Update

Training and Education

	MiFID Training

The FOA has negotiated some discounts for firm's that wish to buy Eukleia Training's MiFID elearning courses.

A 15 minute MiFID Overview course is available and can be easily tailored to match your firm's MiFID impact analysis and to incorporate your own branding.

Further detailed modules on the key MiFID topics such as Suitability, Appropriateness and Client Categorisation are under development and will be available shortly.

All the courses are designed to be SCORM 1.2 compliant and should integrate onto any SCORM compliant Learning Management System.

If you would like to trial the MiFID Overview course please contact Simon Cooper at Eukleia Training on  0207 438 9850 or simon.cooper@eukleia-training.com

Eukleia Training have recently been accredited by the FSSC as a financial services training provider.

	Compliance in Derivatives Course 2008

Compliance in Derivatives Course 2008
Please click here for details of the course and instructions on how to register your interest.

	Exchange Managers Course 2008

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

	Risk Management course – Member feedback requested

The FOA is in discussion with Risk Audit over the provision of a one-day training course for FOA members covering such topics as:

•  Overview of key market, credit and operational risks

•  Managing client credit risk

•  Managing proprietary trading risk

•  Key operational controls

•  Information technology

•  Management of regulatory risk

•  Other operational risks

The course is primarily designed to appeal to compliance officers and risk managers working in small to medium sized firms who feel that they would benefit from an overview of the key risk areas which apply to their business and the ways in which those risks can most effectively be managed, although representatives from firms of all sizes would be welcome.

If you wish to express an early interest in this course and would like to propose particular topics that you feel should be covered please contact Simon Andrews .

	Potential CRD forum – Member feedback requested

With the publication of the FSA's SREP guidance, the CRD is once again becoming a topical issue. Subject to interest , the FOA is planning to hold a CRD forum to discuss the new reporting requirements introduced in January 2007, ongoing ICAAP concerns and other issues.

If you would be interested in attending such a forum and have any particular areas of concern that you would like to see included on the agenda, please contact Simon Andrews.