INTRODUCING... The Financial Consulting Group of Oakbridge Limited......an independent international group dedicated to the provision of professional financial consulting services and workshop training programs. COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

OAKBRIDGE specialises in... FINANCIAL MARKETS CONSULTING FINANCIAL TRAINING and offers an extensive range of... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS (We’ll come back to them shortly.) COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Let’s consider some approaches to financial risk...  "Doing nothing" about financial risks (eg interest rate and/or exchange rate risks) IS doing something!  "Doing nothing" is tantamount to putting a company into another line of business by default, namely, the business of... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

speculating on, say,... interest rates exchange rates commodity prices equity prices COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

FUD FUD often drives business decision-making in the face of financial risks. COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

"FUD" stands for: FEAR UNCERTAINTY DOUBT COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Oakbridge can show how to dispel FUD.  An important first step in dispelling FUD is to have an appropriate financial risk management policy in place.  Crucially, this policy should articulate a system of limits and controls on dealers in order to avoid potentially disastrous "dealing room losses”. COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Oakbridge can...  show how to construct an appropriate financial risk management policy  scrutinise existing financial risk management policies for potential flaws COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Note that... the business of speculating on financial markets prices is a risky one, and... it is precisely that business in which bankers (the financial markets "professionals") do not wish to participate COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Furthermore... bankers are extremely risk averse, and they understand the techniques to use to manage financial risks COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Oakbridge can show how to... obtain certainty in an uncertain world by... demonstrating the techniques bankers themselves use, but... which they may never have carefully explained to their clients - if in fact the bankers have explained anything at all! COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Oakbridge’s good news is... it is possible to obtain certain prices (eg interest rates and exchange rates) for delivery at a future date, and… perhaps counter-intuitively, obtaining certain future prices need not incur a cost! COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Let’s now consider OAKBRIDGE’S WORKSHOPS - the ideal vehicle to address the financial risk management issues we have just outlined. COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Why undertake FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT training workshops? COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

At the broadest corporate or institutional level...  TRAIN TODAY FOR TOMORROW’S PROFIT COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

At the senior executive level...  OVERCOME FUD  Remember FUD? COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

At the operational level...  INCREASE PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE and thereby facilitate... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

INCREASED SALES INCREASED PROFITABILITY INCREASED STAFF PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

OAKBRIDGE FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT workshops dispel FUD and position senior finance executives to... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

understand otherwise complex financial products by utilising… …a unique and highly effective generic presentation methodology to produce... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

conceptually simple colour-coded solutions......to otherwise complex financial risk management problems! COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

In explaining otherwise complex financial products, OAKBRIDGE FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS demonstrate how to... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

use financial products APPROPRIATELY COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

assess the RISKS attached to financial products COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

LOSSES oversee the operations of financial product dealers so as to MINIMISE the potential for unforeseen LOSSES. COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

The standard FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT workshops offered by OAKBRIDGE are... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT  Two day workshop  One day senior executive overview  One hour seminar COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT  Three day workshop  Two day workshop  One day senior executive overview  Half day workshop  One hour seminar COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES  One or two day workshop COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

UNDERSTANDING OPTIONS  One or two day workshop COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

FUNDAMENTAL FINANCIAL MARKETS PRODUCTS  One or two day workshop COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

FINANCIAL MARKETS MATHEMATICS  One or two day workshop COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

PRODUCTS AND RISKS IN FINANCIAL MARKETS  One day workshop COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

FINANCIAL MODELLING  Two or three day workshop COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

A tailored version of any “standard” OAKBRIDGE workshop is available on request. COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

In summary, OAKBRIDGE FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT workshops offer... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE of financial risk management products and techniques COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

workshops orientated towards the PRACTICAL APPLICATION of financial risk management products COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE in presentation COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

SMALL GROUP WORKSHOPS to maximise the learning experience COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Participate in the OAKBRIDGE FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT training experience and reap the benefits in terms of... INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

In summary, the OAKBRIDGE MISSION is... to satisfy fully clients' needs... by providing financial consulting and training solutions... of the highest professional quality... which are focused on practicality and profit COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

Comprehensive OAKBRIDGE information is available on the Internet at COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

For further information, contact the Principal Consultant of Oakbridge... JOHN R. RUSH at... COPYRIGHT © OAKBRIDGE LIMITED 2010

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