Objectives

This course is primarily designed to increase the awareness of the concept of inflation as a separate asset class.  It introduces the main concepts related to inflation, the various inflation – linked structures, the different market participants and their respective motivations.

Target Audience

This course is suitable for anyone with an understanding of the fundamental concepts of finance and fixed income. An understanding of bond pricing and market risk (i.e. duration / DV01) is assumed.

Length and Structure of the Course

The course consists of two days of lectures and case studies.  Each day typically consists of three or four 90 minute session with coffee breaks in the morning and afternoon and a lunch break in the middle.  There is no exam for this course but candidates will get a certificate of attendance.

Course Tutor

Neil Schofield

Neil is a visiting fellow at the University of Reading and is a freelance training consultant.  From 2001 to 2008, he was global head of financial markets training at Barclays Capital in London.  He was responsible for the design and delivery of a large number of seminars in a variety of different asset classes to many different audiences.  Previous to that he was a director at Chisholm Roth training in London and has also held positions at Chase Manhattan Bank as well as Security Pacific Hoare Govett (now trading as Bank of America).  Neil has over 20 years of experience in financial markets.  In 2007, he published his first book “Commodity Derivatives” and is currently in the process of writing a second “Relative Value in Financial Markets”.

Course Brochure

Click here to download the Inflation-linked Bonds and Structures course brochure.

Course Outline
 

Details of the next seminar

TBC

Please email education@icmagroup.org to register your interest to attend our next publicly scheduled course.
 

Costs
 
The cost of the "Inflation-linked Bonds and Structures" course is £1,000.00 for ICMA Members and £1,300.00 for non-members with the following discount scale being offered:
2-4 candidates – 5% discount each*
5+ candidates – 10% discount each*
*Please note that discounts are applied by way of a refund to the organisation when registration has closed and the final number of candidates from the firm has been determined.

Payment can be made by secure online credit card or by invoice.  Please note that the BACS invoice method has an additional £50 admin fee.

Note that anyone requiring accommodation to take the course will be required to arrange this on their own; it is a class-based but non-residential course.
 

For more information

This course is also available on a group booking basis. 
Should you have any queries about this seminar please contact:

David Senior for general marketing queries

education@icmagroup.org
Phone: +44 (0)20 7213 0329

Leanne Ley for general administration & finance queries

l.ley@icmacentre.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)118 378 6272