Acquire the essential knowledge and skills required by an executive in the precious metals and commodity exchange sector. The 5-day course is divided into 4 parts, which include lectures, workshops, field trips, and all three come together in the group projects required to complete the course. The projects may include setting up a commodity exchange for a country, establish a local/domestic gold market to optimize national resources, or structuring a financial product backed by gold or silver such as an ETF or a gold certificate.
The field trips include hard-to-access facilities such as an exchange accredited vault, a commodity exchange, and an accredited gold and silver refinery.
Attendees of the "Precious Metals Markets and Exchange Operations" 5-day course will acquire a comprehensive understanding of how the precious metal and commodity markets function. The topics covered include
- An overview of the global precious and industrial metals markets
- Major precious metals markets around the world and their characteristics
- Commodity exchange operations and how to set them up?
- Different technology platforms used in commodity exchanges
- Regulations to set up commodity exchanges
- Clearing and settlements systems
- Fundamental and technical analysis of precious metals markets
- Overview of options trading and risk management
- trading desk set-up and hedging strategies
- Field trips (bullion dealers, refinery, gold exchange, vault)
- Innovative precious metals project
