Description
Derivatives are described as “off-balance sheet” products because unlike the cash markets there is typically no exchange of the principal amount of the asset or liability involved. Derivatives Level 2 builds on the Derivatives Level 1 course and will enhance participants’ understanding of the derivatives market and help to master complex hedging techniques.
Course Details
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define Option Strategies
- Define Swaps
- Define Interest Rate Options (Caps, Floors, Collars) and their uses
- Calculate the settlement amount of the Futures, value of swaps to each party
Derivatives including:
- Swaps
- Option Strategies
- Interest rate options
Traders with more than two years of experience in treasury, senior foreign exchange & money market traders, senior derivatives traders, investment & capital market department officers, middle office and treasury operations officers, senior risk managers, senior corporate department staff who use derivatives to hedge their clients’ foreign exchange & interest rate risk, legal advisers and lawyers, senior officers (corporations) who need to broaden their knowledge with advanced hedging tools, and derivatives system developers.
Participants are expected to have a considerable background in fundamental mathematics and completed Derivatives Level 1 (GBO169).
This course consists of lectures, discussions, in-class exercises and multiple-choice questions. Participants are also expected to complete an additional 5 hours of self-study.
Note: This course is examinable
Duration: 3 Days (5 hours per day) with the exam on the final day
Date: 31 Oct - 2 Nov
Lecturers: BIBF Faculty
Fees: Member Organisations
- GCC Nationals: Covered by Levy
- Other Nationalities: BHD 75
Fees: Non-Member Organisations
- All Nationalities: BHD 300