Accra Hotel, Ghana

Participants in this program will learn how to structure upstream and down stream oil and gas projects including field development, rigs, platforms, pipelines, and other transportation  infrastructure. They will also see LNG, fertilizer, refineries, petrochemical facilities and thermal power deals. By the programme’s conclusion they will have developed a framework for recognizing and analyzing qualitative and quantitative project risks when financing green field projects as well as facility upgrades in the energy sector. They will also understand how excel models are used to assess project debt capacity, return on investment, and other metrics common to attractive deals.
Numerous examples of projects from the region and around the world are employed throughout the course to ensure understanding and application of concepts. Lectures include many recent examples of structured financing attractive to banks, bond investors, lessors and Islamic investors.

Applications of energy related derivative instruments to enhance financing are also described. Finally, careful attention is paid to fund providers and credit enhancers such as Export Credit Agencies and International Financial Institutions (IFIs) like IFC, Islamic Development Bank, European Investment Bank, and other Bi-laterals. Many of these official players are today strenuously engaged in helping project developers and financiers weather recent market upheavals.

A 4-day training course covering:

Energy Project Finance in Today’s Challenging Markets.
Structuring large oil and gas field development projects.
Financing pipelines, oil rigs, platforms, and other infrastructure.
LNG, fertilizer, refineries, petrochemical facilities.
Power project finance.
‘Green’ energy deals and carbon credits.
Developing pro forma estimates and cashflow models.
Working with banks and other debt providers.
Understanding key legal risks and project structures.
Official providers of funds and credit support (export credit agencies, development banks and others).
Managing price volatility in energy deals.

Who should attend?

The course will be of value to professionals in the following areas:
All financiers involved in project finance, investment analysis and syndicated lending.
Government and parastatal executives involved in sponsoring/assessing project finance deals.
Institutional Bankers.
Corporate Bankers.
Commercial and Investment Bankers.
Project Sponsors.
Development Banks.
Contractors.
Accounting and Legal Practices.
Project Consultancies.
Export Credit Agencies.

Attendance cost: £2850

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Energy Project Finance: Oil, Gas & Power Training

InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel
Hong Kong, China

This five-day derivatives training course has been designed to provide you with a thorough understanding of the derivatives market place for both OTC and exchange-traded instruments, and, in particular, how banks use derivatives on a day-to-day basis to manage both their own exposures and to provide solutions to their customers. On the first three days of the course delegates will gain a comprehensive general knowledge and understanding of the major classes of derivatives, distinguishing between linear and non-linear derivatives.

The final two days of the course explains, by way of specific examples, how banks use derivatives for their own and customer benefit. The first part looks at specific solutions for customers and focuses on the role of swaps in the primary issuance business, and managing customer FX exposures; whilst the second looks at financial engineering, and more specifically, at how derivatives can be used to reduce funding costs and/or as a means of the bank earning fees without taking a proprietary position, whilst at the same time providing investors with instruments that meet their risk/reward requirements.

Summary of course content

What is a derivative?
How and why are they used in practice?
How do exchange-traded derivatives and OTC derivatives differ?
Clearing procedures for exchange-traded derivatives
Understanding the principal money market derivatives and how they are used to manage interest rate risk
Swaps and how banks and other institutions use them
Prima on options and their application in the management of FX risk
How derivatives are embedded in common structures to provide investors with attractive risk/reward profiles

Who should attend this training course?

Derivatives traders and salespersons
Product control and middle office staff
Corporate treasury staff
Financial controllers
Risk managers
Fund managers
Private bankers and investment advisors
Derivatives system developers
Compliance, legal, IT and other back office staff

Attendance cost: €6500

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Derivatives Workshop

InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel
Hong Kong, China

The “Finance for Lawyers” training course has been created by Euromoney Training to helps lawyers to gain a better understanding of corporate and capital market activity. The thorough and highly practical course provides you with the necessary tools, techniques and terminology to help you understand the financial issues that your clients have to face in their daily commercial activity.

This intensive three-day course will also teach you the essential elements of accounting. By the end of the course you will emerge better equipped to assess, analyze and understand a company’s financial position.

Summary of course content

Become familiar with modern financial analysis
Understand the fundamental features of a profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow statements
Review the essentials of ratio analysis
Acquire an overview of global accounting in the new century
Recognise common accounting abuses
Use discounted cash flows and project analysis
Understand different funding structures and the theory of leverage
Use credit analysis
Analyse economic and country risk analysis
Learn the strategy/business risk analysis process

Who should attend this training course?

