There is no single definition for structured finance, as it often depends on how structured finance teams are organized within financial institutions. However, it generally refers to a set of advanced financial instruments designed to help companies and institutions manage risk. Structured finance has played a crucial role in improving liquidity and facilitating capital raising efforts. It is often used in complex financial transactions that cannot be addressed through traditional methods such as loans or bonds. By leveraging structured finance, organizations can gain access to substantial capital, enhance liquidity, and effectively manage risks. It offers solutions to the intricate financial challenges organizations face in today's dynamic business environment.
This Structured Finance training course provides a valuable opportunity for participants to grasp the core principles of structured finance. Upon completing this course, participants will develop the essential skills needed to raise capital in a complex environment using advanced financial instruments.
This Energy training course will focus on:
- Interest rate derivatives
- Credit derivatives
- The principles of securitization
- Securitization structures
- Synthetic funding structures
This Energy training course is designed to equip participants with the latest knowledge and practical skills for utilizing structured finance techniques to raise capital through complex transactions.
Upon completion of this Structured Finance training course, you will be able to:
- Understand and utilize interest rate forwards and futures contracts.
- Gain proficiency in interest rate swaps.
- Understand credit default swaps.
- Apply knowledge of interest rate swaps in various financial settings.
- Explore the use of asset-backed securities.
This Structured Finance training course will be structured as a highly participative workshop with formal presentations, case studies and interactive worked examples. Relevant examples and case studies will be used to illustrate the application of each of the topics covered and provide opportunity to apply structure finance principles.
Participants will gain valuable insights into the practical applications of structured finance for capital raising through advanced financial instruments, including:
- Utilization of forward and futures contracts for interest rates
- Understanding the mechanics of interest rate swaps
- Exploring credit derivatives
- Applying options in financial strategies
- Implementing securitization techniques
This practical workshop will equip delegates with essential structured finance techniques, enabling them to make valuable contributions to their organizations in raising capital within complex environments. Specifically, participants will learn:
- How to implement interest rate swaps
- The use of options in financial strategies
- How credit derivatives can be utilized to manage risk
- The role of asset-backed securities in capital raising
- Understanding and applying asset swap
This Energy training course would be relevant to all of those involved in raising capital. This includes private individuals, financial and non-financial institutions and non-profit organizations.
This Structured Finance training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals including:
- Financial Accounting Team Members
- Financial Planning and Budgeting Professionals
- Strategic Planning and Head Office Team Members
- Corporate Communication and Investor Relations Professionals
- Traders
- Investors in general
Day One: Overview of Structured Finance
- Definition of structured finance
- Interest rate forward and future contract
- Interest rate swaps
- Options
- Credit default swaps
Day Two: Basic Principles of Securitization
- Asset swaps
- Total returns swaps
- Reasons why organisation securitize assets
- Benefits of securitizations
- What rating agency at rating asset-backed securities
Day Three: Securitization Structure
- Use of interest rate derivatives in securitization
- Credit enhancement
- Family of CDOs
- CDOs and sponsor motivations
- Motivation for synthetic CDOs
Day Four: Collateralized Debt Obligations
- Investors risk in synthetic transaction.
- Variation in CDOs.
- Single tranche CDOs
- Commercial paper
- Asset-backed commercial paper
Day Five: Credit Linked Notes
- Description of CLNs.
- Investors Motivation
- Forms of Credit Linking
- Structured notes definitions
- Wrap up the training