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Derivatives are widely used across financial services but often understood in parts.
Whether you work in risk, treasury, operations, compliance, or front office, you’re likely interacting with derivatives in your role. But understanding how they connect across markets, pricing and risk is what builds real confidence.
This full-day, expert-led session gives you a clear and practical view of how derivatives work in real markets. It focuses on how futures, forwards, swaps, and options are used in practice, not just how they are defined.
This is a hands-on session designed to help you move beyond process and build a more complete understanding of derivatives.
We go beyond basic definitions to focus on:
The session brings together the key elements of derivatives into three clear areas, helping you understand how they connect in practice.
Futures and forwards
Interest rate swaps and hedging
Options
Clive Corcoran is an experienced finance professional with over 30 years across investment management and advisory.
His approach focuses on practical understanding, helping you apply concepts confidently in real-world scenarios.
Whether you are seeking to upskill your team, enhance productivity or foster a culture of continuous learning, we can deliver customised training programmes designed to meet your specific needs. If you have an enquiry, you can complete the in-house form and our training team will be in touch with next steps.
Risk and security essentials
Product mechanics
Global futures markets
The swap market
Hands-on application
Mechanics of options
Option fundamentals
Trading and execution
Consultant
Clive Corcoran has been engaged in the finance and investment management sectors, on both sides of the Atlantic, for more than 30 years. Having p...
Clive Corcoran has been engaged in the finance and investment management sectors, on both sides of the Atlantic, for more than 30 years.
Having previously co-founded and led an asset management company as CEO, he has since continued, as an FCA registered investment adviser, to be engaged in providing strategic investment advice to private clients and pension funds.
Clive has written several books on international finance, focusing on asset allocation and risk management - and is actively involved in executive education for finance professionals globally.
Some of the clients for whom he has provided in-house training include the Bank of England, the UK Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the European Commission.
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