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Certified Commodity Trading Specialist (CCTS) SAQ
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Certified Commodity Trading Specialist (CCTS) SAQ

Descrizione

The “Certified Commodity Trading Specialist (CCTS)” training program, offered in collaboration with the Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA), aims to train professionals who are active in the field of commodity trading or in related services, as well as individuals who aspire to pursue a professional career in this sector.

The course involves highly qualified professionals, who will contribute with direct experience from the industry.

At the end of the training, participants will be able to:

  • Apply the fundamentals of commodity trade and interpret geopolitical dynamics;

  • Correctly place the importance and role of raw materials in their business value chain;

  • Recognize the most important and/or critical aspects related to the supply and transportation of raw materials and be able to identify the right solutions;

  • List the parameters and operations of trade finance in commodity trading and know how to apply them to one's own business reality;

  • Identify and manage the major risks associated with commodity trading;

  • Correctly apply laws and regulations related to the commodities industry;

  • Recognize the need to apply the principle of sustainability in the commodity trading business and the respective critical issues.

A chi si rivolge

  • Traders or operators early in their careers as commodity trading employees, who wish to receive a comprehensive overview of commodity trading;
  • Other specialists in commodity companies who wish to complete their knowledge about processes of other functions and be more prepared to step up as senior within the organization
  • Employees or managers of companies that provide services to the commodity sector, such as banks, auditing, legal, transportation, risk management, insurance companies, etc., who wish to better understand the industry in which their clients operate;
  • Entrepreneurs, directors, finance managers, sector managers, etc., who are active in small and medium-sized companies that have foreign dealings and wish to learn more about commodity trading;
  • Graduates aiming to begin their career in the industry.

Programma del corso

  • Targeted interventions with professionals in the Lugano square.

  • Determinant geopolitical events in the past and current situation

  • Principles of sustainability in the commodity trading business and critical issues

Docenti:
Matthew Bryza, previously US Ambassador to Azerbaijan and Director of the International Center of Defense and Security in Tallin; currently Managing Director at Straife, Instanbul and member of different Boards.

Deia Markova, executive with over 20 years of experience in Innovation, Sustainable Finance, Trade & Commodity Leadership; Finance, ESG and Strategy department at BGN Group, Geneva.

  • The global trade environment

  • Trade facilitation

  • Incoterms 2020

  • Supply Chain Security

  • Cargo (transit) insurance

Docenti:
Jon Walden, Principal Consultant and accredited trainer in Customs and Trade Facilitation with over 35 years’ experience in international trade.

  • Contracts

  • English Sale of Goods Act (SGA)

  • Incoterms

  • Price, Quality, Time

  • Documentation and termination

  • Damages

  • Case studies

Docenti:
Sarah Hunt, international trade and shipping lawyer; Partner at HFW, Geneva.

  • Main compliance issues in commodity trading

  • Rules and actuality

Docenti:
Daniel Martin, recognised expert lawyer in international financial and trade sanctions; Partner at HFW, London.

Intro – Topics:

  • Main forms of commodity trade finance

  • Internal organization of a Commodity

  • Trade Finance division (roles and responsibilities)

Instruments – Topics:

  • Instruments

  • SWIFT and Interbank communication

  • Payment Methods

  • UCP / ISBP Rules

  • Documents

  • Case studies

Financing – Topics:

  • Main types of financing

  • Main principles of the transactional financing (secured & self liquidating)

  • Sublimits & Assessment of single transactions

  • Practical cases

  • Advantages / Risks

  • Introduction to hedge finance

  • Tripartite Financing Agreement (TPA)

Docenti:
Anne-Lyse Moix, Head Documentary Credit at BCV - Banque Cantonale Vaudoise.

Matteo Somaini, General Manager Finance at DITH and President of the Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA);

Fabiano Manfredi, Head of Credit Risk Trade Finance, Banks and Countries; First Vice President at BCV - Banque Cantonale Vaudoise.

  • Fundamentals of Risk Management

  • Market Risk Management

  • Liquidity and Credit Risk

  • Margin Call

  • Hedging

  • Case studies

Docenti: to be defined

Certificazione

Diploma

Released by LCTA and ALMA Impact AG

SAQ Certification (ISO 17024)

Professionally recognized certification according to international standards