Accounting
- An Introduction Online course covering
the principles
involved in the preparation of financial statements and the needs of
different users
Financial
Statements - Ratio Analysis
Online
course on Ratio analysis; a way of summarizing a large volume of
accounting information into simple financial measurements. These ratios
can be used to monitor a firm's financial performance compared to
previous accounting periods, or may be used to check how well the firm
is doing compared to its competitors.
The
Balance Sheet Online
course on the balance sheet, one of the three key financial statements.
The
Income Statement
Online course on the income (or profit and loss) statement, one of the
three key financial statements that build into the report and accounts
documents.
The
Cashflow Statement
Online course examining the Cashflow Statement, arguably now
the most important of the three financial statements that build into
the report and accounts document.
Understanding
Financial Reports
Online course correcting the common assumption that financial
reports are statements of unquestionable fact. In reality, they are
very often subjective in nature, in that they allow latitude to those
who prepare them
Budgeting
- An Introduction
Online course to help understand the importance of budgeting
to a business. Aspects of a budget including resource allocation,
performance evaluation and strategic planning.
Preparing
& Controlling a Budget
Online
course covering the proper preparation and control of the budget.
Credit
Management Online
course discussing issues such as assessing credit worthiness, trade
terms, credit period, collecting payments.
Financial
Planning Online
course outlining the financial planning process and showing how models
can be used to forecast a firm's future financial performance.
Working
Capital Management Online course
focusing on the types of short term assets and liabilities owned by a
company and how the company can most efficiently use them. It also
illustrates how short term funding requirements can be met.
Investment
- An Introduction
Online course introducing the concept of investment as well
as the theory that lies behind it. Deals with a variety of fundamental
issues that must be grasped in order for finance professionals to
pitch, sell and comprehend the true appeal and relevance of a
particular security.
Portfolio
Management - Passive & Active Strategies
This online course starts by taking a detailed look at indexing, a
strategy adopted by the passive management community. It then moves on
to discuss the market timing mentality of active portfolio managers,
concluding by examining an alternative approach to active management.
Hedge
Funds Online
course providing background information on hedge funds in general and
examining in detail their characteristics and investment strategies.
Financial
Markets - An Introduction
Online course describing the characteristics and structure of
financial markets, together with the key issues that continue to affect
their operation.
Money
Markets - An Introduction
Online course looking at ways to fund short-term borrowing
and lending requirements, the participants in the money market, and the
main instruments available.
Foreign
Exchange - Market Overview
Online course introducing the basics of the foreign exchange
market, looking at concepts such as exchange rates and exchange rate
systems, as well as describing the participants in the FX market, and
the leading currency trading centers.
Bonds
- An Introduction
Online course introducing the role and behaviour of fixed
income instruments, commonly known as bonds. In particular, you will
learn about pricing of bonds and the relevance of credit quality.
Bonds
- Primary & Secondary Markets
Online course providing a general overview of how bonds are
traded on both the primary market where new bonds are distributed and
sold, and the secondary market where bonds are traded between investors
after issue on the primary market.
Equities
- An Introduction
Online course introducing equity markets, from the basics,
such as the differences between common and preferred stock, to more
advanced issues such as the types of orders investors can place, and
the calculation methodologies used for different stock market indexes.
Equities
- Issuing
Online course that introduces the way in which corporations raise funds
through the issue of stock both to the public and existing
stockholders. It outlines the motivation behind going public and the
different issue methods available. Explaining the initial public
offering process and the various phenomena that occur when new stock is
traded on the market for the first time, it goes on to distinguish
between the various ways a corporation can issue equity to existing
stockholders.
Interest
Calculations Online
course on interest calculations. The
difference in interest payable on different calculation bases is not
negligible – in financial markets, a basis point
differential, or
even a fraction of one, can be crucial in getting a deal done.
Time
Value of Money Online
course covering the concepts of present
value and future value, and the relationship between them. It is
essential for understanding the way in which securities and derivatives
are priced, and how decisions are made in financial markets.
NPV
and IRR Online course that
provides a framework for analyzing
alternative investments. Using the concepts of present value and
discounting, it is possible to evaluate most kinds of financial assets
and liabilities in the common framework of net present value, or
NPV.
