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Introduction to Corporate Finance
- Explain the role of ethics in finance
- Identify the criteria corporations use when making a fin...
- Distinguish the rights and obligations of com... Read More

Introduction to Venture Capital
- Define ‘angel investors’ and explain how they operate
- Discuss how a company goes about raising capital
- Describe the process of pre-money valuations
- Outline how initial public offerings occur Read More

Principles of Accounting
- Evaluate accounting transactions and balances and track ...
- Explain how the ‘accrual principle’ creates a fundamenta...
- Describe how profit, cashflow and the balance sheet are ...
- Analyze the ‘fundamental accounting equation’... Read More

Introduction to the Trade Lifecycle
- Explain the key stages of the trade lifecycle from initi...
- Identify the roles and responsibilities of various stake...
- Discuss the importance of trade lifecycle man... Read More

The Fundamentals of Spreadsheet Modelling
- List the key elements that should appear in every spread...
- Outline the steps involved in getting ready to build a s...
- Summarize the factors that need to be conside... Read More

Financial Maths
- Identify how to calculate profit with special discounts
- Calculate percentage loss on sales
- Calculate the interest on a loan or investment
- Assess percentage changes using multipliers Read More

Learn Accounting Fundamentals Super-Fast Using a Business Simulation Game
- Analyze a Balance Sheet
- Evaluate an Income Statement (Profit & Loss)
- Describe the purpose of a General Ledger for ... Read More

An Introduction to Forex Trading
- Recall what Forex is
- Indicate why the currency price changes
- Explain how the Forex market works
- Identify how to choose a proper Forex broker Read More

Basics of Indian Banking and Fraud Risk Management
- List the products and services offered by banks and fina...
- Recall the features and characteristics of the Indian ba...
- Identify the prevalent threats and frauds wit... Read More

An Introduction to Islamic Finance
- Describe the fundamentals of Islamic finance and the Isl...
- List the features of Islamic finance
- Outline the ethics and principles of Islamic ... Read More

Understanding Business Financial Planning
- Explain how to create a robust financial plan for your b...
- Recognize the building blocks of a financial plan
- Describe the revenue, staffing, and expenses ... Read More

Introduction to Finance and Financial Analysis
- Identify the criteria corporations use when making finan...
- Distinguish the rights and obligations of common and pre...
- Describe different ways of valuing stock Read More

Beginner Fractional Reserve Banking - Revised
- Describe what fractions reserve banking is and how it wo...
- Define what the main pros and cons of the system are
- Outline what the alternative, namely full res... Read More

Finance and Education in Entrepreneurship
- Define ‘angel funding’
- Discuss how investors can limit the freedom of start-ups
- Describe crowdfunding Read More

Transform, Grow and Innovate in Finance
- Describe how to assess personal and finance team strengt...
- Identify improvement opportunities for financial leaders...
- Develop an approach for process and system im... Read More

ETF, Index Fund and Mutual Fund Investing
- Analyse mutual funds, index funds and exchange traded fu...
- Evaluate and select the right ETFs
- Identify and avoid the expensive fund fees Read More
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