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VAT on Virtual and Online Programmes

VAT is applicable on virtual programmes to delegates attending from the UK*. If participating from the EU, a valid VAT number is required to ensure VAT will not be charged under the reverse charge mechanism. VAT is not applicable to attendees from all other countries.
*For virtual courses ran through our Asia office, VAT may be applicable to HK and Singapore residents only. Find out more by contacting learning@euromoney.com

 

Claiming Back Your VAT

All attendees of a London based course incur VAT as a part of the cost of attendance.

Euromoney Learning have partnered with VAT IT to allow you the unique opportunity to recoup the VAT incurred.

Using VAT IT's extensive experience and simple sign-up and refund process, every invoice can be turned into cash for your business.


Claim the VAT that's rightfully yours in four simple steps:

1. Register your interest

2. Sign a few simple documents

3. VAT IT processes your claim

4. Receive your refund




Why choose VAT IT 

VAT IT have spent two decades identifying, researching and perfecting the foreign VAT Reclaim process and built the best back end technology in the industry. By partnering with Euromoney Learning, we can provide you with a fast and effective way to reclaim your VAT which helps reduce the cost of your training.

VAT IT will charge a percentage of the VAT refund if/when it is successful. 


Can I claim back the VAT myself?

You can claim back VAT directly from the UK Tax Authority (HMRC) by completing the following form. 
For European clients, please refer to form VAT 65
All other clients, please refer to form VAT 65A.

 

You may also be able to claim back your VAT against courses taking place outside of the UK, and we would recommend contacting VAT IT, our specialist partner, to discuss how to do this.

Introduction to the London Metal Exchange and Hedging: Two Days

This course demonstrates how the LME's services can improve your approach to Price Risk Management
  • To see all available dates for this course, select your preferred location in the Course Details box.

     

    The Introduction to the London Metal Exchange and Hedging: Two Days (Singapore only) will provide you with an understanding of the key services provided by the LME and demonstrate how these services can improve your organisation’s approach to price risk management. Both theoretical and practical skills developed at this course can be applied easily in the workplace.
    It provides an overview of operations, structure, products, trading terminology and procedures. The course will also enhance your knowledge 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.

    This course is made up of two separately bookable modules:


    You are also now able to book a third day as an add on: Introduction to LME Warehousing and Physical Trading: One Day

    You may be interested in attending a third day of training to complement what you learn in the 2-Day Introductory Course and take your knowledge of the LME even further. Introduction to Physical Trading and LME Warehousing focuses on physical trading processes and LME warehousing operations. You can book this course separately or in conjunction with the LME 2-day Introductory Course.  If you would like to book this course in conjunction with the other courses, please contact learning@euromoney.com

    Is this course for you?

    This course is suitable for you if you have little or no knowledge of the London Metal Exchange’s operations and want to learn how these services can add value to your business.

     

    The Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore (IBF)
    LME Education courses are now accredited by
    The Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore (IBF). As a part of the Financial Training Scheme (FTS), our courses are recognised by IBF and as a result, delegates can now apply for funding when attending an LME Education training programme.

     

    If you are a Singapore-based financial institution regulated by MAS (licensed or exempt from licensing by MAS) or a FinTech firm certified by Singapore FinTech Association, then you can apply for subsidies of up to 90% when attending an LME Education course. 

    Find out more about the scheme here.
     
    Apply for funding here.
      

     


    Day 1: Introduction to the LME


    This course is suitable for you if you have little or no knowledge of the London Metal Exchange’s operations and want to learn how these services can add value to your business.

    Day 2: Hedging with Futures & Options


    This course is suitable for you if you want to know more about metals futures and options contracts and the management of price risk on the LME. It is advised that you take ‘Introduction to the LME’ before attending this course to fully benefit from this session.

     

     

    Note - A good level of spoken and written English is required to attend this course. Delegates should be of an intermediate standard in English at a minimum. Please refer to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - as a guide the level required is B2.  

  • The course will start at 9am SGT each day, and consist of two distinct sessions per day.

     

    Day 1

    Introduction to the LME

    • History, organisation and primary services of the LME
    • Pricing methodology
    • Introduction to hedging
    • Prompt date structure and other LME terminology
    • LME contracts
    • Warehousing and fundamentals of delivery
    • Trading at the LME
    • Understanding the role of an LME broker/dealer
    • Clearing and LME Clear
    • Regulation of the LME

     

    Day 2

    Hedging with Futures and Options

    • Basic concepts, uses and benefits of hedging with futures
    • Basic hedging examples
    • Contango and backwardation
    • Setting up a hedging team
    • Hedging with Monthly Average Futures
    • Basic concepts, uses and benefits of hedging with options
    • Options terminology
    • Risk implications and motives
    • Options pricing models
    • TAPOs
    • Selling an option

  • Our Tailored Learning Offering

    Do you have five or more people interested in attending this course? Do you want to tailor it to meet your company’s exact requirements? If you’d like to do either of these, we can bring this course to your company’s office. You could even save up to 50% on the cost of sending delegates to a public course and dramatically increase your ROI.

    If you want to run this course at a location convenient to you or if you want a completely customised learning solution, we can help.

    We produce learning solutions that are completely unique to your business. We’ll guide you through the whole process, from the initial consultancy to evaluating the success of the full learning experience. Our learning specialists ensure you get the maximum return on your training investment.

  • We have a combined experience of over 60 years providing learning solutions to the world’s major organisations and are privileged to have contributed to their success. We view our clients as partners and focus on understanding the needs of each organisation we work with to tailor learning solutions to specific requirements.

    We are proud of our record of customer satisfaction. Here is why you should choose us to help you achieve your goals and accelerate your career:

    • Quality – our clients consistently rate our performance ‘excellent’ or ‘outstanding’. Our average overall score awarded to us by our clients is nine out of ten.
    • Track record – 10/10 of the world’s largest banks have chosen us as there training provider and we have delivered training across the largest banks and have trained over 25,000 professionals.
    • Knowledge – our 100+ strong team of industry specialist trainers are world leading financial leaders and commentators, ensuring our knowledge base is second to none.
    • Reliability – if we promise it, we deliver it. We have delivered over 25,000 events both in person and online, using simultaneous translation to delegates from over 99 countries.
    • Recognition – we are accredited by the British Accreditation Council and the CPD Certification Service. In an independent review by Feefo we scored 4.2/5 on service and 4.7/5 on Coursecheck
This course can be run as an In-house or Tailored Learning programme

Instructor

  • Emma Jenkins

    My banking career started with modelling, pricing and structuring interest rate, FX and commodity derivatives. Now, I divide my time between consulting to commodity companies and delivering training courses in this area.

    Biography

    The course director has many years’ experience covering commodity markets, derivative pricing and structuring, and loan origination. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, with a BSc Hons, a gold medal and Foundation Scholarship in Mathematics, she commenced her banking career in the Goldman Sachs graduate program. After this, she joined Westpac Banking Corporation where she was responsible for the design and implementation of derivative pricing models for the interest rate and FX trading desks. She moved into the commodity arena when she joined Credit Suisse to market complex hedge structures in precious metals and associated financings. She later joined Macquarie Bank as a specialist commodity director, where she provided a complete banking service to clients in the base and precious metals, and oil and gas sectors. She is currently a director of a consulting business which specialises in commodity price risk management and related expert witness work. Her clients range from central banks and regulators, large miners, traders and manufacturers, wealth managers, through to small import/export businesses, thereby giving her a unique insight into the issues facing the many market participants.