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Credit Analysis – Financial Institution

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Credit Analysis – First Course
Credit Process
Credit Analysis – Financial Institution
Credit Analysis – Financial Institution – EXCEL Example

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Peer Group Analysis For the Banking Industry – MCB
1.           Executive Summary
2.           Peer Group and Banking Sector Analysis

Excel Annexure – Peer Group and Banking Sector Analysis
1.           Balance Sheet
2.           Income Statement
3.           Ratios

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September 28th, 2010 at 11:47 am

Derivative Products

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Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees – Efficient Approach
Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees

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Derivative Products
Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

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Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS
Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS

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Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III
Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III EXCEL Example
Derivatives Terminology Crash Course

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1. Review

    i. A second look at derivative contracts
    ii. Standard Template for Evaluating Derivatives

2. Vanilla Products

    i. Options

3. Pricing Basics

    i. Option Price
    ii. European Option Price

4. Greeks and Binomial Trees

    i. American Option Price

5. Options on Shares, Stocks, Currencies And Equities

    i. Stock Options
    ii. Foreign Currency Options
    iii. Index Options
    iv. Futures Options
    v. Warrants
    vi. Employee Stock Options
    vii. Convertibles

6. Options On Rates

    i. Bond Options
    ii. Interest Rate Caps/ Floors/ Collars
    iii. European Swap Options

7. Exotic Options

    i. Bermuda Option
    ii. Quanto Option
    iii. Composite Option
    iv. Digital or Binary or “All or nothing” Options
    v. Barrier Options
    vi. Asian Options
    vii. Average Strike Options
    viii. Look back Options
    ix. Compound Options
    x. Chooser (As you like it) Options
    xi. Exchange Options
    xii. Forward Start Options
    xiii. Basket Options
    xiv. Shout Options

8. Forward Contracts
i. Forward Price
ii. Synthetic Forward Contract
iii. Forward Rate Agreement

9. Futures

    i. Futures Price
    ii. Stock Index Futures
    iii. Futures Contracts on Currencies
    iv. Futures Contracts on Commodities
    v. Interest Rate Futures

10. Swaps

    i. Interest Rate Swap
    ii. Currency Swap
    iii. Variations to Plain Vanilla Swaps

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Master Class: Derivative products

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September 25th, 2010 at 5:44 am

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Derivative Pricing using Binomial Trees

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Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees – Efficient Approach
Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees

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Derivative Products
Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

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Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS
Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS

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Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III
Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III EXCEL Example
Derivatives Terminology Crash Course

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Derivative Pricing

1.           Relative Pricing, Risk Neutral Probabilities and the Risk Free Rate
2.           Binomial Option Pricing
3.           Spreadsheet Implementation of the Two-Dimensional Binomial Tree

    i.            European Call Option
    ii.           European Put Option
    iii.          American Call Option
    iv.          American Put Option
    v.           Capped Calls with Automatic Exercise
    vi.          Down-and-out call options
    vii.         Down-and-in call options

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Options pricing with Binomial trees in Excel spreadsheets

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September 24th, 2010 at 12:32 pm

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ICAAP Sample Report Template & Executive Summary

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September 24th, 2010 at 10:23 am

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ICAAP Sample Report Template & Executive Summary

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Demo Bank Ltd. – Sample ICAAP Credit Report
1.          Methodology

    i.            Overview
    ii.           Approach – Credit Risk Capital Allocation
    iii.          Approach – Market Risk Capital Allocation
    iv.          Approach – Interest Rate Mismatch Capital Allocation
    v.           Approach – Liquidity Risk Capital Allocation
    vi.          Approach – Concentration Risk Capital Allocation
    vii.         Approach – Operational Risk Capital Allocation
    viii.        Approach – Reputational and Legal Risk Capital Allocation
    ix.          Approach – Strategic Risk Capital Allocation
    x.           Approach – Other Risk Factors

2.          Risk Aggregation

    i.            Credit Risk
    ii.           Market Risk
    iii.          Operational Risk
    iv.          Liquidity Risk
    v.           Interest Rate Mismatch Risk
    vi.          Concentration Risk
    vii.         Aggregation

3.          Credit Portfolio Review

    i.            Portfolio Composition
    ii.           Customer Base
    iii.          Maturity
    iv.          Concentration

4.          Internal Capital Adequacy

    i.            Summary of Results
    ii.           Credit Risk Capital Adequacy – Baseline Capital
    Iii.          Credit Risk Capital Adequacy – Internal Ratings and Rating Transitions
    iv.          Putting It Together – Rating Transitions and Profitability Analysis
    v.           Worst Case Provisioning
    vi.          Infection Ratios
    vii.         Using DPD Analysis for Projections
    viii.        Additional Supporting Capital Required
    ix.          Best Case Provisions
    x.           Transition Matrices by Industry and Amount
    xi.          Rating Grade Transitions

