore, Holland, and in London, and has worked extensively with their private and corporate banking arm. He was also a financial analyst, a senior consultant in Seoul, Korea - consulting on treasury activities and risk management for the banking industry, and a full time trainer with institutions of higher learning (SMa, Raffles Acadamy, PSB etc). He has conducted countless seminars, workshops, and courses to both institutional and private clients in all of his capacities either in classroom settings, or on-site training to various corporations in the Asia Pacific region. Kum Hung graduated from an Ivy-league university in the US (Columbia University) with an MBA, and earned his bachelor degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the State University of New York.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
1.   Replacements are allowed without charge. Please inform us of the replacement in writing at least 3 days before the commencement date.
2.   Cancellation received less then 10 working days prior to the workshop will carry a 30% administration fee.
3.   Confirmation will be sent out via email 2 weeks prior to the commencement date.
4.   EASB reserves the right to reschedule/cancel a workshop in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
 

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