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Commodities An Introduction
Course OverviewThis course is designed to give delegates a broad overview of the commodities market. The programme starts off by identifying the links between different commodity markets and then moves on to look at the different physical and financial market participants.
Attending the course will help you:
• Understand the various participants in the commodity markets
• Define what is meant by a commodity
• Look at the main traded commodity markets
internationally recognised qualifications for the
financial market
Commodities - An Introduction
Commodities - An Introduction
internationally recognised qualifications for the
financial market
Course ContentThe course content is divided into several topic areas, which are then broken down into multiple subtopics:
1. Commodity Fundamentals• Identify the links between different commodity
markets• Themaintradedcommoditymarkets• Why commodity markets are essentially
forward markets
2. Forward Pricing• Theconceptofaforwardprice• Whynormalforwardpricingconditionsdonot
applyincommoditymarkets• Conditionsofcontangoandbackwardation
and the situations in which they are most likely to occur
• Themaincommodityparticipantsandtheirlikelyactivityalongtheforwardcurve
3. Physical Market Participants• Thenatureofasupplychainfordifferent
commodities• Thenatureoftheirassociatedpricerisks• Demandandsupplypatternsfordifferent
commoditycomplexes(i.e.metalsvs.energyvs.agriculture)
• Themainpricedriversofcommodityprices
4. Financial Market Participants• Howmarketparticipantscaninvestin
commodities(e.g.indexfundsvs.ETPsvs.MTNs)• Themaincommodityindicesusedbythemarket• Themainsourcesofreturnfromindexinvesting
(i.e.theconceptoftherollyield)• Themainfeaturesofexchangetradedproducts• Structuredcommodityproducts
Course FormatThecourseisaonedayclassroom-basedprogramme,takingplaceinLondonatvarioustimesduringtheyear.Thisisanon-examinedcoursebutdelegateswillreceiveacertificateofattendance,issuedjointlybyICMAandHenleyBusinessSchool,UniversityofReading.
Target AudienceThiscourseissuitableforanyonewithanunderstandingofthefundamentalconceptsoffinancewhohasaninterestinunderstandinghowcommoditiesfitintotheworldoffinance.Nopriorstudyisrequired.
Course DirectorNeilSchofieldisavisitingfellowattheUniversityofReadingandisafreelancetrainingconsultant.From2001to2008,hewasglobalheadoffinancialmarketstrainingatBarclaysCapitalinLondon.Hewasresponsibleforthedesignanddeliveryofalargenumberofseminarsin a variety of different asset classes to many differentaudiences.
PrevioustothathewasaDirectoratChisholmRothtraininginLondonandhasalsoheldpositionsatChaseManhattanBankaswellasSecurityPacificHoareGovett(nowtradingasBankofAmerica).Neilhasover20yearsofexperienceinfinancialmarkets.In2008,hepublishedhisfirstbook“CommodityDerivatives”andhissecondtext“TradingtheFixedIncome,InflationandCreditMarkets”waspublishedin2011.
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FiveCertificateProgrammesareoffered:
• Financial Markets Foundation Course (FMFC)
• Securities Operations Foundation Course (SOFC)
• Fixed Income Certificate (FIC)
• Operations Certificate Programme (OCP)
• Primary Market Certificate (PMC)
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