CAS Commodity Professional 01/14

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1 8 May - 10 May 014 Modul 1 Dates Schedule # lessons 1. BASIC INTRO & GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS Lecturer Place Introduction to CAS Commodity Professional a) Welcome and evolution of commodity trading (45') b) Introduction and round of introductions (45') c) Course administration (45') Theory fundamentals M. Spillmann a) Commodities and commodity markets (45') b) Forward curve, contango/backwardation (45') c) Portfolio diversification, inflation protection (45') Description of a deal life-cycle (cases) R. Rissi a) Structuring b) Logistics & operations c) Support functions D. Wood Welcome drinks Ch. Lengwiler Understanding financial statements of a comm. firm a) Balance sheet, revenues and margins b) Case study Tail hedging c) Case study Time basis risk Who are dominant market players? a) Important firms dominating extraction and trading b) Important service firms and how they interact Fundamentals on Taxation a) Intro to CH and international tax principles b) CH tax reform (impact of abolishing mixed company status) c) Selected locations for trading entities Tax management in an international environment d) Impact of action plan on base erosion & profit shifting e) Tax-compliant structuring for CHF trading companies Practice of commodity investing a) Price-driving factors b) Strategic and tactical asset allocation c) Trading strategies Financialization a) Does increased investor presence drive prices? b) Structure of markets and analysis of dynamics c) Conclusions and outlook T. Affolter H.R. Habermacher / M. Sollberger R.A. Pfister R.A. Pfister P. Sigg R. Rissi

2 May - 4 May 014 Modul Dates Schedule # lessons 1. BASIC INTRO /. VALUE CHAIN Lecturer Place Geopolitical megatrends a) Private property or national patrimony b) Correlation commodity & national power c) Power shift from West to East Socio-economic analysis a) Why companies engage in sustainability, options and strategies b) Critics, trends and inititiatives; sustainability reporting c) Best practice case studies, conclusions Value chain in a global context a) Demands and factors driving value chains b) Areas of management focus, supply chain decisions c) Measures of a winning value chain VAT in intra-community supply of goods a) Introduction b) Case study 1 R. Tanner S. Jurt D. Wood B. Lamoni c) Case study d) Case study e) Conclusions How the life-cycle gets supported by IT a) e.g. project management b) Case study c) Life-cycle support by financial intermediaries a) Methods to raise capital b) Instruments to mitigate risks and to effect payments Material stewardship (lecture open to public) a) Product risk from a life cycle perspective b) Product compliance c) Market expectations in the supply chain Limits to growth (lecture open to public) a) Cassandra's curse b) The future of our planet c) Conclusions and strategies B. Lamoni T. Silbermann C. Zbinden P. De Coppi tbd

3 6 June - 8 June 014 Modul Dates Schedule # lessons. SHIPPING & TRANSPORT Lecturer Place Exam on Basics & Value Chain Giandomenico Dormio Shipping & Transport a) Introduction and definitions (carrier, consignor, consignee, delivery of Giandomenico Dormio goods, charterparties, etc.) b) Modes of transport depending on commodities (1) c) Modes of transport depending on commodities () Giandomenico Dormio Transport documents a) Meaning, procurement, shipping order, examples with L/C b) Focus on the Bill of lading (B/L) The International Trade Facilitation a) The new environment, risks, complexities and opportunities b) Shipping & distribution / international logistics c) Supply Chain Security Shipping-related issues a) Safe ports, laytime and demurrage Giandomenico Dormio Jon Walden Jon Walden b) Payments for hire / off-hire, etc. Freight Management a) Introduction b) FFAs Free Trade Agreements and origin of goods a) FTAs b) Criteria of origin c) Certificates of origin and other related issues Incoterms 010 a) Introduction and definitions b) Focus on CFR, CIF, DAT and DAP in string sales operations Jon Walden Marco Passalia Jeremy Davies c) Case studies and particular points for commodity traders a) Cargo insurance linkage with Incoterms, types of policy, claims b) Types of policy c) Claims Jeremy Davies

4 8 August - 0 August 014 Modul 4 Dates Schedule # lessons 4. TRADE FINANCE Lecturer Place Trade Finance instruments for securing payments a) Trade Finance: introduction, definitions & risks in international trade Letter of credit: procedure of import/export L/C R. Gagliardi a) Involved parties - Forms and types of letter of credit b) Utilisation: basic principle / documents / settlement Documentary collections a) Procedures and participants / terms of collection b) L/C: from theory towards practice c) ICC - Paris rules / customs UCP600 - URC5 - ISBP d) Open a L/C - DC/check and ask amendments e) Group work: examination of documents Guarantees a) Introduction to guarantees b) Types of Guarantees c) Case studies Trade Finance: the trader's point of view a) Financial requirements to develop a business b) Financial elements for traders to keep in mind c) Different use of financial instruments depending on business Commodity Financing Methods a) Introduction to commodity financing b) Various commodity financing methods such as transactional, prefinancing, borrowing-base, etc. Commodity Financing Methods and Hedge Financing: the bank s and the trader s point of view a) Introduction to financial analysis of commodity trading companies b) Common difficulties and problems c) Introduction to hedge financing d) Financing Methods depending on business e) Supply Chain Financing R. Gagliardi R. Gagliardi R.Gagliardi F.Manfredi & M.Somaini F.Manfredi & M.Somaini F.Manfredi & M.Somaini G. Bassi

5 18 September - 0 September 014 Modul 5 Dates Schedule # lessons 5. RISK MANAGEMENT Lecturer Place Exam on Shipping & Trade Finance / N. Bürkler Introduction in Risk Management / N. Bürkler Insurance S. Engel Operational Risks M. Leyh Case study on risk identification and risk management M. Rahnenführer Risk management of derivatives Risk measurement methods Credit risk Case Study Credit Risk t.b.d Liquidity Risk & Practice Risk Solutions S. Engel

6 1 November - 15 November 014 Modul 6 Dates Schedule # lessons 6. LEGAL & COMPLIANCE Lecturer Place Law of International Trade a. Basic contract law b. Provisions of the Sale of Goods Act as they relate to international trade c. Legal provisions relating to sales e.g. delivery, nomination, transfer of risk and title, insurance, payment, damages, exclusion clauses d.rights, duties and remedies of buyers and sellers e. Incoterms hfw Sanctions / Anti-Dumping and internal controls J. Böhler Other relevant laws a) REACH b) Dodd-Frank / EMIR tbd c) Shipping law Wording of Contracts a) physical goods trading b) chartering (vessel/barges/trucks/train/pipeline) c) non-physical trades (financial instruments OTC) hfw d) Agents e) Inspectors Case studies - physical contracts hfw ) legal and enforcement issues a. Law b. Jurisdiction c. Arbitration d. Litigation hfw e. Mediation f. Enforcement of judgments and awards g. Interim relief (e.g. mareva injunctions) Case studies - other contracts hfw Corporate Social Responsability M. Noethiger Diplomas and celebration Fasser et al