Professional Training and Financial Risk Assessment Advisor
Corporate Finance
Corporate Financial Analysis: how to assess the capacity of a firm to meet its financial obligations while creating value for its shareholders?
Bank Financial Analysis: how to assess the solvency of a bank and its capacity to manage its risks while coping with its regulatory constraints (Basel 4)?
Credit Riks Modelling: understand the Vasicek-based internal model used by banks for assessing their credit risk and capital charge under Basel 4.
Artificial intelligence: understand how artificial intelligence works in order to better consider which sectors of finance could be disrupted by it.
Financial Valuation: how to put a price on a firm's assets and equity?
Financial Risk Management: how can a firm use derivative instruments to hedge its financial exposure to foreign exchange rates, interest rates, stock prices, and commodites?
IFRS 9 & 13: how can a firm benefit from favourable accounting treatment on its financial hedge instruments (derivatives)?
Mergers & Acquisitions: where does the value of an M&A transaction come from?
LBO: how can an investment fund create value when purchasing a firm with a lot of debt?
Financing Strategies: how to best raise cash in order to finance a firm's assets?
Credit Structuring: how do banks structure credit offerings?
Credit Restructuring: how do banks behave when a firm cannot meet its financial obligations?
Investment Fund management
Blockchains: benefits of DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) in the fund management industry.
Asset Allocation and portfolio construction.
Fund Management: how to manage an investment fund (equities, interest rates, credit)?
Private Equity: investment and risk management in non listed equities.
Private Debt: investment and risk management in non listed debt instruments (corporate, real estate, infrastructure).
Alternative Asset Management & Hedge funds: investment strategies and risk management of hedge funds.
Investment Fund Selection: how to choose the right investment fund (listed equities, government bonds, corporate bonds, private equity, infrastructure, etc.)?
Risk Management in financial investments.
Regulation: how can asset managers cope with the new regulatory environment (UCITS, AIFM, MIFID)?
Capital markets
Macro economy and capital markets: understand the interactions between the real economy, fiscal and monetary policies, and financial markets.
Financial crisis: be ready for the next fianncial crisis by understanding where it could come from.
Bitcoin: what is a fiat currency, what is a crypto-currency, how does a blockchain actually work?
Blockchain: benefits of DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) in capital markets.
ICO: is issuing tokens and crypto assets a genuine way to raise cash?
Capital Markets: which securities to issue in order to raise cash?
Project finance: understand how infrastructure projects are financed and how risks are assessed.
Leasing: understand the benefits of leasing to finance production equipment and other moveable assets.
Foreign Exchange: instruments and risks.
Derivative Instruments: how to use derivatives to manage its financial exposure to foreign exchange rates, interest rates, default rates, stock prices, and commodites?
Regulation: how can capital markets and financial institutions cope with the new regulatory environment (MIFID, EMIR, SFTR, Basel_4, Solvency_2, PRIIPS, IDD, SFTR, GDPR)?