Module 1: Introduction to the LME
Euromoney Learning
Course description
Module 1: Introduction to the LME
This course can be attended as a stand-alone, one-day introduction. It also represents
Module 1of the following courses:
LME 2-day Introductory Course (Modular Course)
LME 3-day Introductory Course (Modular Course)
This course offers you a solid introduction to the services provided by the London Metal Exchange and demonstrates how these services can improve your organisation’s approach to price risk management. It provides a practical overview of operations, structure, products, trading terminology and procedures. Both theoretical and practical skills developed at this course can be applied easily in the workplace.
What will you learn?
- Become familiar with the LME’s prompt date structure and trading procedures
- Gain a full understanding of the LME’s market terminology
- Understand the benefits of the delivery process used by the LME
- Gain an understanding of the benefits of clearing and the role of LME Clear
- Learn how to access the LME through member firms and the role of a broker
Benefits for your organisation
Your organizationwill benefit from having employees with a clear understanding of how the LME operates and how its core services of pricing, hedging, and delivery can benefit the company.
Who should attend?
Who should attend?
This course is suitable for you if you have little or no knowledge of the London Metal Exchange’s operations and want to learn how these services can add value to your business.
Training content
Course Highlights
- History, organizationand primary services of the LME
- Pricing methodology
- Introduction to hedging
- Prompt date structure and other LME terminology
- LME contracts
- Warehousing and fundamentals of delivery
- Trading at the LME and trading floor visit*
- Understanding the role of an LME broker/dealer
- Clearing and LME Clear
- Regulation of the LME
*Trading floor not applicable outside of London
Costs
The cost of this course may vary by location. See above or request information for prices.
IN-HOUSE TRAINING
Euromoney Financial also delivers in-house training for finance teams and departments, giving companies the opportunity to save up to 50% on training costs.
About Euromoney Learning
Euromoney Learning
At Euromoney Learning, we understand that learning doesn’t start and end when you leave the classroom. We know that the financial markets never stand still, and that technology has both simplified and added complexity at a break-neck pace. That’s why...
