About This Event
“Build sovereign bond portfolios reserve managers everywhere would recognise as sound.”
Provides senior officials with an executive-level understanding of global fixed income markets and the construction of sovereign bond portfolios purpose-built for reserve management mandates.
What You'll Explore
A live portfolio review presented to a mock investment committee
Practical yield-curve analysis and duration-matching technique
Working knowledge of credit spread products and supranational bonds
A framework for evaluating global fixed income opportunities
A duration-matching methodology you can apply directly to your institution's existing bond holdings
Who Should Attend
Open to all qualifying staff — particularly: Portfolio Managers, Investment Committee Members, Treasury Directors.
Why This Course Matters
Global Market Fluency
Read instrument structure and market architecture the way global reserve managers do.
Curve-Aware Construction
Build portfolios around yield-curve analysis and disciplined duration matching.
Committee-Ready Delivery
Close with a live portfolio review presented before a mock investment committee panel.
Programme
Day 1
Global fixed income market structure & instruments
An executive tour of global fixed income market structure and the instruments in it.
Day 2
Sovereign bond valuation & yield curve analysis
Learn to value sovereign bonds and read a yield curve for market expectations.
Day 3
Portfolio construction & duration matching
Construct a bond portfolio from the ground up with disciplined duration matching.
Day 4
Credit spread products & agency / supranational bonds
Work through credit spread products, agency and supranational bonds.
Day 5
Portfolio review workshop & investment committee presentation
Present a live portfolio review to a mock investment committee.
Standards & Faculty Benchmark
World Bank RAMP fixed income practices
Reserve management guidelines and the Reserve Advisory & Management Partnership curriculum.
ACI Financial Markets Association
Dealing-room and FX market-structure standards for markets-track courses.
World Bank RAMP fixed income practices and ACI Financial Markets Association standards are the reference points reserve managers across emerging and advanced markets are already held to.
Is This Right for You?
- ☑You construct or approve sovereign bond portfolios
- ☑You sit on or advise an investment committee
- ☑You want a decision-maker's grounding, not analyst-level mechanics
Good to Know
Pitched at committee-level fluency rather than desk-level mechanics.
The Bottom Line
Leave able to construct, defend and present a sovereign bond portfolio the way an investment committee expects to see it done.
Recommended For
Open to all qualifying staff — particularly: Portfolio Managers, Investment Committee Members, Treasury Directors.