What People Say

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At the end of each course, all participants are asked to complete feedback forms. Using these we have continuously refined our courses to take account of our participants' objectives and suggestions. The following are guest book entries and verbatim comments from people attending recent courses. If you would like to add any comments about our curriculum, or LFS as a whole, please click here.

Guestbook Entries

 

"LFS provides extremely high quality financial training. Lecturers are usually ex-practitioners, so they can provide real insight to how the products are used and risk managed in the real world."

Neil Huatan - Corporate Markets, RBS

 

"Excellent administration. Venue quality well above average."

"This is the best course that I attended!"

"We were alerted to London Financial Studies and David Cox in particular following the attendance of one of our staff at an open course which they had found extremely valuable. We subsequently approached David to run a bespoke course for a new product structure we were developing and he delivered exactly what was required - which was invaluable. We have since approached David to run a refresher for new staff and to explore new areas and are expecting him to come up trumps again. We have also spoken to Debra Perry and are looking at areas where we may be able to use her extensive knowledge too. Many thanks to you both for your help."

Jim Juffs, Chief Operating Officer, UK Debt Management Office.

About The Teachers

 

Asset Allocation and the Business Cycle
"Excellent course, great tutor:student ratio, of genuine benefit for my everyday work."
Philip Bingham, Investment Management

FX Exotic Options
"Best fx option course ever attended!! Uwe is an excellent speaker."
Josep Guivernau, FX Option Trader, La Caixa

"Great course [...]. Uwe has lots of experience and explains the complex material very clearly."
Pak-Nin Tang, Risk Manager, ING Bank

Equity Derivatives I
"Great course, and an enthusiastic and knowledgeable tutor" (MathWorks)

Inflation Derivatives
"Excelent course, good lecturer. He was knowledgeable yet able to explain issues clearly." (Misys)

Inflation Derivatives
"Very knowledgeable, skilled presenter and personable tutor" (AIB)

Quantitative Techniques for the Financial Markets
"I think David did a great job. By far one of the best lecturers I've had. He has the ability to take a difficult topic and explain it in a way that anyone can comprehend over time"

Interest Rate Derivatives I
"Very good course. the lecturer is wonderful, knowledgeable, explains clearly and very patient." (BMO)

"An excellent 4 days. I've learned so much - thanks to the excellent tutor - and it has motivated me to learn more" (HBOS)

"Cheryl was great, very patient, knowledgeable and good at explaining questions at all levels"

"A very comprehensive course exploring the fundamentals of interest rate derivatives with practical use of worked examples using live market data."
Timothy Mount, Commerzbank

Commodities and Commodity Derivatives
"The tutor Helyette displayed an impressive knowledge of the industry and the theories associated with financial instruments."
Anne-Marie Gardner, Commodities, RBS

"Terrific teacher, amazing depth of knowledge and experience!" (RaboBank)

Maths for Finance II
"Course and tutor were very good!" (RaboBank)

About The Material

Credit Derivatives I
"Very enjoyable and informative course. Clearly presented and well delivered by facilitator" (CIBC)

Quantitative Techniques for the Financial Markets
"Thoroughly enjoyed the course and was challenging enough." (Credit Suisse)

Inflation Derivatives
"Great facilities, notes, size of class..." (Royal Bank of Scotland)

Credit Derivatives III
"This is an excellent course." (De Nederlandsche Bank)

FX Exotic Options
"Good, well presented and interesting course." (AIB)

Interest Rate Derivatives I
"I found the course excellent! It was presented in an interesting way." (HBOS)

"Lectures combined with individual computer work is a very good set-up for the course"

"Very enjoyable, lots of practical examples to illustrate." (AIB)

"Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Well done!" (Citigroup)

Commodities and Commodity Derivatives
"Good, interesting course that I found very useful." (Lehman)

Asset Allocation and the Business Cycle
"Very good course. Well structured and the teacher is very knowledgeable." (European Central Bank)

BGM Market Models
"Course structure covered exactly the topics that I needed to improve my knowledge." (Nomura)