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CO8119

29 Jun - 3 Jul 2025

Cairo (Egypt)

Hotel : Holiday Inn & Suites Cairo Maadi, an IHG Hotel

Cost : 3575 € Euro

Introduction

Never before have financial issues been so often been the headline news. It is therefore crucial that today’s business professionals expand their financial knowledge to allow them to contribute to daily decisions and debates.

This course is designed specifically for non-financial personnel; this intensive seminar educates and informs delegates of the key financial markets/products/risks and hazards.

Conference Objectives of Investment Management

The seminar provides delegates with the tools required to find better answers to questions such as:

  • What are the major market indices and how are they linked?
  • What is meant by a dual listing?
  • How is a forward rate determined?
  • Can I profit from interest differentials?
  • What is the role of correlation in reducing risk?
  • How do I judge whether my performance in the market is good or bad?
  • What are futures and options?
  • How can futures and options be used to protect the value of my portfolio?
  • What is meant by spread trading?
  • What is the role of bonds in a portfolio?
  • The difference between fundamental and technical analysis.

Conference Methodology of Investment Management

Using a combination of lectures and individual exercises with practical applications, the delegates will gain both a theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics covered. The emphasis is on the “real world” and as a result delegates will return to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned.

Organizational Impact of Investment Management

This seminar provides an integrated blending of concept and practical application. As well as developing subject knowledge delegates will return with enhanced quantitative and technical skills. Advanced Excel skills are increasingly a pre-requisite for financial analysis. Delegates will return to the organization with great exposure to the power of Excel.

Personal Impact of Investment Management

Delegates will acquire detailed knowledge about the trading, pricing and risk management associated with a variety of financial products. The practical and real-world approach will provide delegates with a “tool-box” to bring back to the organization to assist in the analysis of financing, treasury and risk management decisions

Conference Outlines of Investment Management

Day 1: An Introduction to the Financial Markets

An Introduction to the Equity Markets:

  • IPO’s
  • Market Indices
  • International Equity Market Links
  • Dual Listings
  • GDR’s and ADR’s

An Introduction to Bond Markets

  • Long Term versus Short Term
  • Treasury versus Corporate
  • Types of Bond

An Introduction to the FX Market

  • The spot and forward market
  • Exchange Rate trends and linkages
  • Carry Trades

Day 2: An Introduction to Portfolio Theory

  • The link between risk and return.
  • The role of correlation
  • The Markowitz model of Portfolio Risk
  • The benefits of diversification
  • The Capital Asset Pricing Model
  • Benchmarking

Day 3: Derivatives Use in Investment Management

An Introduction to the Derivatives Market

  • Futures
  • Options

The Cost of Carry Model

  • Cash and carry arbitrage
  • Reverse cash and carry arbitrage

Using Options to provide portfolio insurance

Using Futures to provide portfolio insurance

Using futures to change a portfolios “beta”

Spread trading:

  • Intra-commodity spreads
  • Intra-commodity spreads

Option trading strategies.

Day 4: Bond Portfolio Management

  • Bond pricing
  • Bond Duration
  • Term structure of interest rates
  • The convexity of a bond
  • Bond ratings
  • Immunizing a bond portfolio
  • Structured products
  • Money Market Deposits/CD’s/Commercial Paper/Treasury Bills

Day 5: Fundamental and Technical Analysis

  • Technical versus fundamental analysis
  • Yields and ratios
  • Valuation
  • Chartism
  • Technical Trading Rules

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Conference: Investment Management


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CO8119

29 Jun - 3 Jul 2025

Cairo (Egypt) - Holiday Inn & Suites Cairo Maadi, an IHG Hotel

Hotel : Holiday Inn & Suites Cairo Maadi, an IHG Hotel

Cost: 3575 € Euro


  About Cairo

Cairo is a mesmerizing assortment of iconic monuments, bustling markets, and ancient sites encircled by a vast and sprawling metropolis. At its core lies a maze-like medieval quarter. A world away from the modern side of the city, it boasts a seductive blend of intricate mosques, jostling crowds, madrasas, and traditional hammams. No visit could be complete without visiting the awe-inspiring Giza Pyramids that preside over the city's horizon. Whether you come to delve into the city's ancient past, dive into colorful souqs, sip mint tea and contemplate thousands of years of history or explore the city's cosmopolitan side, you'll be left with memories to last a lifetime.


  Things to do and places to visit in Cairo

The multi-layered capital of Egypt offers its visitors lively markets, authentic restaurants, and a multitude of ancient sights and archeological findings. Gaze in wonder at the Pyramids, take an awe-inspiring look at Tutankhamen's burial mask, shop for handmade souvenirs in the bazaars or hop on a sunset cruise down the Nile and embrace the sensory overload that is Cairo.

Take a vacation in Cairo and you can:

  • Visit the Great Sphinx of Giza, one of Ancient Egypt's great mysteries.
  • Explore the ramparts of the Salah El-Din Citadel.
  • Join locals drinking coffee at Fishawi Café, one of Cairo's first cafes and most important meeting spots.
  • Marvel at the seemingly endless historical artifacts on display at the Egyptian Museum.
  • Learn about the Ummayad, Ottoman, and Ayyubbid dynasties and more at the Museum of Islamic Art.
  • Haggle for souvenirs and gifts at the Khan el-Khalili souk.
  • See one of the world's oldest universities at the Al-Azhar Mosque, one of the city's original mosques.
  • Take a tour of the showstopping Giza pyramids.
  • Savor local cuisine such as mezze in the old city.
  • Wander through the labyrinth-like streets of Coptic Cairo, the city's ancient quarter, and spot Roman relics.
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