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Training & Education

Competence and confidence

Our training programmes equip trustees, fiduciaries, and investment professionals with the knowledge and skills required to fulfil their duties with competence and confidence.

Programmes are designed and led by practitioners with decades of experience in enterprise risk, quantitative finance and governance — translating complex ideas into practical, board-ready understanding.

Our training programmes are designed to enhance competence and practical knowledge, and contribute to Continuing Professional Development requirements. They do not constitute financial advice.

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Programmes

Choose Your Programme

Indicative content — every programme is tailored to your board, team or organisation.

Foundation

Trustee Foundations

For: Newly appointed board members

  • Fiduciary duties of board members under the Pension Funds Act
  • Investment governance and the role of the investment policy statement
  • Regulation 28: purpose, principles and prudential limits
  • Understanding risk, return and member outcomes
  • Oversight of service providers and asset managers
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Advanced

Investment Governance for Boards

For: Experienced trustees & investment committees

  • Setting objectives and risk budgets
  • Asset-liability thinking for retirement funds
  • Manager selection, monitoring and replacement
  • ESG integration and the CRISA principles
  • Board decision-making under uncertainty
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Masterclass

Quantitative Finance Masterclass

For: Investment & risk professionals

  • Fat tails, power laws and the limits of Gaussian models
  • Risk measurement: volatility, drawdown and expected shortfall
  • Portfolio construction and position sizing (Kelly)
  • Derivatives, convexity and tail-risk hedging
  • Crisis case studies and stress testing
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Bespoke

Customised Corporate Training

For: Institutional clients

  • Tailored workshops on specific investment topics
  • Briefings on regulatory developments
  • Board and executive education sessions
  • Content built around your fund or organisation
  • Practical, scenario-based learning
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Delivery

Learning That Fits Your Board

In-house workshops

Delivered for your board or team, using your fund’s own context and questions.

Virtual sessions

Interactive live sessions for dispersed boards and busy schedules.

Multi-session programmes

Structured learning journeys that build knowledge step by step.

Try It Yourself

A taste of the masterclass

Explore fat tails, convex protection and market cycles in our Interactive Risk Lab — the same ideas we teach in our masterclasses.

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Build a more confident board.

Talk to us about a programme for your trustees or team.

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