Day One: 30th January 2014
Session 1: Speaker: Jayna Gandhi
PART I:
- Structure of Financial Market, Major Players and Roles of Each
- Treasury Function, Objective, Scope and Structure
- Key Macro Economic Factors affecting general level of changes in Interest and Exchange Rates
- Understanding Credit
- Duration and Convexity
- Term Structure of Interest Rates
- PVBP
- Risk in Bond Investing
PART II
- Fixed Income Portfolio Strategies
- Portfolio Monitoring & Performance Measurement
- How to set Hurdle Rate and Benchmark
Session 2: Speaker - Pramod Bhambani
Managing currency risks through use of forward derivatives products
- Discuss major sources of currency exposures
- Review structure and pricing methods in forward foreign exchange contracts (Forward Outrights, NDF's and Cross
Currency Swaps)
- Team Presentations III: Participants will discuss a number of currency risks and structure tailored derivatives solutions
based on their findings in the cases
Session 3: Speaker - Pramod Bhambani
- Real life case/s to discuss hedging solutions using derivatives
Day Two: 31st January 2014
Speaker - Partha Bhattacharyya
• Current Market Environment and how to bulletproof the balance sheet in turbulent times -Risk Management Framework – A systematic approach - Detailed analysis of the causes leading to the recent market volatility and the way forward
- Volatility is here to stay – how does a corporate protect its balance sheet and P & L from sharp volatilities
- Systematic approach is the only way to survive in turbulent times
• Corporate Treasury vs. Bank Treasury – A perspective
- Managing a Corporate Treasury is a very different ball game from managing a Bank Treasury
- What are the differences and similarities
• Use of Options in managing Currency Risk
- When do you use Options and when do you use Forwards
- Factors affecting Option Pricing
- Option structures and suitability
- Team exercise
• Use of Swaps and Options in managing Interest Rate Risk
- When do you use Options and when do you use Swaps
- Instruments available in India to manage interest Rate Risk
- Team exercise
• Economic Exposure Risk – an in-depth understanding
- Concept of Economic Exposure Risk
- Ways to manage such risks
- How managing Economic Exposure through Derivatives can lead to Cash Flow Risk
• Commodity Risk
- Volatility in various Commodities creates volatility in P & L
- How to manage such risks
- Regulatory framework