Emerging Markets Investing - August Webinar Series

This 90 minute course offers an overview of the Emerging Markets (EMs), the investment opportunities and the risks of this exciting asset class; focusing on the debt and equity markets. Participants will gain insights into the macroeconomic drivers of the EM markets, the performance of EMs versus the Developed Markets (DMs) and the attractions of EM investing.

Key Learning Objectives

• Understand the unique characteristics of the Emerging markets and its landscape
• Define what constitutes an Emerging Market and differentiate between EMs Frontier Markets and Developed Markets
• Identify the macroeconomic, demographic and geopolitical trends driving EM growth and volatility
• Understand the structure, characteristics and risk/return profiles of EM equity markets
• Differentiate between hard and local currency EM debt and between sovereign and corporate issuers
• Assess the key risks in EM investing.

• Defining Emerging Markets
• The characteristics and classification of the EMs
• Comparing EMs and the Frontier Markets (FMs)
• Tactical investment themes for 2025
• The attraction of EM investing
• Overview of the global macro approaches by asset class
• EM equity investing
• Structural characteristics of EM equities
• Strategic rationale for EM equity exposure
• EM tactical consideration when investing in the region
• EM debt investing
• Structural characteristics of EM debt
• Hard vs. local currency debt
• EM market risk identification
• The EM macroeconomic fiscal indicators
• Country Risk Index and ratings
• The EMs and ESG

As a foundation course, this is suitable for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of the EMs as an asset class. This course is equally suited to experienced professionals who are joining the industry from other sectors and those who are joining at the early stages of their careers.

Russell Hammerson

Russell Hammerson is an experienced banker working with structured products and exotic options over 15 years.

Russell started his career in the fixed income trading division at Chase Manhattan in 1986. After having graduated from the Chase nine-month advanced financial risk analysis programme, he was seconded to the Chase insurance banking division for a year. Taking his insurance expertise with him, he later moved to Citibank to work in the financial engineering division, structuring fixed income and equity products for institutional investors.

From Citibank, Russell moved to Bear Stearns to help set up the newly established equity derivatives group as associate director responsible for marketing and structuring of European products prior to becoming head of structured products at Commerzbank.

Before moving into the technical training arena, Russell ran the structured product group at Banque Nationale de Paris followed by Bankgesellschaft Berlin, London, in a similar role as head of engineered products and international new issues and director of the London Management Committee.

Russell has been training all areas of capital markets since 2001. At BG Consulting (now trading as ZISHI Cornerstone), he specialises in structured products, equity and credit derivatives and exotic options.

£95.00 + VAT

Pay using a credit card online, or if you wish to be invoiced please email your full details to: Training@theia.org

PLEASE NOTE: Full payment for the course must be made prior to the course commencement date.

• Any cancellation must be made in writing.
• For all cancellation received 15-30 days prior to the course start date, 50% of the course fee is still payable.
• No refund is given for a cancellation made 14 days or less prior to the commencement of a course.
• Transferring from one course to another is treated as a cancellation.
• You can substitute one delegate for another at no additional cost. In this instance, please give two business days’ notice.

OFFER: Book the following three webinars for £275.00 + VAT.

• Emerging Markets Investing
• Fundamentals of Asset Allocation
• Investment Funds Overview