5.          ICAAP Assumptions

    i.            Model Parameter Assumptions

6.          Data Sources
Table of Figures 

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September 24th, 2010 at 6:45 am

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Computational Finance – EXCEL Examples

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Calibration of CIR Model Example
Duration Convexity Example
Monte Carlo Simulation –  Commodity – Example
Monte Carlo Simulation – Currency – Example
Monte Carlo Simulation – Equity – Example
Pricing Options – Black Scholes Example
Pricing Options – Binomial Tree Example – Traditional Approach
Portfolio Risk Metrics

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September 23rd, 2010 at 6:14 am

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Terminology – Crash Course

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Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees – Efficient Approach
Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees

EXCEL Example

Derivative Products
Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

EXCEL Example

Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS
Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS

EXCEL Example

Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III
Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III EXCEL Example
Derivatives Terminology Crash Course

Course Contents

1. Introduction

    i. What are the different types of derivative instruments?
    ii. Forward Contracts
    iii. Future Contracts
    iv. Options

2. Payoff Profiles

    i. The Payoff profile for a forward contract
    ii. Payoff profiles for Calls and Puts

3. Building Blocks and Synthetic Configurations

    i. Comparing a Call with a Forward contract
    ii. Comparing a Call and a Put with a Forward contract
    iii. Combining a long call with a short put to create a long forward

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Master Class: Options and derivatives crash course: Session One: Terminology

Master Class: Options and Derivatives Crash Course: Session Two: Forward, Futures and Options

Master Class: Options and Derivatives Crash Course: Session Three: Payoff profiles – Forwards

Master Class: Options and Derivatives Crash Course: Session Four: Payoff profiles – Options, Calls and Puts

Master Class: Options and Derivatives Crash Course: Session Five: Synthetics

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September 22nd, 2010 at 11:07 am

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Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III

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Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees – Efficient Approach
Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees

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Derivative Products
Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

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Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS
Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS

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Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III
Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III EXCEL Example
Derivatives Terminology Crash Course

Course Contents

1. Pre-requisites
2. Caps and Floors

    a. Cap
    b. Floor
    c. Cap-Floor Parity

3. Accrual Swaps

    a. Method 1
    b. Method 2
    c. A second look at Method 1
    d. A second look at Method 2

4. Range Accrual Note
5. Commodity Linked Note

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Interest Rate Options – Pricing Caps & Floors

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September 22nd, 2010 at 11:00 am

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Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees – Efficient Approach
Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees

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Derivative Products
Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

EXCEL Example

Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS
Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS

EXCEL Example

Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III
Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III EXCEL Example
Derivatives Terminology Crash Course

Course Contents

Pricing and Valuation

1. Pricing Interest Rate Swaps (IRS)

    a.           Pre-requisites
    b.           Pricing Coupon Swaps or Fixed for Floating Swaps
    c.           Pricing Basis Swaps or Floating for Floating Swaps

2. Pricing Cross Currency Swaps

    a.           Fixed for Fixed Currency Swap
    b.           Floating for Floating Currency Swap
    c.           Amortizing Floating for Floating Currency Swap

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Pricing Interest Rate Swaps – The valuation and MTM course

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September 22nd, 2010 at 10:14 am

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Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees – Efficient Approach
Derivative Pricing – Binomial Trees

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Derivative Products
Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

Pricing IRS – Module I – Term Structures

EXCEL Example

Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS
Pricing IRS – Module II – IRS and CCS

EXCEL Example

Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III
Pricing Interest Rate Options – Module III EXCEL Example
Derivatives Terminology Crash Course

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Basics

1.           Definitions

    a.      Cash flows

    b.     Discounting Cash flows

    c.      Spot Rates

    d.     Forward Rates

    e.     Short rates

    f.      Yield to Maturity

    g.      Term structure of interest rates

2.           Forward Rate Agreements

3.           Forward Contracts

4.           Swaps

    a.      Interest Rate Swap

    b.     Currency Swap

    c.      Other Swaps

3.           Pricing Interest Rate Swaps – Process Defined

Modelling the Term Structure, Zero Curve and Forward Curve

1.           Defining the Par Term Structure

2.           Deriving the Zero Curve

3.           Deriving the Forward Curve

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Pricing Interest Rate Swaps – The valuation and MTM course

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September 22nd, 2010 at 9:33 am

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