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Credit Risk & Enterprises

The ICAP - Risk Training Institute and the Centre for Lifelong Learning of the University of Piraeus create for the first time an integrated professional Mastering Credit Risk programme for credit risk managers.
The thematic areas of the "Mastering Credit Risk" training programme, the training method, examinations, and accreditation by the   University of Piraeus  guarantee the provision of essential and practical knowlege, with the sole purpose of upgrading the role of credit management executives, which involves better cash flow, collection, and profitability results for companies.
The Module "Credit Risk & Enterprises" as a part of the broader training programme "Mastering Credit Risk", offers the opportunity to the participants to attend it as an independent seminar and be awarded the relevant Certificate of Attendance by the Centre for Lifelong Learning of the University of Piraeus.  For the attendance of each module, ECVETs are awarded, while corporate participants can also subsidized by OAED-LAEK.

Description

The purpose of the seminar is to present up-to-date Credit Risk evaluation techniques and clarify the characteristics, on which, it relies either directly or indirectly.

Target Audience

  • Entrepreneurs
  • Financial Management and Credit Control Executives
  • Business Management and Marketing Executives
  • Supply Chain Executives
  • Business loan managers
  • Investment Bankers
  • Economic Analysts
  • Credit Analysts
  • Risk Officers of Banking and Credit Institutions
  • Banking Finance Analysts, Lecturers, etc.

Subject Areas

 Long-term risks

  • PESTEL analysis
  • Key Macroeconomic indicators:
  • Government spending
  • Investment (Foreign Direct Investment-FDI)
  • Exports versus imports
  • Monetary policy
  • Social-demographic issues
  • Technology
  • Environment
  • Legal-regulatory issues
  • Business cycles

Industry/sectoral risks

  • Product life cycle
  • Understanding the operation of each industry's market -

What are the key-drivers that govern the industry?

  • Competitive strategies
  • Profitability
  • Working capital requirements
  • Capital expenditure
  • Asset conversion cycle
  • Different types of manufacturing
  • Understanding competition
  • Porter's five forces model (Tool for evaluating the competitive position of a company)

Corporate risks

  • Understanding the company's business model
  • What drives its revenues and costs
  • Business operations
  • Key Performance Indicators - (KPIs)
  • Strategic analysis:
    • SWOT Analysis
    • Ansoff Matrix

Credit Risk Management Case Study

  • "TradeCo" Corporation
  • REVIEW OF RECORD OF COOPERATION
    • Preliminary Credit Approvals
    • Collaterals
    • Business Data
    • Overdue Debt Analysis
  • RECORD OF DETERIORATING COOPERATION
  • RECEIVABLES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
  • PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATION STAGE
  • What is requested:
    1. To determine the approach/strategy to be chosen
    2. To determine specific recommended legal or business action, and justify their selection

What you will learn

  • To identify short-term and long-term industry/sectoral and corporate risks
  • To implement a structured approach on evaluating the corporate credit policy
  • To calculate and interpret key financial indicators that are used in the credit rating process of businesses
  • To interpret financial statements appropriately and identify their vulnerability
  • To understand cash flow dynamics and the effects of loan provision (positive/negative)
  • To determine the key structural risks during loan provision to a group of companies

Seminar Timetable

Date
1st & 2nd Teaching Hour
Break
3rd & 4th Teaching Hour
Break
5th Teaching Hour
13th of November
18.30 - 20.00
20:00 - 20:15
20.15 - 21.45
14th of November
10.30 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.15
12.15 - 13.45
16th of November
18.30 - 20.00
20:00 - 20:15
20.15 - 21.45
18th of November
18.30 - 20.00
20:00 - 20:15
20.15 - 21.45
20th of November
18.30 - 20.00
20:00 - 20:15
20.15 - 21.45
23th of November
18.30 - 20.00
20:00 - 20:15
20.15 - 21.45
27th of November
18.30 - 20.00
20:00 - 20:15
20.15 - 21.45
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Course Start Date
November 2020

Cost of Attendance

€924
  • 28 Hours
  • Synchronous e-Learning
  • Attendance Certificate
  • Subsidized by LAEK

Lecturer

Michael <br/>Samonas
Michael
Samonas
CFO of the SIDMA Group

Lecturer

George <br/> Katsifas
George
Katsifas
Credit & Treasury Controller of SIDMA