COURSE OVERVIEW

 This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Fundamentals of Finance. It covers the foundations of finance, financial environment and types of finance; the time value of money (TVM) and financial statements, financial decision-making and financial statement analysis; the ratio analysis, cash flow management, budgeting and forecasting; the cost of capital and break-even and sensitivity analysis; the capital budgeting, risk and return, financial markets and instruments and capital structure; the dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions basics and global financial markets; and the equity investments, fixed income investments, mutual funds and ETFs and alternative investments. During this interactive course, participants will learn the portfolio management, corporate governance in finance and financial reporting standards; the insider trading and securities fraud, ethical investing (ESG, SRI) and fiduciary duty and trust in finance; the financial risks, tools for hedging and role of insurance in financial risk management and enterprise risk management (ERM) framework; the rise of digital payments and cryptocurrencies; and the blockchain applications in finance, robo-advisory services and AI in finance and cybersecurity in financial systems.