We share the knowledge that underpins our own work. A structured, practitioner-led programme covering instruments, valuation, credit, risk, structuring and market conduct.
Credit Foncier International provides courses about financial markets to those willing to take them. We ask only for genuine interest and commitment from every participant, and we hold the material to the same standard we apply to our own analysis.
Sessions are led by professionals with experience in financial analysis, modelling, markets and risk. They cover the disciplines applied in our analytical work: rigorous evaluation, documented reasoning and conservative treatment of risk. Participants are taught how a decision is reached and recorded, not merely what the conclusion was.
The programme is educational in nature. It does not constitute investment advice, does not recommend any instrument, and is not an offer of any financial product or service.
Enquire about a placeFour principles govern every module, whatever the level of the participant.
Every session is delivered by professionals with experience in financial analysis, modelling, markets and risk, drawing on practical experience rather than textbook abstraction.
Participants are taught to source, verify and cite before forming a view. A conclusion that cannot be evidenced is treated as incomplete work.
Downside is examined before return in every module. Capital preservation is presented as the discipline that makes long-term participation possible.
The programme teaches method and vocabulary. It does not recommend instruments, forecast prices or constitute an offer of any financial product.
Eight modules across three levels. Modules may be taken as part of a pathway or, where a participant already has the relevant grounding, individually.
How capital markets are organised: participants, primary and secondary issuance, exchanges and over-the-counter venues, clearing, settlement cycles and the role of regulation.
Equities, fixed income, commodities and derivatives — the cash flows each instrument represents, how those cash flows are discounted, and where value is genuinely created rather than transferred.
Reading a set of accounts the way a credit analyst reads them: reconciling earnings to cash, identifying accounting choices and locating the obligations that sit outside the balance sheet.
How lending decisions are actually taken: capacity, collateral, covenants and conduct, and how a counterparty file is assembled, challenged and documented before capital is committed.
Diversification, correlation, position sizing and drawdown control — the conservative frameworks used in professional practice, including what those frameworks fail to capture.
How transactions are structured, secured, disbursed and monitored, from feasibility study through milestone drawdown to repayment or exit.
Physical markets and the financing that supports them: pricing conventions, quality and delivery terms, storage and logistics, and the specific risks of asset-backed lending.
Know-your-counterparty procedures, sanctions and anti-money-laundering screening, market abuse rules, and the professional conduct expected of anyone handling client information.
Four routes through the curriculum, each with its own pace, module selection and intended outcome.
Modules 01 and 02, delivered at an introductory pace with no prior finance background assumed. Suitable for students, career changers and first-time investors.
Outcome: Read a market report, understand an instrument's cash flows and follow a valuation discussion.
Modules 01 to 05, with written exercises after each session and a reviewed analytical note at the end. The closest equivalent to our internal induction.
Outcome: Build a defensible financial model and write a structured recommendation.
Modules 04, 06 and 07 for participants with existing finance experience who want depth on how secured transactions are structured and documented in the market.
Outcome: Structure a milestone-based facility and articulate its security package.
Module 08 delivered as a standalone pathway for operations, legal and administrative professionals working alongside analytical teams.
Outcome: Apply KYC, sanctions and confidentiality standards to everyday casework.
Places are allocated on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Write to us with a short note on your background, the pathway that interests you and what you intend to do with the material.
We assess fit against the pathway rather than against academic credentials. There is no entrance examination.
You are placed in the next cohort with a confirmed schedule, reading list and session materials circulated in advance.
Attendance and completion of written exercises are expected. Places are limited and are reallocated where commitment lapses.
Write to us with a short note about your background, the pathway that interests you and what you would like to learn. Places are allocated on a rolling basis throughout the year.