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Derivative Credit Risk - Analysis and Management
 
Objectives

A financial institution deals in many products with many counterparties. As the Lehman bankruptcy showed, monitoring and managing counterparty credit risk is essential to the survival of the firm. In this day derivatives trading can often create larger exposures for large financial institutions than cash instruments given the relative volume being traded. The course is designed to provide an overview of the principles of how to calculate, assess and manage derivative credit risk and will focus on interest rate swaps and options.


Target Audience

This course is valuable for anyone responsible for managing or overseeing derivatives products and counterparty risk. It is equally valuable to the buy side, sell side or any other participant active in these products. The course is suitable for anyone with an understanding of the fundamental concepts of finance, fixed income and an understanding of the basic derivative products – this knowledge will be assumed and there will not be any basic review of these products.


Length and Structure of the Course

The course consists of two days of lectures and case studies. Each day typically consists of four 90 minute session with coffee breaks in the morning and afternoon and a lunch break in the middle. There is no exam for this course but candidates will get a certificate of attendance.


Course Tutor

Neil Schofield

Neil is a visiting fellow at the University of Reading and is a freelance training consultant. From 2001 to 2008, he was global head of financial markets training at Barclays Capital in London.  He was responsible for the design and delivery of a large number of seminars in a variety of different asset classes to many different audiences. Previous to that he was a director at Chisholm Roth training in London and has also held positions at Chase Manhattan Bank as well as Security Pacific Hoare Govett (now trading as Bank of America). Neil has over 20 years of experience in financial markets. In 2008, he published his first book “Commodity Derivatives” and his second text “Trading the Fixed Income, Inflation and Credit Markets” was published in 2011.  

He is currently co-authoring a book on Inflation entitled “Trading Inflation: Markets, instruments and strategies”, which is due for publication in 2013.







Course Outline
Session 1 Contents
Techniques for measuring derivative credit risk • The Sutton formula
• Replacement cost
• Mark to market plus add on
• Semi-analytical methods
• Monte Carlo simulation
Sessions 2 & 3 Contents
Interest rate swaps - valuation
• Zero coupon swap pricing
• Selecting the appropriate discount rate (LIBOR vs. OIS)
Interest rate swaps - risk drivers • Factors influencing swap spreads
• Interpreting negative swap spreads
Interest rate swaps - credit risk • Deriving the PFE for interest rate swaps
• PFE for swap variations (e.g. forward starting swaps, amortising swaps, accreting swaps)
Sessions 4 & 5 Contents
Interest rate options - valuation
• Principles of interest rate option pricing
• Factors influencing interest rate option premia
• Option risk management – the Greeks (i.e. Delta, gamma, vega, theta)
Session 6 Contents
Interest rate options - Risk drivers • Characterising yield curve behaviour
o Principal Component Analysis
o Theories of the yield curve
• The relationship between volatility and the yield curve
Session 7 Contents
Interest rate options - credit risk • Deriving the PFE for interest rate options
o Caps and floors
o Swaptions (cash vs. physical settlement)
• Cancellable vs. extendible structures
Session 8 Contents
Managing derivative credit risk - documentation and mitigating strategies
• ISDA documentation
o Credit support annex
• Credit risk mitigation techniques
• Credit value adjustment (CVA)
• Bilateral counterparty risk
o  (BCVA)
• Examples of 'wrong way' trades





ICE EducationDetails of the next seminar

London
TBC


ICE Education
5th Floor Milton Gate
60 Chiswell Street
London EC1Y 4SA
United Kingdom

Please email education@icmagroup.org to register your interest to attend our next publicly scheduled course.

Based at ICE Education London offices: IntercontinentalExchange® (NYSE: ICE), is a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets.


Costs

The cost of thecourseis £1,250.00 for ICMA Members and £1,650.00 for non-members.

The following discount scale is offered:
2-4 candidates – 5% discount each*
5+ candidates – 10% discount each*

*Please note that discounts are applied by way of a refund to the organisation when registration has closed and the final number of candidates from the firm has been determined
.

Payment can be made by secure online credit card or by invoice. Please note that the BACS invoice method has an additional £50 admin fee.

Note that anyone requiring accommodation to take the course will be required to arrange this on their own; it is a class-based but non-residential course.


For more information

This course is also available on a group booking basis.

Should you have any queries about this seminar please contact David Senior on +44 20 7213 0329 or at education@icmagroup.org





 
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