Introduction to Derivatives – Online Course

Course description

This course is relevant for anyone working with derivatives. The course gives you a thorough introduction to the wide range of derivatives: swaps, credit derivatives, futures, options, forwards, repos, FRAs and interest rate options. You will learn about the use of relevant derivatives, market conventions, pricing and risk considerations etc. illustrated with practical cases and examples.

This course is also offered as a physical course. Read more.

How is the online course conducted?

We place great emphasis on interaction. Therefore, the training will be a combination of recorded training, exercises and guidance. The course includes:

  • A recorded class room training without participants, where you will get exercises and solutions as part of the training.
  • Possibility to ask questions and get answers within 24 hours.
  • Two months access to the course. You decide when and at what pace you want to follow the recorded training.
  • A training that is suitable for viewing on both computer and mobile.

You must set aside approx. 2 working days for the course.

Course content

The derivatives market
Central Clearing
Collateral
Futures, forwards, terminer
Repos and reverse repos
Forward rate agreements (FRAs)
Interest rate and cross currency swaps
Caps and floors
Swaptions
Credit derivatives

See course programme

The course is relevant to

– Controllers
– Back and middle office personnel
– Account managers
– Portfolio managers
– Risk managers
– System developers
– Internal Auditors
– Compliance
– Operations
– Legal Employees
– Product Managers

Prerequisites

The course is an introductory course so no specific requirements are needed.

Reviews of this course (15)

16 Oct 2024

Introduction to Derivatives

Highly relevant for my work. Covered many instruments/derivatives with good examples to illustrate how they work in real life. The instructor is easy to understand and is highly competent.

August Beckman

NOBA Bank Group

16 Oct 2024

Introduction to Derivatives

Very good. I've learned a lot and it's relevant to my daily work. Jörgen did a great job! Very Pedagogical.

Jonas Holm

NOBA Bank Group

16 Oct 2024

Introduction to Derivatives

The instructor has engaging and clear speach. Easy to follow explanations.

Isabel Oksnes

Storebrand Asset Management

16 Oct 2024

Introduction to Derivatives

Highly relevant for the derivatives used in practice by Riksgälden. Good combination of theory and practice. Appreciated the real-life examples, makes it less abstract.

Axel Frederiksson

Swedish National Debt Office

08 May 2024

Introduction to Derivatives

A good introduction that is relevant for my daily work. I got a deeper understanding of the different instruments and how they work. The instructor is easy to understand, motivating to listen to and had a good knowledge.

Ingelin Hoff-Engebretsen

Sparebanken Vest

08 May 2024

Introduction to Derivatives

Despite having previous courses on this before, it was even more useful to learn this now as I can apply it directly to my work. It has been very useful to get a refresher and even better understanding. Very good instructor. He sits on a lot of knowledge and is very educational when communicating.

Mari Jore

Storebrand Asset Management

08 May 2024

Introduction to Derivatives

Great examples and breakdown of different instruments and how they work in different markets. Nice to go through examples, where they are simplified, and go through the process and logic behind.

Alexander Williams

Sparebanken Vest

08 May 2024

Introduction to Derivatives

The instructor was skilled, good communicator and interesting.

Harald Saksvik

KBN

17 Oct 2023

Introduction to Derivatives

Would highly recommend this course for anyone working or interested in derivatives. The course covered all the instruments we use on a daily basis + additional ones accompanied by excellent examples that are relevant for us and our company. The instructor is extremely knowledgeable and easy to understand.

Martin Fermin

KLP

17 Oct 2023

Introduction to Derivatives

Very relevant to my daily work. Very experienced instructor that communicates well and making sure we have understood the theory by making us practice with examples and exercises.

Hanne Ryen Sme Vold

KLP Kapitalforvaltning

16 Sep 2022

Introduction to Derivatives

Very good, gave me a better understanding of different derivatives. Well balanced between theory and practice.

Piotr Wasberg Klawinski

Vattenfall AB

16 Sep 2022

Introduction to Derivatives

Good exercises overall.

Christofer Popoff

SEB

16 Sep 2022

Introduction to Derivatives

Good relation between theory and practice.

Terhi Timonen

Ilmarinen

15 Mar 2022

Introduction to Derivatives

Very good, presented all so you could understand almost everything. I wouldn't have done that at all otherwise.

Ewa Falklind

Akademiska Hus

15 Mar 2022

Introduction to Derivatives

Very good. Excellent balance of theory and practical examples/exercises.

Peter Schlegel

Riksgälden

Instructor on this course

Jørgen Just Andresen

Jørgen Just Andresen

Jørgen Just Andresen is Managing Director of Financial Training Partner A/S, which he co-founded in 2002.

He has many years of teaching experience as a chief consultant at SimCorp’s training department, which he joined in 1996. Prior to SimCorp he worked at Danske Bank with fixed income research and fixed income sales.

Jørgen has worked for a number of years as external lecturer at Copenhagen Business School and was awarded teacher of the year at CBS’ education Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Financial planning).

He is author of the books Finansiel Risikostyring (Financial Risk Management) and Finansielle Derivater (Financial Derivatives) published by Djøf Publishing.

He holds an M.Sc. (international finance) and an HD (accounting).

Jørgen teaches Derivatives, Risk Management, Portfolio Management and Fixed Income

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