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Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Description
This course on Risk Metrics and Hedging equips accountants with essential skills to manage and mitigate financial risks using various investment strategies. Participants will learn to apply duration, convexity, and other risk measures to evaluate bond prices and construct effective hedging portfolios.
Key Takeaways
Upon completion of this course, you will learn:
- Interest Rate Sensitivity: Understand how changes in interest rates impact bond valuations using duration and convexity measures.
- Effective Duration and Convexity: Calculate and interpret these metrics to assess bond price volatility and portfolio risk.
- Hedging Strategies: Learn to construct and evaluate barbell and bullet portfolios to hedge against interest rate risks.
- Arbitrage Opportunities: Identify and exploit arbitrage opportunities using different investment strategies.
- Risk Management Tools: Utilize key rate durations and other advanced metrics to develop robust hedging techniques.
Who Will Benefit
This course caters to several professionals, including the following groups:
- Accountants and Financial Analysts: Professionals involved in risk management and investment analysis.
- Portfolio Managers: Those responsible for constructing and managing investment portfolios.
- Finance Managers: Individuals tasked with making strategic decisions to mitigate financial risks.
- Investment Advisors: Advisors providing clients with insights on risk management and hedging strategies.
How to Access the Course
To access the course please visit our BlackBoard site, and log-in using the same login and password used for the Registration Portal.
Please allow up to 15 minutes after registration for the course to appear on your BlackBoard page.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.
Speaker(s)
Learnsignal are a fully online accountancy and finance training provider, partnering with institutes around the world to deliver expert CPD training and help accountants of all levels upskill and grow their careers. With headquarters in Dublin, and a wealth of heritage in the education and accountancy training industry, Learnsignal have quickly become one of the largest Online Training Providers in the world.