Mortgage & Mortgage-Backed Securities Boot Camp
OCT
15
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Overview

The program includes both in-depth presentations and modeling case studies using MS Excel. Participants will explore a wide variety of concepts while gaining experience in modeling cash flows, market execution and risks.
Boot Camp Agenda
Day 1: MBS market logic & history, mortgage product description, MBS pool creation, MBS markets & trading
Day 2: Prepayments & MBS price performance, risk metrics, mortgage credit, structured agency & non-agency MBS
What sets this program apart?
• The program offers comprehensive instruction on the mortgage and MBS markets, including sections devoted to areas that are highly technical and difficult to teach.
• The program includes intensive Excel modeling sessions on:
- generating mortgage and MBS cash flows
- calculating average lives, durations and yields
- creating MBS pools and calculating “best execution”
- calculating dollar roll break-evens and carry
- converting prepayment metrics
- calculating effective durations and convexities
- creating simple agency structuring variations
• The program will be run by Bill Berliner. Bill is a well-known authority on mortgages and mortgage-backed securities with 30+ years of experience in research, trading, sales, and operations. He is the co-author, with Frank Fabozzi and Anand Bhattacharya, of an award-winning textbook on the sector.
For more information, please click here for the Boot Camp Brochure.
PREREQUISITES
Understanding of capital markets
Excel – Beginner level
FORMAT
Full course – 2 days
Course materials included
Registration Fees $900 (Members) | $1000 (Non-Member) If you'd like to register at a discounted group rate, please contact us at info@cfala.org for more details. |
Payment Information
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If you prefer to pay by check please email info@cfala.org and request to pay by check. Your registration will be completed manually and you will receive an email confirmation.
Mail Check To:
We accept the following:

If you prefer to pay by check please email info@cfala.org and request to pay by check. Your registration will be completed manually and you will receive an email confirmation.
Mail Check To:
CFA Society of Los Angeles
13400 Riverside Drive, Ste. 215
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
*Credit card payments will only be accepted through the secure online registration, and not by phone or email.
Cancellations
Enrollee cancellations must be made in writing and received at least 5 business days before the first day of class. All cancellations will incur a $30.00 processing fee. If enrollment is canceled after the 5-day deadline, a 50% cancellation fee will be charged.
Enrollee cancellations must be made in writing and received at least 5 business days before the first day of class. All cancellations will incur a $30.00 processing fee. If enrollment is canceled after the 5-day deadline, a 50% cancellation fee will be charged.
Chair:
Rama Malladi, PhD, CFA, CAIA, FRM, PMP
Rama Malladi, PhD, CFA, CAIA, FRM, PMP
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As a participant in the CFA Institute Approved-Provider Program, the CFA Society of Los Angeles has determined that this program qualifies for 12 credit hours. If you are a CFA Institute member, CE credit for your participation in this program will be automatically recorded in your CE Diary. |