The 3-Day course focuses entirely on financial instruments. The implications of IFRS 13 on financial instrument accounting are covered. Practical examples of how to deal with the change from accounting under IAS 39 to IFRS 9 are included. There will be up-to-date coverage of the IASB’s proposed amendments to accounting for impairment and hedge accounting. A practical workshop session is included on the measurement of the fair value of simple debt and equity instruments. Participants will require laptops to work through the numerous examples and case studies.

Why attend our annual Structured Commodity Finance Conference The Annual Structured Commodity Finance 2012 conference will tackle the most prominent issues surrounding structured commodity financing.

Target date funds are growing fast! It’s estimated that by 2020 assets under management in target date funds will be over $3.7 trillion yet the landscape has changed dramatically over the last few years and competition is fierce. Ensure that you have the best game-plan possible to tap into this enormous growth!

El marco MiFID ha supuesto y supondrá cambios en el asesoramiento, gestión de carteras y en la política comercial y de marketing del Sector Financiero. Los profesionales del marketing han estado siempre muy apoyados por sus compañeros de Compliance, sin embargo, la inmersión que deben realizar en esta área es ya de obligada exigencia para el ejercicio de su trabajo. iiR presenta en exclusiva para el sector un seminario intensivo que realiza una revisión normativa totalmente aplicada al marketing, Marketing Bancario MiFID I/II el próximo 23 de Febrero

Volatility is the most crucial input into the pricing and hedging of derivative products and currently the most important factor in the markets. It is a measure of market sentiments, indicates the health of a market, determines the appropriate investment portfolio and determines the appropriate amount of capital that must be maintained for a financial institution to remain solvent.

Where Middle East Investors Access Global Funds Hedge Funds World Middle East is the region’s premier event when it comes to the scope, depth and breadth of its attendees. Be it hedge fund managers, investors, financiers or other industry experts. Join a host of MENA and international investors and hedge fund managers in learning what styles and strategies will outperform the market next year.

Foreign Exchange exotics have become commonplace in today's capital markets. The objective of this workshop is to develop a solid understanding of the current exotic currency derivatives used in international treasury management. This will give participants the mathematical and practical background necessary to deal with all the products on the market.

An intensive three-day workshop on trading and managing risk of vanilla equity derivatives. Presented by Alberto Cherubini. This program provides a solid understanding of modern vanilla equity derivatives and their markets, including best practices and conventions both from a buy side and sell side perspective. The course will also explore the technical basis of derivatives pricing, hedging and risk management. Delegates will assess volatility and its impact on option pricing and gain a deep understanding of standard models used in the market. The Black-Scholes framework is discussed in depth including extensions, while the last session covers the volatility surface in detail, including trading and risk management of vanilla portfolios. The course will also explain how to compute probabilities from market option prices, and discuss applications to proprietary trading and simple exotic options.

Middle East Securities Forum 20-21 March 2012, Fairmont, Abu Dhabi 10% Discount - quote VIP Code: FKP2329FIN when registering This is the definitive Middle East event for the capital markets with an unrivalled programme featuring leading regulators, custodians, asset managers, influential investment consultants and a superb line-up of industry experts. To Register: http://www.informaglobalevents.com/FKP2329FIN Call: +44 (0) 20 7017 7200 Email: info@icbi.co.uk