Master Agreements provide a vital role in managing the process of energy trading. By trading under a Master Agreement counterparties do not need make complicated legal and commercial arrangements for each deal, and can instead concentrate on the deal itself. The relevant Master Agreement covers a wide range of areas including credit, netting, confirmation and settlement to simplify and standardize the trading process.

The EFET-Master Agreement for the trade of natural gas has been drafted by EFET and is an umbrella agreement which comprises of General Terms and Conditions on supply, payment, settlement risks, risks of failure, netting compensation and the term. This applies to each of the underlying transaction.

This course is organized in collaboration with Entrima, founded (2014) to provide a solution to market participants for the influx of regulation of capital and energy markets. Various regulatory packages require staff training; education being a mandatory part of the compliance framework. Interpretation of case studies requires specific knowledge of markets, products, prices and trading, as well as value chains of metals, agricultural products, oil, gas, coal and electricity