A presentation on our training capabilities and experience

Public and private workshops, residential training courses and more.. 

Calendar of our forthcoming Courses :

For our upcoming and past events, see our events page here

Our recent workshops on structured finance, financial markets, credit derivatives, etc.

For past events 2002-2006, see here . For events 2007-2010, see here.

Securitisation School: Most comprehensive, yet most competitively priced

Against the backdrop of several successful runs, we introduce Securitisation School as a regular feature - a 7 day training stint (with one day break in between). This is the most comprehensive securitisation training offered anywhere (if you know of any other such program, we would be happy to stand corrected!). The week-long program is packed with activity :a typical day starts at 9.30 am with tuitions followed by assignments and practicals, and we allow you to interact with participants from all over the World who bring their own experiences.

All our events in the past have had participants from different markets - USA, UK, Germany, East Europe, Middle East, Far East, India, and so on.

We provide accommodation in a 5-star hotel for 8 nights, one person one room basis - the cost of the accommodation (except dinner) is included in the package.

And yet, the entire package comes at an amazingly cheap price : only USD 2750 per person. Our competitors charge, for a 2-day course titled Structured Finance School, USD 7500 - we charge 1/3rd that amount,for thrice as much duration. In addition, we have broken the course into 3 modules of 2 days each - so you may attend any one or more module and skip the rest:

• Securitisation and Synthetic CDOs: Structures and Motivations
• Modelling and Structuring of Securitisation - this is a fully practical hands-on modeling course
• Law, Tax, Accounting and Regulatory Issues

What enables us to price it at such rates? Several factors - one, there are no event producers making money here, we take advantage of a very tightly priced hotel package and pass it on to you, and finally, being at our home town, we are happy with a lower intake!

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Register now before it is late - the number of participant will be restricted. Participants may pay by international remittance or by credit card. Check with us for the best method to make remittance.

Why we ?

Some acclaims

“Vinod Kothari is one of those securitization specialists who can combine knowledge of several disciplines - from cash flow modelling to legal, tax and accounting issues - to give a good comprehensive and cohesive understanding of securitization”.- Frank Fabozzi, leading authority on financial services

Our popular training courses

• Basel III
  • Basel II and Basle III - complete understanding of the liquidity risk standards, additional features of Basel III, implementation of Basel III, moving from Basel II to Basel III. The most topical couse as the world moves to Basel III in less than 3 years.
• Securitisation
  • Securitisation: The Financial Instrument of the New Millennium: 2 -days or 3 days, covering a broad spectrum of issues including motivations, legal issues, financial structure and cost of securitisation, accounting and taxation, regulatory capital.
  • Cashflow modelling for securitisation - 2 -days or 3 days, covering practical cashflow modelling for securitisation transactions, starting from simple class room models to models for real life transactions
  • Investing in Asset backed Securities - 2- days course structured specially from investors' viewpoint.
  • Legal tax and accounting issues in securitisation - A course dedicated to legal, true sale, documentation, accounting, taxation and regulatory capital related issues.
  • We combine these in longer courses such as Securitisation School or Securitisation Masterclass.
• Credit derivatives
  • Credit derivatives: The world of commoditisation of credit: 2 -days covering broad spectrum of issues on credit derivatives including types, economics, strategic issues, legal, tax and accounting issues, capital rules and economic capital, pricing of credit derivatives etc.
  • Exotic credit derivatives A 1-day presentation on the latest developments in credit derivatives; we take account of what is making waves in the marketplace.
  • Investing in credit linked notes - A one-day/2 days' course structured specially from viewpoint of investors.
  • We will club these outlines in Credit Derivatives Masterclass which may run for 3 days/ 4 days duration.
• Pricing and mitigation of credit risk
  • Quantitative approaches to pricing of a credit risk :: 2 -days covering Excel-based practical training on credit risk pricing - covers Merton and Merton-based models, intensity based pricing, portfolio risk pricing, correlation and simulations to price portfolio risk, economic capital computation..
• Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)
  • The World of CDOs: : 2 -days covering at length the CDO world - including full array of CDO field; balance sheet and arbitrage deals, synthetic and cash deals, managed and static deals. Motivations, functioning, with case studies.
  • Synthetic CDOs: A 2-day course that will focus on synthetic CDOs and cover lots of case studies of real life transactions. Includes fair exposure to credit derivatives as well.
  • Investing in CDOs - A 2-day course designed specially from investors' perspective.
  • We will club these outlines into a CDO Masterclass which may be a 3-day course.
• Leasing and off-balance sheet financing
  • Asset Finance and Leasing - This 2-days/ 3 days course covers basics of leasing, financial and operating leases, legal and tax issues on leasing, tax benefits of leasing, pricing, accounting, etc.
• Operating Leasing workshop: This 2 days' workshop covers operating leasing in fine details, including pricing, residual risk mitigation, accounting, taxation, etc.
• Leasing: Legal, tax and accounting issues: This 2-day event focuses on tax, legal and accounting issues for financial and operating leases.
• Accounting for financial instruments
  • Accounting for Financial Instruments [IAS 39/ FAS 133] This 2-days event covers accounting for financial instruments, derivatives, embedded derivatives and the hedging rules of IAS 39/ FAS 133 with lots of examples and workings. May be extended to 3 days to allow practice.
• Affordable housing finance
  • Techniques of affordable housing finance -special features of affordable housing finance as compared to traditional mortgage financing. Ask for outline here.
• REITs and commercial real estate financing devices
  • The course includes REITs, other collective investment devices for financing commercial real estate. Includes a full cashflow modelling exercise as well.

