What People Say about LFS

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At the end of each course, all participants are asked to complete a feedback form. This enables us to continuously refine our courses to take into account participants' objectives and suggestions. If you would like to add any comments about our curriculum, or LFS as a whole, please click here.

The following are verbatim comments from people attending recent courses:

Bank Stress-Testing, Analysis and Valuation
"Well arranged, well focused on the topics, very updated to recent events, clear and available teacher"
Gianluca Romeo, Risk Management

Credit Derivatives and Credit Structured Products
"This is a very good course. Andre is very experienced."
Jintao Zhu, Corporate Risk Control

Macro Drivers of Asset Performance and Global TAA Strategy
"Very interesting course with very detailed description of main asset classes"
Vincenzo Bova, MPS Capital Services

Correlation Trading and Risk Management
"Fantastic course and a teacher with the huge practical trading wisdom in exotic products!"
Dmitri Astafiev, Trading Risk Manager

Correlation Trading and Risk Management
"Relevant material delivered in a good way by a competent tutor. Perfect start for any trader wanting to move into the multi-underlying universe."
Gustav Bengtsson, Trader

Interest Rate Derivatives 2: Structured Products
"This was the most useful and helpful course out of a number of different courses that I've attended to date. The structured products covered in this course are described clearly and the subject is very well presented by the tutor. The corresponding pricing models are explained in a great deal of detail. I feel that I learned a lot in this course and that my understanding of these products was greatly enhanced."
Richard Hrutkai, Developer

Interest Rate Derivatives 2: Structured Products
"Brilliant tutor!"
Liu Weiyan Wilson, Fixed Income Sales

Interest Rate Derivatives 1: Hedging and Managing Risk
"Very educational and practical especially for Treasury Practitioners. It was indeed in-depth learning."
Emir Javillonar, Head of Swaps & Rates Trading

Interest Rate Derivatives 1: Hedging and Managing Risk
"It was a great course and it progressed from the basic to the application of the instrument of hedging/trading. Easy to understand."
Chan Wai Fong, Head of Sales & Distribution

Interest Rate Derivatives 1: Hedging and Managing Risk
"This is one of the most practical courses I have ever attended. The excel spreadsheets really help reinforce my understanding of the subject matter and the lecturer was very helpful in answering whatever questions that I had."
Dealer, Sales & Distribution

Interest Rate Derivatives 2: Structured Products
"This was my 2nd LFS training and will likely attend again."
Michel Fournier, AVP VA Hedging, P&L

Equity Derivatives 1: Trading and Managing Vanilla Options
"Alberto is a great tutor and demonstrated a lot of practical knowledge of the material. It is very helpful that he has both worked on a trading floor and has the talent to explain complex material in a practical, easy to understand style. […]"
Andy Hamer, Equity Brokerage

Index Linked Bonds and Inflation Derivatives
"Excellent course and instructor. Well worth the time (which is a high bar for a 2 day class). Hope to take another course with LFS in the future."
Financial Economic Analyst

Accounting for Derivatives in Practice under IFRS9
"The 3 days Accounting in Practice seminar gave me all the knowledge to face IFRS 9 implementation in my company."
Gilberto Vazquez, Treasury

Behavioral Finance and Equity Investment Strategies
"In my formal education I learned what and who shaped the science of the investment industry. In my LFS class, Dr. De Bondt shed new light on the evolution of new ideas and the time they take to become main stream."
Sarah Madison

 

Regular Clients

The following is a selection of organisations who, over the years and around the world, have been some of our most frequent customers:

ABN Amro
Accenture Consulting
Bancolombia
Banca d’Italia
Banca Intesa
Bank of England
Bank of Greece
Bank of Lithuania
Bank for International Settlements    
BNP Paribas
Barclays Bank
Bayerische Landesbank
Bluecrest Capital
Borsa Italiana
BP Finance
Citibank
Commerzbank
Credit Agricole
Credit Suisse
Danske Bank
Deloitte & Touche
Dexia Bank
Deutsche Bank
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Central Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Financial Services Authority
Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd.
Handelsbanken
HSBC
HSH Nordbank
IFC
ING Bank
Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis
Intesa Sanpaolo
Investec
JP Morgan
KPMG
Kredietbank
Latin America Reserve Fund
Lloyds TSB
Markit
Mediobanca
Merrill Lynch
Mizuho
Moody’s
Morgan Stanley
Moscow Narodny Bank Ltd.
NatWest
NM Rothschild & Sons
Nomura International
Nordea
OTPP
Pohjola Bank
Rabobank
Raiffeisen Bank
RAS Asset Management 
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Scotland
Santander
Scotia Bank
SEB Investment Management
Societe Generale
Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Bank
State Street 
Tapiola Asset Management
Tapiola Pension Fund
Toronto Dominion Securities
UBS
UK Debt Management Office
Unicredit
Unilever
United Bank of Kuwait
United Kingdom Debt Management Office
West LB
World Bank
World Gold Council
Yapi Kredi
Zurich Kantonalbank