Introduction to the LME and Hedging Two Days

About the course

Our two-day introductory course will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and teach you how to use its tools for trading and managing your price risk. This training programme offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn directly from the LME on how best to use its services in order to benefit your business. You will gain a deeper understanding into the intricacies of LME pricing, hedging and delivery, enabling you to use LME prices and contracts effectively in your operations for trading and risk management.

LME Education courses are now accredited by The Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore (IBF). As a part of the Financial Training Scheme (FTS), our courses are recognised by IBF and as a result, delegates can now apply for funding when attending an LME Education training programme.

If you are a Singapore-based financial institution regulated by MAS (licensed or exempt from licensing by MAS) or a FinTech firm certified by Singapore FinTech Association, then you can apply for subsidies of up to 90% when attending an LME Education course.

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Classroom and virtual training

We offer our courses both in a classroom environment and virtually. Due to current UK government guidelines we are only able to offer our virtual solution at this moment in time.

All our courses, classroom and virtual, are trainer-led and offered in four locations or time zones: London, New York, Singapore, Dubai or their equivalent time zones. You will receive learning materials and if in London, have an opportunity to visit the Ring.

Why attend?

Access the most comprehensive education regarding the LME ecosystem.
Get to grips with LME pricing, hedging and delivery.
Understand metal risk, risk positions and prompt date structures.
Gain an in-depth understanding of hedging with both LME futures and LME options.
Get invaluable insight brought to you first hand by our expert trainers.
Work through relevant and practical to apply directly to your business.

Who should attend?

Our introductory courses are designed for those that have little to no knowledge of the LME or managing metals price risk. Whether you are a current user looking to understand how to use the LME more effectively, or a potential user looking to understand why and how to using LME services could benefit your business, this course is for you.

This course could benefit:

Anyone new to the metals industry
new joiners to companies that are LME members
new traders on the LME
metal producers and consumers, in particular trading, risk management, procurement and finance departments
physical traders and merchants
warehousing and logistics organisations
anyone with exposure or interest in metals prices and metals trading.

Contact us

For further information please email our Education team.

Emma Jenkins

Emma has a First Class Honours degree and gold medal in Mathematics from Trinity College, Dublin, and over 20 years of banking experience.

She commenced her banking career with Goldman Sachs and initially her roles were mathematically focussed and she worked as a quantitative analyst on swaps, interest rate options and FX desks implementing pricing and risk management models for traders, salespeople and risk managers.

She became involved in commodity markets in the late 1990s when she joined Credit Suisse in Sydney as a marketer of structured gold derivative products. Shortly thereafter she transferred to the London office and was instrumental in the integration of the short-date flow and structured derivatives businesses.

At Credit Suisse, she developed her specialised commodity skills through vanilla and structured transactions on a physical and paper basis with the spectrum of participants in the metals markets, in both derivative and lending markets.

She subsequently moved to Macquarie Bank as a director specialising in precious and base metals derivatives sales. Her clients used both LME futures and OTC derivatives. She worked closely with the bank's base metals traders to determine how the bank would hedge exotic OTC derivatives with LME futures.

Areas of expertise:

Structuring commodity derivatives strategies to mitigate price risk.
Valuation and risk analysis of derivatives.
Communicating complex concepts in a straight forward, clear and effective manner.

How to book

Our LME Education courses are run in conjunction with Euromoney Learning and all courses are booked via their website.

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Testimonials

“A robust, interactive, and engaging course. I found the experience really fascinating and this course went above and beyond my initial expectations.”- Nanhua Financial

“Astonishing. There was so much information and it didn’t feel like a video conference. It felt like you were in the room with me”- IMR Metal Powder Technologies

“Well designed and very interesting course about LME hedging. Special kudos to the trainer who was always open to answer any hedging related question. Highly recommend!”- Sberbank

“I gained the understanding of the foundation of the markets and things started to fall into the right place.”- Natixis

“Emma did a great job adapting the course to the webinar format and also interacting with participants.”- Vale

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