For individuals with a basic understanding of banking and the financial markets
At the end of the course participants will understand how such commodities are used in asset management, their contract features and the risks and returns associated with commodity investments
Commodity Markets and Sub-Markets ‐ Agriculture – Metals – iron ore – Precious Metals – Gold – Energy – Oil, gas and power ‐ Market correlations & volatility
Exercises: Exploring how banks make money from commodities and pitching trade ideas
Commodity Price Drivers ‐ Risk appetite ‐ Currencies ‐ Supply and demand ‐ Stocks-to-Use & Reserves-to-Production ratio ‐ Hubbert’s Peak theory
Trading Commodities ‐ Physical vs. derivatives ‐ OTC vs. exchange traded ‐ Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) ‐ Delivery & settlement
Commodity Indices ‐ Baltic Dry Index (BDI) & other Baltic indices ‐ BCOM index – S&P GSCI index – CRB index
We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.
We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?
Quality and innovation, using current market and industry best practices, have made us a trusted partner in delivering dynamic and motivating training for the financial and capital markets. Our programmes are generation proof and responsive to evolving learner needs and styles. Our solutions use a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy that expands beyond relationships between the learner and learning provider. We create connections with managers, peers and the wider business to drive impactful return on investment..
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The team are so friendly and pleasant to work with, everyone is very professional and keen to help us. Building a relationship over the past couple of years helps us to feel like the Alpha team are even more able to understand our needs and provide more proactive solutions.
