Circumstances have led to a wider acceptance of webinars and distance learning. Swapskills has been delivering webinars through various platforms: Zoom, MS teams and other media.

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Here is a selection of 2 hour modules. This list is far from exhaustive and subject matter can be adapted to market feedback.

 

Identifying and managing currency risk

 

• Understand why corporate Treasuries may be exposed to currency risk

• See how technical analysis can help forecast future price movements

• Identify where to implement currency hedging solutions

• Study market conventions for quoting spot and forward FX rates

• Look at forward FX rates and their applicability to long term commercial contracts

 

 

Identifying and managing interest rate risk

 

• Identified where corporates and financial institutions are exposed to interest rate risk

• Covered key market conventions for interest rates

• Looked at where forward pricing comes from and how it relates to key derivative products

• Explored ways to reduce unwanted short-term interest rate risk

• Looked at the uses of interest rate swaps to manage long term interest rate exposure

• Seen how to use cross currency swaps to manage longer term FX risk

 

Identifying and managing commodity risk

 

• Identify where corporates are exposed to commodity price risk

• Quantify the consequence of not hedging

• See how commodity futures work

• Understand how swaps and options can secure profit margins

• Cover how markets can be arbitraged to generate cheaper funding or higher yields

 

Using options to manage market risk

 

• Learn the difference between call options and put options

• Differentiate the various option types

• Explore fundamental structures to manage market risks and views

• See how to embed options into structured investments

 

Money Market Instruments & the loan markets

 

• Commercial Paper

• Bankers Acceptances

• Certificates of Deposit

• Treasury Bills

• Raising money via syndicated loans

 

Fixed income overview

 

• Government bonds

• Corporate bonds (including ESG markets)

• Medium term Notes

• Private placements

• Duration 101

 

Derivatives: Market & credit risk

 

• Understand PFE implications, credit and market risk factors of key derivative products.

• Suitability and appropriateness

• Explore currency options and various structures

• Explore key concepts of XVA

• Discuss key risk mitigants used to manage counterparty risk

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Capital structure

 

• The Capital Asset Pricing Model

• Understanding key funding instruments

• Look at a CFO’s considerations when constructing a liability profile

• Cover the role of credit derivatives and asset securitisation

 

Spotting opportunities to cross-sell value-added solutions

 

• Delivering customised solutions

• Effective account planning

• Identifying opportunities in the working capital cycle

• Steps to improving Risk-adjusted Return On Capital (RAROC)

 

Managing the client

 

• Identifying wallet share, size and tier position

• Cross-sell checklists

• Handling client objections