To
ensure we meet your expectations and maximise your return on training
investment, we favour a classroom/workshop set up for the delivery of our
courses. Please note we have therefore limited number of spaces available and
these will be assigned on a first come, first accepted basis. We recommend
early booking to avoid disappointment.
Assess the latest structures, strategies
and risk management applications for profitable energy trading
How will you benefit?
Energy trading is growing rapidly globally. It is essential
to be up-to-date to the latest trends, opportunities and advances in this
industry in order to benefit from profitable strategies. This training course
will provide insight on strategic trading and effective pricing of energy
derivative structures while illustrating best practice of these to mitigate
risks.
This 2-day training is clearly structured to cover the
instruments and market characteristics in depth, addressing the specifics of
energy products and risk management application of these instruments. Risks are
defined in the context of energy markets including main approaches to
estimating and calculating value-at- risk. The practical case studies will
ensure you discuss areas of concern that might arise from your day-to- day work
and enable you to put into practice any theory discussed.
Detailed
overview of physical and financial energy markets for oil, refined products,
weather and emissions
Understand the most popular stress testing
tools and their application in risk management
Profitable
strategies case studies
Illustrate
how to use energy derivatives instruments to mitigate risks
Define market, strategic, credit and
operational risk in the context of energy markets
About your expert trainer:
Tom James is an expert in Energy and commodity markets. His broad experience
gained through 20 years in the energy and commodity sector, covers investment
in and trading across Asian, Central Asian, Middle East, West African, European and North American markets.
His career has spanned the complete value and business
process chain from upstream to downstream in energy & other commodity
markets. Through this he has built up a holistic understanding of the key
elements of investment and risk management decision making.
A recognized business architect with a proven track record
of building and developing businesses in this sector. In addition to this
through his work for investment banks and trading firms as an experienced
market analyst and trader, he has had the opportunity to prove his abilities in
leading, motivating and developing teams of traders and investment
professionals.
In 2003 he published his first book offering practical
guidance to corporate managers and new traders in the energy and commodity
sector and since then has published three more books and contributed to two
others.
Pre-course questionnaire:
A detailed questionnaire will be sent to all course participants to
establish exactly where the group training needs lie. The completed forms will
be analysed by the course leader/trainer and followed by telephone if further
clarification is required. As a result we can guarantee that the course is
pitched at exactly the right level and that the issues that you regard as
relevant are addressed. The course material will reflect these issues and will
enable you to digest the subject matter after the event in your own time.
Who should attend?
From Financial Services Providers, Investment Banks,
Brokerage Firms,
Energy Companies, Energy Hedge Funds, Exchanges,
Regulators,
Consultancies and Solution Providers:
Commodities & Energy Trading
Derivatives Trading
Derivatives Pricing
Derivatives Structuring
Energy & Commodities
Commodities & Energy Model Validation
Structured Products
Risk Management & Analysis
Energy Analysis, Research & Development
Quantitative Analysis and Financial Engineering
Strategists
Commodities Sales
Portfolio Management
Financial Control
Compliance and Internal Audit
Project
Management