Probability
and Expected Return
Online course that describes the
fundamentals of probability and expected value, with examples from
insurance and lotteries.
Distributions
and Confidence Levels
Online course examining the concept of
a confidence level, a fixed probability that a loss incurred over a
specified number of days will be less than a certain amount based on
this same distribution assumption for the prices of financial
assets.
Indices,
Exponential, Logs and Geometric Series
Online course
developing many of the popular and essential mathematical concepts that
are required in the pricing of capital market and derivative
instruments.
Differentiation
and Integration (Math) Online
course covering many of the popular
and essential mathematical concepts that are required in the pricing of
capital market and derivative instruments.
Interest
Rate Volatility Online course
that describes how market
participants can determine the expected level of future interest rate
volatility from derivative instruments. In particular, covers flat
volatilities and base volatilities. Introduces volatility smiles and
smirks, and their significance in the market.
Estimating
Volatility Online
course examining some of the better-known
financial disasters involving derivatives. The relationship between
volatility and option prices and the various methods used to estimate
volatility are also explored.
Economic
Indicators – Fundamentals
Online course covering one of the
main macroeconomic indicators, inflation, and its impact on the
financial markets.
Economic
Indicators in G5 Economies
Online course introducing the
various economic indicators used to evaluate the health of the economy
in G5 countries.
Technical
Analysis - An Overview
Online course on Technical analysis,
the study of historical market action with the objective of forecasting
future price trends. The course defines technical analysis and analyses
its advantages and disadvantages. It also examines the tenets of Dow
Theory, which underpins technical analysis.
Technical
Analysis – Charting
Online course looking at the basics
of chart construction and the chart patterns that analysts look for
when predicting future price movements.
Technical
Analysis - Tools & Techniques
Online course covering the
analytical tools used by technical analysts to predict future price
movements.
Risk
Management - An Overview
Online course providing an overview
of risk management, the classification of the various risks encountered
and the steps involved in building a risk management strategy. This
tutorial explores how to identify risk, quantify it, and develop an
appropriate strategy to manage it.
Categories
of Risk Online course
explaining how to define credit risk,
liquidity risk, market risk and operational risk. Also covers the
different categories of credit and market risk.
Anatomy
of a Deal Online
course describing each of the many stages
involved in a deal from inception to maturity, from the initial contact
between the two parties to the checks made by the back office and
book-keeping entries made by the accounting staff.
Positions
and P/L Calculations
Online course that explains the
different types of positions that a bank can have in the markets, and
shows how each of them is calculated.
Limits
Online course on Limits, the restrictions imposed by banks on
dealers in order to control exposure to different categories of
risk.
Liquidity
Analysis and Control
This online course describing how banks
identify and control liquidity risk, to satisfy the requirements of
regulators and themselves.
Interest
Rate Risk Analysis
Online course that describes how various
derivative instruments are used to manage interest rate risk, a
phenomenon that is integral to the nature of banking.
Int.
Rate Risk Control (Case Studies)
Online course examining case
studies to demonstrate how banks identify, measure and control interest
rate risk.
Foreign
Exchange Risk Analysis
Online course teaching how to
identify the different types of Foreign Exchange exposures that arise
and also how these exposures can be measured.
Foreign
Exchange Risk Control
Online course examining some
instruments/transactions that can be used to control the risk inherent
in foreign exchange positions, such as spot hedges, deposits and loans,
FX swaps and forward swaps.
Foreign
Exchange Risk Revaluation
Online course covering how banks
obtain a true and fair view of their performance by revaluing or
marking to market their trading portfolio at current market
rates.
Operational
Risk - An Introduction
Online course that introduces
operational risk, overviews the risks, and looks at some of the
techniques used to manage these.
Corporate
Finance - An Introduction
Online course introducing the
subject of corporate finance to newcomers in the area, covering the
basics of corporate finance; how companies raise finance and structure
their liabilities.
Mergers
and Acquisitions
Online course providing a broad overview of
mergers and acquisitions, looking at what is involved in the merger,
and examining the potential motives for engaging in a merger.