Lawyers who need an understanding of the concepts and language used in financial analysis, corporate finance and credit transactions
In-house and public practice lawyers whose work involves the financial services industry
Lawyers exposed to corporate finance, M&A, project finance, loan documentation, private equity and other corporate activity
Lawyers recently appointed to the Board/ Management team
Non-legal professionals seeking an intensive briefing on financial terminology and explanations

For more information on this training course please email training@euromoneyasia.com or call +852 2520 1481

Attendance cost: €4900

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Finance for Lawyers Training Course

London, UK

This Finance and Capital Investment Analysis for Project Managers and Technical Professionals in the Energy Industry training will benefit your organization by giving delegates greater knowledge on best practices to make better decisions in finance and help their organization reach new heights and improve firm value. The trainer will conduct a dynamic and resourceful training that you do not want to miss! This course qualifies for continuing education credit for licensed Professional Engineers and also Profession Development Hours for other disciplines.

The course helps students:

Understand the “big picture” of finance and capital investment analysis and how this relates to daily business decisions
Discover how to conduct capital investment analysis and confidently communicate with accounting and finance professionals
Effectively analyse the impact of financial decisions on your business
Understand the power of discounted cash flow in management decision making
Apply concepts learned to capital investment decisions under capital rationing
Analyse capital investment decision case studies specific to the oil and gas industry
Learn best practices used by companies around the world

Who should attend

Engineers and Technical Professionals
Project Managers
Business Development
Sales and Marketing
HR Directors
Procurement & Purchasing
Other professionals who wish to understanding finance and capital investment analysis

For more information on this training course please email energy@euromoneytraining.com or call +44 (0)20 7779 8543

Attendance cost: £3450

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Finance and Capital Investment Analysis for Project Managers and Technical Professionals in the Energy Industry Training

Hilton Hotel Singapore
Singapore

The principal aim of the “Financial Modelling in Excel” training course is to enable participants to use Microsoft Excel to prepare logical and easy-to-use financial models to support transactions, forecasts and planning for ongoing business needs. The advertised price is our Early Bird Discount. Early Bird Deadline is 20 February 2012. Register and pay before this date to receive this special discounted rate!

The “Financial Modelling in Excel” training supports financial analysts, modellers and their managers in creating financial models on a consistent basis. Some previous use of Excel is assumed, but delegates do not need an advanced knowledge.

Summary of course content

Best practice in structuring models
Building models using best practice Excel techniques
Building inflation into the model
Modelling taxes
Creating cash flow waterfalls
Using the model for analysis, including banking ratios
Use of Excel tools to support sensitivity analysis
Goal seek
Watch window function
Data tables
Scenario manager

Who should attend this training course

Financial analysts
Finance managers
Bank economists
Relationship managers
Corporate accountants
Model auditors
Credit analysts
Financial controllers
Vice Presidents finance

For more information on this training course please email training@euromoneyasia.com or call +852 2520 1481

Attendance cost: €4655

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Financial Modelling in Excel Training

London, UK

Over an intensive 3 days a top energy specialist will offer a comprehensive overview of the creation, sale and risk-management of structured products in energy. The Energy Derivatives Training course will detail how to develop effective structures that offer high added value to counterparties with complex needs, using both traditional and new contractual vehicles.

Real options, embedded options and the use of formal derivatives will be explained, together with the creation of synthetic or ‘virtual’ solutions to customers’ requirements. Emphasis will be given to how these solutions can be developed and delivered in a closely risk-managed framework, in terms of valuation, pricing & contracting, and organization & governance.  Practical exercises will confirm the principles being explained.

Course Methodology
This practical hands-on  programme is taught using formal lectures practical exercises and illustrations, based on real-life case studies . The course is highly interactive, and will encourage delegates’ participation and group discussions.

Who should attend? 

