FX and Interest Rate Risk Seminar is aimed at businesses

FX and Interest Rate Risk Seminar

A practical seminar for those who want to control financial market risk.

Gives a thorough underestanding of the foreign exchange and interest rates market
Understand your company’s exposure to commodity prices
Learn from the country’s top experts in this area

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Who is this seminar suitable for?

Many businesses have direct exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and changes in interest rates. Hedging and strategy should therefore be of interest to them. FX and Interest Rate Risk Seminar is useful for businesses wanting to reduce uncertainty related to changes in foreign exchange rates and interest rates. The seminar is relevant for anyone working in business management, finance or sales and purchasing who wants to learn more about the foreign exchange markets and risk management.

The FX and Interest Rate Risk Seminar is divided into three sections. Parts I and II provide a basic understanding of the foreign exchange and money markets and the instruments that are used. We thoroughly review how prices are set in the market, fundamental and advanced foreign exchange and money market instruments and how to use the instruments.

Part III of the FX and Interest Rate Risk Seminar gives a practical introduction to risk management and development of financial strategy. This part first looks at how interest rate and FX risk can be mapped out. We then work on developing financial strategy to manage financial risk in the company.

The seminar’s specific content

The first part of the seminar gives an introduction to the interest rate and foreign exchange market. We cover the following:
• What affects foreign exchange rates?
• Currency spot
• Currency forwards
• Currency swaps
• Introduction to the interest rate market
• What affects the interest rate market?
• Interest rate swaps
• Financing and credit risk
• Investing surplus liquidity
After completing the first part, you will understand which factors affect rates. You will also understand the relationship between spot and forward rates. These are important to understand so that your company can best take advantage of the opportunities.

The second section begins with a summary of the first section. We then do a thorough review of the various financial instruments that can be used to manage risk:
• Interest rate swap forwarding
• Interest rate and currency swaps
• Interest rate options
• Foreign Exchange (FX) options
• Flexible currency forwards
• Portfolio management - foreign exchange
• Portfolio management - interest rates
After completing parts I and II, you will have a good understanding of various advanced foreign exchange and money market instruments. You will also learn portfolio management of foreign exchange and interest rates.

In the third part, you will learn how to set up and implement a financial strategy for risk management:
• Key regulatory framework and goal setting for developing a financial strategy
• Identification of value drivers and risk exposure to the financial markets
• Review of qualitative and quantitative approaches to risk management
• Defining financial strategy and policy
• Implementation of defined strategy
• Evaluation and monitoring of the strategy
• The Cash Flow at Risk model
• Accounting treatment of financial instruments (IFRS)
In part three, we will also briefly review commodity risk in addition to interest rate and FX risk.

Our lecturers know the interest rate and foreign exchange market

The lecturers at DNB Markets’ FX and Interest Rate Risk Seminar are part of the bank’s dedicated team who work on challenges related to market, risk management and customers’ positions on a daily basis. You are therefore guaranteed up-to-date knowledge backed by a number of real-life examples.

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FX and Interest Rate Risk Seminar

Price of the seminar

Part I: NOK 5 900

Part II: NOK 5 900

Part III: NOK 12 900

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Note: Travel expenses not included