FOA Forum Meetings (member firms only)

The FOA hold complimentary "forum" meetings on a regular basis for particular market sectors/specialist staff. For further details and to register your interest please click here.

You can claim CPD credits for attending relevant meetings/courses. Please click here for more information.

FOA Courses and Workshops

The FOA offers a number of courses, workshops, seminars and half-day conferences, mainly by way of continuation training, which are designed to keep members abreast of the new regulatory requirements.

Compliance in Derivatives Course

The FOA runs a Compliance in Derivatives Course which is highly regarded in the industry. This is a six-day course for the Compliance professional run by the FOA and is designed for existing in-house compliance and legal staff. The programme includes an additional two day Regulatory Primer which is designed to enable delegates to ensure the currency of their knowledge in both the theory and practicalities of the FSA Handbook Rules. Please click here for full course details.

If you wish to register your interest/ be kept up-to-date on course dates, please contact Sarah Woolcock via email - click here

Exchange Managers Course

The FOA, in association with a number of organisations, is intending to hold a four day seminar for directors and managers of exchanges which will be an exchange management course based on internationally accepted standards. The course will include: exchange governance, trading rules and practice, price formation and transparency, rights of access, management of conflicts of interest, etc. This is expected to attract a significant level of attendance. Any member firm with a particular interest in participating or presenting on this course should contact Anthony Belchambers. Please click here for fuller details

Electronic Order Routing Systems - Explaining the responsibilities of brokers and users

More and more brokers are now facilitating direct access for their clients to exchange-traded derivative markets through the provision of electronic order routing systems. These systems offer clients a number of benefits including fast execution, low transaction costs and real-time account management functionality. However, it's important that the clients using these order routing systems understand the obligations and responsibilities and some of the risks that are associated with their use. To help FOA members raise awareness of these issues amongst their order routing clients, the FOA has launched an on-line training course entitled "Electronic Order Routing Systems - Explaining the responsibilities of brokers and users". For more information click here

Energy Markets Compliance training courses

The FOA has devised two courses to help firms meet the training and competence challenge laid down by the FSA. The courses have been developed by the FOA's Energy Markets Working Group and the Power Trading Committtee with input from the FSA and ICE Futures. For details on the course please contact Patrick Thompson click here. At present there are no plans to run any further public courses but anyone wanting to discuss the possibility of holding a course in-house should contact Sarah Woolcock.

Training Discounts for FOA Members

The FOA continues to recognise the value of cost effective training, services and publications for members and, to this end, has negotiated further discounts in conjunction with other training providers.