Redcliffe Training Associates Ltd.

Course Overview: This course is suitable for front, middle and back office functions. It aims to explain the main activities involved in corporate finance, the key decisions that corporates have to make and the factors that influence them. It will assist those that are involved with identifying business development opportunities for clients,...

Course Overview: This course provides a fast-track review of unit trusts, closed-end investment trusts and open-ended investment companies (OEIC’s) It will cover the regulations governing collective investment schemes and their administration as well as valuation and promotional restrictions. It will also explain the principles behind open-ended funds, rules governing these products, investment regulations,...

Course Overview: With new accounting standards now requiring accountants to show financial instruments at their current market value, skills in understanding pricing models and techniques are likely to grow in demand. This course will equip you with the knowledge necessary not only to price structured products but also to validate those prices...

Course Overview: This course covers the key elements of modelling in an LBO analysis. Participants will value the target business using historic data and available equity research. The valuation process will incorporate absolute and relative valuation techniques. Once the target business has been valued, participants will be introduced to LBO analysis...

Course Overview: Solvency II is the proposed EU directive which harmonises the regulation of insurance companies in Europe and introduces new capital adequacy rules to cover risk and potential liabilities. The idea behind the new rules is to align capital requirements with actual risk. The rules will be implemented by the end...

Course Overview: This interactive course provides participants with a thorough and effective introduction to the FCA’s Financial Promotions regime. The course provides participants with a comprehensive overview of the FCA approach and how it applies in practice. It considers new media, prominence, image advertising, as well as good and bad practice in relation...

Course Overview: This half day course provides an understanding of the current rules relating to the management of money laundering risk in the financial services sector. It will be of benefit to anyone new to the financial services industry, those new to the UK regime or those needing to up-date their knowledge...

This conference builds on our highly successful Private Equity conference in September 2011 which attracted an audience of 240. The conference will review the trends, developments, prospects and opportunities for both Investment Grade and High yield borrowers and will draw out the key issues in the market. The impact of the...

Course Overview: For almost the last decade, banks and financial institutions have been required to focus increasingly on anti money laundering and anti terrorism measures Adequate due diligence on new and existing customers is a key part of these controls. Without this due diligence, banks and other client facing institutions will be...

Course Overview: The basic IFRS accounting regime for investments and transactions in real estate (property; land and buildings) is commendably straightforward. Investments are accounted for on the basis of either depreciated/impaired cost or fair value, while letting transactions are either finance leases or operating leases. But – as is the case so...