Measuring
Business Performance - Free Cash Flow
This online course
provides a firm understanding of how to properly and effectively
measure business performance using Free Cash Flow.
Measuring
Business Performance - Economic Profit
Online course showing
in detail how economic profit can be used to make value-creating
business decisions, and why it is a superior metric to more traditional
business performance measures. A comparison is also made between
economic profit and free cash flow (FCF) to show the relevant
differences between these two concepts.
Dividend
Policy Online course
looking at the reasons why dividend
policies differ radically between companies and whether dividend policy
can affect the value of a firm.
Evaluating
Capital Investment Decisions
Online course focusing
significantly on discounted cash flow analysis, such as NPV, but also
examining alternative techniques such as the accounting rate of return
and the payback discounted payback methodology. Although not as
theoretically sound, these models nonetheless are still widely used
today.
Cost
of Capital Online course to
provide you with the tools necessary to
determine debt and equity capital costs, so that a proper comparison
can be made between a company’s cost of capital and the
return
actually being earned on that invested capital.
Cash
Management Online
course explaining the process of cash
collection and disbursement and showing how a firm can determine the
cash balance that will minimize opportunity costs and trading costs.
The use of money market instruments in cash management is also
explored.
Corporate
Valuation - An Overview Online
course introducing the concept of
corporate valuation and describing in detail the concepts of equity
value and enterprise value, which are commonly used as measures of a
company’s valuation.
Public
Comparables Analysis
Online course covering the
mechanics of public comparables analysis. This includes determining the
companies in a particular peer group, sourcing public information and
calculating multiples.
Aquisition
Comparables Analysis
Online course on how to
perform the mechanics of acquisition comparables analysis. This
includes determining the list of comparable precedent transactions,
sourcing public information and calculating multiples and premiums.
Discounted
Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis
Online course showing how to
perform the mechanics of discounted cash flow analysis. This includes
determining a discount rate, calculating projected cash flows,
computing terminal value, and valuing a company.
Merger
Consequences Analysis
Online course showing how to perform
the mechanics of a merger consequences analysis. This includes
determining the proposed transaction’s impact on EPS
(accretion
or dilution) and credit statistics.
Market
Efficiency - The Concept
Online course explaining in detail
the characteristics of an efficient market, describing the random walk
theory and examining the different forms of the efficient market
hypothesis and their various implications for analysts, management and
investors.
Market
Efficiency - The Evidence
Online course that describes the
main research findings that either support or contradict the weak form
of the Efficient Market Hypothesis. It summarizes the main results of
studies that test the semi-strong form of the efficient market
hypothesis and explains and interprets the studies used to test its
strong form.
The
Markowitz Model
Online course examining Harry
Markowitz’s theory of portfolio selection, a theory based on
the
presumption that investor behavior is mainly characterized by risk
aversion and expected utility maximization. Published in 1952, this
theory still has a major impact on how investment is approached
today.
Single
Index and Multi Index Models
Online course examining the
single and multi index models in portfolio theory, developed as simpler
alternatives to the Markowitz model. It looks at how these two models
differ, and considers their all-round usefulness.
The
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Online course that
examines the assumptions of the capital asset pricing model and
considers their implications. It also draws and describes the capital
market line and explains how an understanding of this line can be
applied to derive the security market line.
Arbitrage
Pricing Theory (APT)
Online course examining in detail the
arbitrage pricing theory (APT) model, introduced by Stephen Ross in
1976 as a different equilibrium model that relaxes many of the
assumptions of CAPM.
Performance
Measurement Models
Online course looking at a number of
rules that are used to choose between risky investments and considering
which of them operate most effectively in the field of investment.
Precious
Metals Online course
that looks at the fundamentals of
trading in the various precious metals markets: gold, silver, platinum,
and palladium.
Base
Metals Online course covering
the fundamentals of trading in the
various base metals markets: copper, aluminium, zinc, nickel, lead, and
tin. It also describes in detail how the London Metal Exchange (LME)
facilitates trading for base metals on a worldwide basis.
Oil
Online course outlining the main uses of crude oil and its
derivative products, and describing how these are traded in the cash
and derivatives markets.
