Introduction to Financial Engineering

The current globalization trends in all financial markets call for customized answers for each type of client. Financial Engineering is a newly created discipline among both practitioners and academics that tackles that requirement. Using as building blocks the tools of risk management, derivatives, product structuring, statistics and financial institutions, we will develop a framework for designing and implementing tailor made instruments and solutions through an exciting creative process.

10-NOV-2008 -- 12-NOV-2008New YorkUSD$3275
NY Institute of Finance - Midtown9:00am - 4:30pm Instructional Method:
Group-Live
Instructor(s): [ Jorge A. Martínez-Gonzalez; ] Mon Tue Wed Level: Basic
CPE Credits: 21.5

Risk managers, corporate treasurers, fund managers, sell side analysts and vendors, financial advisors, capital and fixed income markets specialists and risk auditors.
No advance preparation required.
Students will be able to:
  • Demonstrate solid understanding of the basic theories behind modern finance
  • Discuss fluently upon the building blocks of financial instrument design
  • Have the skill to build and to judge if buying, or criticize if selling, a tailor-made financial instrument
Attendees must have a solid knowledge of basic financial theories. Including: NYIF Fixed Income Suite, Overview of Capital Markets and Fundamentals of Derivatives or equivalent knowledge.
  • Credit Default Swaps: From Vanilla to Exotic
  • Derivatives Suite: Strategies, Trading & Valuation
    • Day 1 - The Basic Building Blocks of Financial Engineering

    Traditional Financial Instruments Vs Derivatives

    • The basic theoretical framework in modern finance
    • The fundamentals of design behind the universe of financial instruments
    • The fundamentals of design behind the universe of derivatives

    Statistical Models to Measure Risk in New Instruments

    • Review of basic and intermediate statistical measures of risk
    • Advance models of volatility and credit risk for new instruments
    • The risk profile of a new tailor-made instrument

    Day 2 - The Creative Process of Building New Instruments

    The Study of Complex Structures

    • The main relations inside and around a Trust as a legal figure
    • The method of re-packaging cash flows
    • The insertion of derivatives into a complex financial structures

    The Assembly of Exotics and Hybrids

    • Review of the main building blocks inside exotic instruments and contracts with special clauses
    • Hybrids of fixed income and capital components
    • Hybrids of fixed income and commodity components

    Day 3 - The Financial Engineering Solution Mapped on the Global Financial Strategy of the Firm

    Financial Engineering Designing Lab

    • Group session aimed at judging a tailor-made financial instrument from the buy-side
    • Group session aimed at criticizing a tailor-made financial instrument from the sell-side
    • Live team-work exercise aimed at designing a tailor-made instrument to solve a proposed problem

    Financial Strategy Impact of Tailor-made Instruments

    • Modeling competing strategies to find the most efficient solution using Montecarlo Simulations
    • Expected impact on cash flow, return and P/L of a hedging strategy
    • How does the financial engineering solution fit into the broad financial strategy of the firm?

    Clients who register for this course will receive a complimentary 6 month subscription to the Financial Times and FT.com. The Financial Times is the world's most respected financial newspaper providing a broad assessment on finance, business and the industrial sector. Subscriptions will start within 6-8 weeks of the application process, and are limited to one per client. For questions about your subscriptions call 800-628-8088 or email uscirculation@ft.com. US and Canada enrollees only.

    Lunch included for all students taking day classes.