Do ask for outline of any of these courses.

Feedback of some of our attendees

• An in-house client, a leading Australian bank: "Just a quick message to say how pleased we were with the outcome of the three sessions you gave. Given the vastly different audiences and levels of knowledge, I think based on my personal observations and comments from participants that you achieved a greatly increased understanding of the
  product."
  
• Uschi Phuah, Straits Lion, Singapore: "Presenter has very good knowledge; very patient too."
• Kelvin Leong, Malaysia Rating Corporation: "A walking library! Excellent knowledge-base"
• Tatsaya Imade, UFJ Institute, Japan: "Great person, education with philosophy".
• Teo Kok Liang, Mizuho Corporate Bank.: "Very knowledgeable and has provided me a good foundation in securitisation know-how"
• Name suppressed, Bank of Finland, Helsinki: "Vinod definitely knows his stuff!".
• Peter Van den Heever, Nedcor Investment Bank, South Africa: "Excellent insight and knowledge of the subject and most insightful 2 day session".
• Anon: "Given his non-practitioner background, his knowledge on ABS is outstanding, may even exceed that of practitioners"
• Francia T Manlapaz, SEC, Philippines: "He has mastery over the subject matter".
• Letitia Chan, J P Morgan: "Vinod is very knowledgeable and professional
• Chan Peng Fun, ABN Amro: "Very knowledgeable. Able to convey in simple way"

Everyone is unique, and so are we. However, it is important to understand the essential difference between single-speaker training events and the typical industry forums which are organised by event producers. A typical event producer will assemble various speakers from the industry, all of whom are sponsored by their respective firms to talk about their firms and the great deals they have done; none of them know more than their job would require them to. At the end of the day, as a participant, you would have heard a dozen speakers, with no cohesive theme. You will have lots of bits and pieces in your mind but nothing comprehensive.

On the other hand, ours is a single faculty course which develops the subject from a scratch and takes to a cohesive comprehensive finality.

Here are some of the C's to our Credit

• Comprehensive: All our courses are comprehensive: we cover every aspect of the subject to give to the participant a thorough and all-pervasive insight.
• Clear: Vinod Kothari is known for his clear communication. Even seemingly complex issues like accounting for securitization are made clear enough for everyone to understand.
• Case studies: We spend substantial time discussing recent case studies. We have a substantial base of case studies covering recent innovative deals.
• Contemporary: Vinod Kothari's website is an testimony to our constant feel of the pulse of the market. So all our courses teach most updated information.
• Carry-away stuff: Our course materials are very comprehensive, often running over 200 pages. Besides, if agreed, we can also supply copies of Vinod Kothari's books.
• Competitive: Our pricing is fairly competitive compared to other international faculties.

We do discuss live case studies. Practicals or exercises depends on the nature of the course.

We have a comprehensive base of case studies specifically designed for our courses. We select representative cases highlighting a new idea, new application or a new structure. Most of our cases are fairly recent.

See here some of the sample cases we discuss in our courses.

This again, depends. In some courses we do call a guest speaker who we think is better acquainted with the market dynamics of a particular region/subject.

You get a very comprehensive hard copy of the presentation. The course material is quite comprehensive and is updated with latest data and information.

In some courses, the participants are also given a free copy of Vinod Kothari's book on securitisation.

Private/ in-house training: Will you be willing to organise a workshop in my country, for me or for public participation?

We will be more than happy to do so. Actually, if you have 7-8 persons to be trained, an in-house course is the best option. Apart from privacy and tailoring, in-house courses stimulate group thinking and often we have found brilliant ideas emerge during the discussions.

I is advisable to consult us about availability, travel schedules etc. before moving any further. If you have any questions, please do get back.

Who actually conducts the lectures?

Generally speaking, Vinod Kothari. But we reserve our right to assign the job to any other properly qualified trainer. 

What are the typical fees we charge?

For private courses, we will expect to charge approximately Euro 3000 per day of time spent. Time spent includes time in travelling. The minimum fees for any workshop will be Euro 6000. This is apart from reimbursement of actual expenses.

How many faculties/ trainers will be travelling?

Only one.

How do we ensure audience satisfaction?

Our past performance does this. In the past, well over 75% of the participants have consistently rated our courses are excellent.

What equipment do you require?

Usual presentation devices - a computer projector. Mostly we would bring along our own laptop, but should it be required, you might have to arrange for one.

What is the typical size of the audience?

Upto you - from 25 to 40. But we would suggest you should cap it to 40.

I have more questions.

Do get back at vinod@vinodkothari.com and mark a copy to nidhi@vinodkothari.com

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