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This course aims to provide a thorough understanding of the basics of hedging with futures and options, covering the market terminology, pricing, trading strategies and margining of LME contracts. Topics include how to lock-in future selling and purchasing prices, causes and management of price volatility as well as different hedging strategies.
Who should attend?
This course is ideal for delegates with little or no knowledge of non-ferrous metals/plastics futures and metals options and the management of price risk on the LME. It is aimed at miners, producers, smelters, refiners and recyclers; brokers, bankers, financiers, treasurers, CFOs, controllers and financial risk advisors; traders and merchants; fabricators and end users.
Prerequisites: none
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Overview of the LME market |
| Futures and physical market |
| Basic concepts of hedging with futures |
| Uses and benefits of hedging with futures |
| Types of hedging with futures: offset and price-fix |
| Hedging with futures workshops |
| Hedging strategies |
| Cost of hedging |
| LME Options |
| Hedging with Options |
| Questions and answers |
| Date |
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Time |
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| 23/05/2008 |
Singapore |
To be confirmed |
8.30am-5pm |
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| 05/06/2008 |
Barcelona |
To be confirmed |
8.30am-5pm |
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| 25/06/2008 |
New York |
To be confirmed |
8.30am-5pm |
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| Course fees |
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Per delegate
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£450 |
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Early-bird discount
N.B. Please note that this discount only applies when booking 60 or more days prior to the day of the course |
10% |
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Multiple booking discount
If you also book Introduction to the LME and Regulation or Introduction to the LME |
save £125 |
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Additional delegate discount
N.B. please note that orders must be placed at the same time |
£20 |
Fees include all course materials, lunch and refreshments.
All registration fees must be paid prior to the event.
Please note that the dress code is smart casual.
All LME courses are delivered in English unless otherwise stated.
Further information
Click here to view all LME course dates in 2008 and to book your place online.
For more information about this course and other LME training courses, email lme.education@lme.com or telephone +44 (0) 20 7264 5555.
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