Natural
Gas Online course
that describes the fundamentals of the
natural gas market, as well as the trading processes and players
involved in the market. It also explains how natural gas price risk can
be hedged using derivative instruments.
Electricity
and Coal Online
course looking the electricity and coal
markets. It looks at the factors affecting electricity prices and the
types of risk in electricity trading. It provides an insight into the
trading techniques used in the electricity market and the exchanges
that offer electricity contracts. It also looks at the features of the
coal market and covers trading in coal, international coal indexes, and
information providers.
Emissions
Online course throwing light on the regulatory background
for
emissions trading, the reduction targets, and trading mechanisms
specified under the Kyoto Protocol. It covers the EU Emissions Trading
scheme and its trading practices in detail. It also focuses on the
factors that determine the price of carbon, and looks at some of the
emissions markets that have been set up across the globe.
Agricultural
Commodities Online
course focusing mainly on those markets
where at least one liquid and successful futures market exists, usually
in the United States, which historically has dominated either the
production or consumption (or both) of agricultural commodities.
UK
Data Protection
Online course outlining the main provisions
of the Data Protection Act, including the rights of individuals to
control the way their personal information is processed and the
principles that must be observed by those who handle this information.
Ireland
Anti-Money Laundering
Online course that surveys the money
laundering situation in Ireland and explains the stages and ways in
which money is laundered. It describes the best practices and
legislation that financial institutions and other designated bodies
need to follow to counter money laundering. Also looks at the growing
problem of terrorist financing.
UK
Anti-Money Laundering
Online course surveying the money
laundering situation in the UK and explaining the stages and ways in
which money is laundered. It describes the best practices and
legislation that financial institutions and other designated bodies
need to follow to counter money laundering. Also looks at the growing
problem of terrorist financing.
US
Anti-Money Laundering
Online course that focuses on how money
laundering affects financial institutions in the US. It covers US
legislation and the regulations with which financial institutions must
comply.
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Diversity
Online course examining what diversity is, and why it is
becoming more and more important in the workplace. Also looks at some
of ways you can help to break down barriers to diversity at
work.
Equality
Online course examining different types of discrimination
that can happen at work. Looks at some of the ways in which you can
avoid discriminating against others, and a strategy you can use if you
have experienced discrimination; it also looks at some of the
characteristics of an equal opportunities workplace.
Workplace
Bullying Online
course showing how to recognize workplace bullying, understand why
bullies opt for certain targets, implement guidelines for overcoming
workplace bullying, and promote a bully free working environment.
Online course that enables you to recognize sexual
harassment in the workplace, list the effects of sexual harassment,
know how to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace, and
identify guidelines for preventing sexual harassment
Health
and Safety Online
course enabling you to identify the elements of a safe working
environment, recognize safety hazards and risks, handle lifting tasks
safely, understand fire safety fundamentals, define ergonomics and its
application in a work environment
Effective
Delegation Online course
identifying the four benefits of delegation, describing the six steps
in the delegation process, and helping you to recognize and overcome
the barriers to delegation.
Effective
Decision Making
Online course covering how to work better with different
decision-making styles, sort and evaluate alternatives before making a
decision, and make decisions based on a step-by-step process
Effective
Objective Setting
Online course describing how to set effective objectives for yourself,
other individuals, your team, or a whole organization
Effective
Motivation Online
course outlining some theories of motivation; what you need to do as a
good motivator and ways in which to make the job more motivational.
Effective
Coaching Online
course outlining the benefits of coaching and what is actually involved
in coaching employees. It goes through the coaching process and shows
how to overcome difficulties when introducing coaching into your
organization.
Online course enabling you to assess some of the
types and
causes of change, list the steps involved in the change management
process, and overcome employee resistance to change.
Effective
Team Building Online
course examining what a team is and why teams have become so popular in
recent years, as well as describing in detail the four stages involved
in building an effective team for today's working environment.
Effective
Team Leadership
Online course looking at the role that team leaders play in the modern
workplace and examining in detail the key characteristics that are
required to become an effective team leader.
Online course designed to help you recognize some common
causes of problem performance. Understanding how a progressive
disciplinary process works will help you to deal with employee problems
when they arise, and to draw up a performance improvement plan for the
benefit of the organization and the employee concerned.
