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TRAINING NEEDS SURVEY (ARBITRAGE TRADING)

Survey conducted by International Trading Institute @SMU

Please provide company name.

What is your function role in the company?

What is your primary trading activity in your commodity business?

Please select all which apply.

What is the staff size of your operations in Singapore?

How many traders does your company employ?

What geographical region(s) does your company focus on?

Please select all that apply.

Does your company participate in futures transactions?

Does your company participate in OTC Swaps and Options?

What markets are your company's traders permitted to conduct trades in physical and/or futures/swaps/options?

Please select all that apply.

What is your trading objective?

What new markets is your company trying to enter?

If you use derivatives, what is your goal in using them?

	To reduce risk to core commodity business.		Others:
	To earn from opportunities in price differentials in different geographical regions ie. arbitrage opportunities.

Does your company operate its own dry bulk ships or charter?

If you have answered "Yes" to the above question, are you exposed to floating price risk of freight rates?

Do you participate in freight derivatives?

If you do not participate in freight derivatives, are you planning to get involved?

Do you operate a trade capture and risk management system to evaluate your portfolio of physical and derivative trades in the markets you operate in?

If you have answered "No" to the above question, does your company plan to implement a trade capture and risk management system in the near future?

Would you/your staff be interested in a course on Arbitrage Trading?

Any other comments on the topics?