Course description
Analyzing Sovereign and Country Risk
This two-day course covers the publicly available credit rating methodologies of our sister company, Moody's Investors Service, for a structured approach to analyzing sovereigns, regional and local governments, and government-related enterprises.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
- Sovereign credit analysts
- Regional and local Government credit analysts
- Commercial credit analysts
- Commercial lenders and loan officers
- Relationship managers
- Fixed-income professionals
- Investors
- Other financial professionals
Training Course Content
Gain core skills in sovereign credit analysis so you can:
- Understand how sovereigns prepare financial statements
- Apply a structured framework to analyze banking institutions in mature and developing markets
- Interpret quantitative and qualitative risk drivers
- Understand country ceilings
- Apply lessons from historical defaults and moratoriums
- Identify political and macroeconomic factors and their part in influencing a credit rating
- Appreciate the drivers of country risk and their impact on corporate credits
- Evaluate external support (such as from the International Monetary Fund, the European Stability Mechanism, and the Chang Mai Initiative)
- Consider modeling applications for sovereign risk
- Determine a final credit assessment of a sovereign
Reviews
Average rating 4.1
The instructor had clearly a deep background in the subject, which he translated in examples of interesting and controversial past cases, giving highlights on potential differen...
What was the most useful part of the course? The Group Exercises What was the least useful part of the course? – What post-course support from your employer is required to enabl...
Expenses
The cost of this course is 1795 GBP.
The instructor clearly had a deep background on the subject, which he translated into examples of interesting and controversial past case. This provided highlights on potential ...