The International Securities Lending Association ("ISLA") and FinTuition have been running a one day introductory securities lending course for the past 18 months across Europe. We have taught the course in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Stockholm and Zurich with over 150 people in attendance.
We continually update the "Introduction to Securities Lending" course with current data and commentary on important trends and we are back for 2012. We start the programme again in 2012 on 24 January in London. We follow that on 2 February in Amsterdam, and we will return to Zurich, Stockholm and Frankfurt. Additionally, we will be going to Dublin for the first time.
Which markets are hot, which are not? Were the 2011 short selling bans in France, Italy and other countries successful? What about collateral transformation - boom or bust? Are the risks increasing or decreasing? These are just some of the questions we will look at on the day.
The course is designed for those people who are interested in learning more about the business. This includes investors that lend their securities that are looking for an examination of the activity free from their service providers; those people who may be involved in securities lending, but only on a peripheral basis; or those that have a single-focus involvement and need a broader understanding of the business.
We hope to see you somewhere across Europe this year!
