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Goodacre provides a wide range of in-house training and workshops, using highly recommended, experienced individuals. A selection of our forthcoming workshops can be seen below:

  Credit Derivatives
 

In Association with

   
09:30 - 13:00


Seminar Overview

Increasingly Insurance Companies, Asset Managers, Pension Funds and Private Bankers are using Credit Derivatives to enhance existing products and to look at new ways to control investment risks. This course is specifically designed to meet their needs in understanding how the market works, the key instruments and their characteristics – and an insider’s guide to how such products are created and priced. With the credit markets still under considerable strain this course provides the important knowledge and information to understand how the credit derivatives market really works and its likely future development.

  • Learn about the investment strategies and techniques used by portfolio managers investing in credit derivatives and structured credit products
  • Understand the factors that impact pricing of credit products and the risks involved in buying them
  • Understand the motivations and trades of the major players in the market

This workshop will cover the following:

Credit derivatives
Describe different types of single name credit derivatives
  • Credit default swap
  • Total return swap
  • Credit linked notes

Credit default swaps
Understand the impact of different clauses in the Documentation
  • Key terms of credit default swaps
  • Documentation
  • Credit events
  • Settlement mechanisms

Credit derivatives pricing
Understand how to price simple credit derivatives
  • Inputs to CDS pricing
  • Pricing CDS v asset swaps – the basis
  • Pricing a Total Return Swap

Some applications of credit derivatives
Apply credit derivatives in different market situations
  • Credit derivative users
  • Credit portfolio management – risk reduction and Diversification
  • Negative basis trades

On completion of the seminar, delegates will be able to:
  • Describe the structure of single name credit derivatives
  • Understand conceptually credit derivatives pricing
  • Describe some practical applications of single name credit derivatives


  • CPD
    Delegates will qualify for 3.5 CPD hours and certificates will be provided to all attendees.
    Goodacre Training is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment (CISI) as an approved CPD Provider. Members of the CISI can log these training hours on the CISI website.

    To reserve places
    email events@goodacreuk.com or book online with all your contact details, including the name and address for invoicing. You will receive confirmation of your booking within 24 hours. Price inclusive of all course material.

For further details:

For further information please contact Goodacre by telephone +44 (020) 7422 0063 or email


Goodacre does not provide refunds for those failing to attend events or cancelling within 5 working days of the event
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