·         Energy-market origination staff
·         Structuring staff
·         Energy product analysts
·         Energy marketing staff
·         Middle and back office personnel
·         CFOs and Treasury managers
·         Finance department personnel
·         Compliance managers
·         Risk and audit committee members

Attendance cost: £3845

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Energy Derivatives Training

Paris, France

The highlights of the Equity Structured Products Training Course:
- Defining your Private Banking proposition for the Entrepreneurial Market
- Re-engineering the traditional Private Bank to meet the needs of this growing market
- Profiling first-generation wealth creators- Understanding the psychology and mindset of the entrepreneurial client
- Understanding cultural differences in entrepreneurial profiles and mindsets
- Structuring wealth management solutions for the entrepreneurial market
- Corporate finance and investment banking services for entrepreneurs
- Using personal investments to leverage the funding of entrepreneurial businesses
- Why selling to entrepreneurs requires a different approach
- Winning the trust and forging life-long relationships with entrepreneurs and their families

Who should attend

- Heads of private banking
- Wealth management team leaders
- Private investment bankers
- Investment bankers moving into private banking
- Asset allocators/portfolio strategists
- Portfolio managers/investment advisors
- Product developers
- Marketing professionals
- Private bankers/wealth managers
- Family office managers/HNW individuals/private investors

For more information on this training course please email emea@euromoneytraining.com or call +44 (0)207 779 8543

Attendance cost: £3730

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Entrepreneurial Wealth Management & Private Investment Banking Course

London, UK

Structured equity products permit flexibility in delivering innovative tailored investment solutions, to meet a variety of different investment objectives – enhanced growth and/or income, guaranteed returns, leverage, liquidity or simply market access. The use of different wrappers also allows such investment strategies to be delivered in such a manner as to meet different investment constraints, tax and reporting requirements.

The objective of the Equity Structured Products training course is for delegates to gain comprehensive exposure to and analysis of structured equity products. What fiscal, pricing and pay-off benefits can be gained from bundling and wrapping various equity risks into a structure? What types of derivatives, if any, are used in packaging each product?

Drawing upon numerous examples, and through the use of case studies, participants will be introduced to a wide variety of equity structured products (simple access products, capital guaranteed notes, reverse convertibles, discount and bonus certificates, “best of” and “worst of” out-performance based structures) and will learn how to analyse such financial instruments, understand their risk and return characteristics and the key drivers in their pricing, as well as an evaluation of their respective market, credit and operational risks for issuer, arranger and investor.

On completion of this 3 day intermediate / advanced course you will gain understanding of:

Delta 1 equity derivatives; vanilla and exotic options
Volatility and correlation products
Investment rationale for structured products
Understand mechanics, pricing and risk characteristics of options, warrants and exotics
Principal protected and non-protected structured products
Engineering and reverse engineering structured products
Vanilla and exotic equity derivatives: pricing and risk characteristics
Fund linked structured products
Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI)

This course has been specifically designed for the benefit of:

Traders and dealers
Derivatives sales personnel
Structurers
Risk managers and risk controllers
Audit managers
Corporate account officers
Asset managers
Corporate treasury personnel

For more information on this training course please email bookings@euromoneytraining.com or call +44 (0) 20 7779 7397

Attendance cost: £3845

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Equity Structured Products Training Course

Oslo, Norway

An intensive 3-day financial modelling in Excel training course with case studies and worked examples, featuring:

- Designing and structuring different models
- Key auditing techniques
- Forecasting methods
- Using Monte-Carlo simulations
- Developing models incorporating risk, sensitivity, optimisation and forecasting using Solver

Who should attend?

This training course has been designed for:

CFOs
Financial controllers and managers
Financial and business analysts
Risk managers
Accountants
Corporate treasury managers
Middle office staff
General managers
NOTE: Delegates are requested to bring their own laptops for the computer based exercises.

For more information on this training course please email emea@euromoneytraining.com or call +44 (0)207 779 8543

Attendance cost: £3730

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Financial Modelling in Excel Training

London, UK

The course starts with a discussion of modelling techniques and ‘best practice’ and presents a case study for completion during the course. Each session focuses on a particular aspect of modelling and applies it to the case model. The course is practical to allow for maximum participation and questions during the sessions. Delegates will leave this intensive four-day course with the ability to effectively apply advanced modelling techniques in Excel and be able to build a comprehensive energy model.

Course Features:

Develop a power station case during the workshop
Build an energy model from a blank template
Financial analysis of case company
Adding financial statements
Valuation elements
How to audit and check models
Risk and sensitivity analysis
Structuring and optimising techniques
Clear presentation and analysis

Course Outcomes

Principles of best practice modelling
Understanding of a broad range of techniques
Knowledge of financial functions and other function types
Ability to design and build future models for own use, incorporating elements from the course

For more information on this training course please email energy@euromoneytraining.com or call +44 (0)20 7779 8543

Attendance cost: £3850

Event organizer: Euromoney

Register for the Financial Modelling in Excel for the Power Sector Training