Effective
Time Management
Online course enabling you to explain why time management is an
essential skill, and assess, coordinate, and prioritise the demands on
your time.
Effective
Communication Online
course that explains the ways that we communicate; shows how to
recognize the obstacles that interfere with the exchange of
information, and helps you to communicate with clarity and
precision.
Effective
Meetings Online
course that identifies methods of planning, preparing, and implementing
meetings that will contribute to the success of your team and your
organization.
This online course examines the two characteristics that all
projects have in common: every project is unique and every project
creates a tangible and observable outcome. Also looks at the five main
processes involved in managing a project: Initiating, Planning,
Executing, Controlling, and Closing
Initiating
a Project Online
course showing how to identify the five steps involved in initiating a
project, define the stakeholders in a project, and identify the six
components of a project charter.
Planning
Project Scope Online
course showing how project scope is defined and how a work breakdown
structure is made
Planning
Project Activities
Online course
in which you will learn how to convert the work breakdown structure
(WBS) into a project activity list, work out the logical relationships
between activities by developing a project network diagram, and show
your project schedule in the clear visual format of a Gantt chart.
Planning
Project Costs Online
course enabling you to sequence the steps involved in creating a
personnel resources matrix, identify three strategies for estimating
project costs, and list the steps in creating a budget.
Executing
a Project Online
course enabling you to identify the four goals of a project start-up
meeting, identify the five guidelines of effective team leadership, and
provide balanced project communications.
Controlling
a Project Online
course enabling you to list the six steps involved in variance analysis
and identify four responses to change.
Closing
a Project Online
course allowing you to identify the steps involved in both
administrative and contract closure.
Integration
Management Online
course allowing you to identify strategies for aligning project plans
with other activities in the organization; define the five key general
management skills essential to project management; and identify the
steps in implementing a change control system.
Scope
Management Online
course explaining in detail the principal sources of scope creep, how
to control it, and verify what precisely the scope of an individual
project is.
Time
Management I Online
course introducing some tools and techniques that are used to focus on
the critical path of a project, helping you to identify the activities
that must be finished on time and those that will have a certain amount
of leeway.
Time
Management II Online course
showing how best to throw resources at the project to speed it up; how
certain activities can be done in parallel to fast track the process
and how resources can be maintained so that everyone is kept busy.
Cost
Management Online
course looking at managing the cost of a project on an ongoing basis,
with a focus on the final cost.
Quality
Management Online
course covering the general principles of quality management and
locating the source of a problem and identifying its resolution.
Online course looking at the impact of organizational structure, the
likely barriers to collaboration in project work and examining how you
can take the necessary steps to avoid them. Also, how you should go
about selecting personnel for your team in the most efficient and
effective way.
Communications
Management Online course
teaching how to create an effective communications system that gets the
correct information to the correct people at the correct time.
Risk
Management Online
course that teaches you how to manage and respond to risks and how to
make important decisions.
Procurement
Management Online
course showing you how to get products and services from outside
organizations at a price and time that suits you.
Prospecting
Online course introducing tried and trusted techniques for sourcing and
approaching potential customers.
Selling
Value Online course
that shows you how to avoid your prospects feeling that they are 'being
sold' by adopting a client perspective and identifying and emphasizing
customer value at all stages of the sales cycle.
Building
Rapport and Call Introduction
Online course covering the tips for success and the pitfalls
you may encounter at that critical first meeting where the relationship
for the entire sales cycle is determined.
Developing
a Sales Solution Online course
outlining how to escalate a prospects active needs into a conceived
solution that is biased toward your product or service.
Selling
the Benefits Online
course helping you to structure and deliver your presentation to the
maximum effect, and follow up with a proposal that brings a deal closer
to completion.
Closing
and Negotiating
Online course that provides you with practical guidelines on dealing
with objections, closing the sale, and negotiating a deal.
After
the Sale Online
course showing you how to build upon the initial sale using effective
after sales tactics.
Client
Needs and The Sales Cycle
Online course explaining how to adopt a sales cycle that
will help your prospect to conceive a mental picture of the likely
solution in her mind, and to ensure that this conceived solution is
biased towards your service.
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