UK

7 - 8 July 2009 - London

Private equity is an asset that has become widely accepted as a key component of investment portfolios. Its major advantage is that it delivers attractive risk-adjusted returns with fairly low correlation to equities and bonds.
This two day course will explain all aspects of private equity as an asset class and equip you with the most efficient and up-to-date portfolio implementation techniques.
You will gain practical tools to analyse risks, manage due diligence process as well as evaluate and select investments.

This seminar is designed to equip participants with the state-of-the-art techniques to manage interest rate and credit risks, to seize current opportunities in the fixed income market, and to hedge the risks associated with an instable credit and interest rate environment.

1 - 3 July 2009 - London

This practical 3 day course gives you a profound knowledge of wealth management strategies and covers all aspects of cutting edge strategies for private banking.
From client segmentation to portfolio construction and client relationship management, you will have a chance to explore the latest techniques which will help you stay ahead of the competition and gain new contracts. We will be examining traditional and alternative investment instruments and their role in the investment portfolio. You will also learn how to evaluate risk and run a technical analysis.
This unique programme will equip you with the knowledge and skills critical for success in the modern wealth management world.

Attend a launch presentation on long & short trading strategies.

This practical course is designed to provide an insight into the area of UCITS, showing how funds may select eligible assets, incorporating derivatives and demonstrate how these instruments may be employed to achieve different investment objectives.

The course will start with providing a background to UCITS III and the different types of instruments which can be used within this structure. It will then look at traditional asset classes in the context of eligible assets directive (EDA).

29 - 30 June 2009 - London

Hedge Funds are going through turbulent times. Changing regulatory requirements, increased transparency and risk management strategies are defining new approach the hedge fund sector has to take on.
This carefully structured 2 day training explores the characteristics of the hedge funds world in the context of recent market events. The course is designed to help you understand the structure as well as the main types of hedge funds and their investment styles and strategies.

25- 26 June 2009

The aim of this course is to show how to analyse a company and value its shares using comparative analysis. The delegates will be taken through various approaches including earning, asset, cash flow and dividend based valuations as well as the key ratios that will help describe the operations of a company and have to be taken into account in their calculation and interpretation.
The training will be structured around Excel based exercises and case studies which will give you excellent understanding of the latest strategies for equity valuation.