To sensitize participants to the world of commodity futures markets and to provide conceptual base for understanding risk management in commodity markets.

To expose them to the futures trading systems and practices in on-line national multicommodity exchanges in India.

To provide a systematic framework for analyzing futures prices and its linkages for the purpose of efficient management of individual and institutional portfolios.

To provide conceptual underpinnings for improving the analytical skills of market players, policy makers and portfolio managers.

For: The programme is suitable for funds managers and investment analysts (middle / senior level) from merchant banks, mutual funds, commodity broking and investment consultancy firms, market players from commodity boards and agri commodity marketing federations, and policy makers from commodity market regulators and commodity exchanges.

Contents:

Risk in commodity markets

Alternative commodity marketing systems

Risk management and global commodity derivatives markets

Contract specifications and Mechanics of futures trading

Margining: VaR methodology

Pricing of futures and hedging with futures

Market behavior: contango and backwardation

Contract settlement and delivery

Market surveillance and risk control

Price discovery and market efficiency

Warehousing and collateral management

Futures on non-deliverables and options on futures

Regulatory issues and strategies

For further details, please contact: -
Program Manager,
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow,
Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road,
Lucknow - 226013.
Phones: (0522) 2734101 - 23 (23 Lines)
Direct: (0522) 2736282 / 2736284 / 2736285
Fax: (0522) 2734025 / 26
E-mail: mdp@iiml.ac.in / mdpoffice@iiml.ac.in / iimlmdp@gmail.com
Website: www.iiml.ac.in
Refer: CoolAvenues' MDP Alert

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