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Investment Decisions in Financial Market and Behavioural Finance

An Interactive 10-Day Training Course

Investment Decisions in Financial Market and Behavioural Finance

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
10 - 21 Aug 2026 London $ 11,900
19 - 30 Oct 2026 Dubai $ 11,900
21 Dec - 01 Jan 2027 London $ 11,900

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Course Outline

Module I: Essentials of Corporate Finance

Day 1

Financial Management

  • The Role & Scope of Corporate Financial Management
  • Managing International Trade including:
    • Methods of Payment such as Letters of Credit, Collections
  • Benefits & Risks
  • The Objective of the Organisation and Stakeholder’s Needs
  • The Financial Environment Post Banking Crisis
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Governance
Day 2

The Financing Decision

  • Long-Term Sources of Finance
  • Types of Equity Capital
  • Types of Debt
    • The Optimum Capital Structure / Leverage – Equity or Debt?
    • Weighted Cost of Capital (WACC) and The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  • Calculating Your WACC and CAPM
  • When & How to Use WACC and CAPM
  • The Dividend Decision
  • Short-Term Sources of Finance
Day 3

The Investment Decision

  • Establishing the Forecast Cash Flows
  • International Issues, e.g.
    • Exchange Rate Risk
    • Transfer Payments
  • Evaluating the Capital Investment Decision using:
    • Payback
    • Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
    • Net Present Value (NPV)
    • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
  • Analysing the Investment Decision using:
    • What if Analysis
    • Sensitivity Analysis
    • Simulation
Day 4

Risk and Treasury Management

  • Identifying Financial Risks
    • Internal (SWOT Analysis)
    • External (PESTLE Analysis)
  • Measuring Financial Risk
  • Developing and Implementing a Risk Management Strategy
  • Establishing a Treasury Department
  • Treasury and Risk Management Techniques
Day 5

Corporate Strategy

  • Corporate and Financial Strategy
  • Growth Strategies
  • Joint Ventures, Merger, & Acquisitions
    • Valuation
    • Risks & Benefits
  • Financing a Merger or Acquisition
  • Capital Reconstruction or Restructure

Module II: Behavioural Finance

Day 6

The Rise and Fall of Neoclassical Finance & The Rise and Rise of Behavioural Finance 

  • Introduction to Behavioural Finance
  • Pillars of Conventional Finance and Behavioural Finance
  • The Failure of Neoclassical Finance
  • Efficient Market Hypothesis:
    • EMH as the Cause of the Global Financial Crisis
    • Bubbles and Crashes in the Stock and FX Market
    • Market Anomalies
  • Why Academia & Authorities Embrace the EMH?
  • Discarding Rationality: sources and Examples of Irrationality 
  • Modern Portfolio Theory & Behavioural Portfolio Theory 
Day 7

The Financial Consequences of Behavioural Biases 

  • Loss Aversion Bias
  • Overconfidence Bias
  • Representativeness Bias
  • Anchoring Bias
  • Self-serving Bias
  • Disposition Effect
  • Managerial Hubris
  • Behavioural Biases and Corporate Financial Decisions
Day 8

Behavioural Investment Strategies I

  • Noise Trading
  • Technical Analysis
  • Momentum Trading
  • Contrarian Investment Strategies
  • High Frequency Trading and Multilateral Trading Platforms
  • Energy Trading
  • Commodity Trading
  • Terrorism Risk
Day 9

Behavioural Investment Strategies II 

  • Fund Managers’ Behaviour
  • The Green Effect & Sustainable Finance
  • Fintech & Cryptocurrency
  • Black Friday Effect
  • Derivative Trading
    • Forwards
    • Futures
    • Options
    • Swaps
  • Financial Volatility from Brexit and COVID-19
Day 10

Recent Developments in Behavioural Finance 

  • Ecology and Finance
  • Neuroscience
  • Emotional Finance
  • Quantitative Behavioural Finance
  • Narcissism, Political Tenure, Financial Indicators, and the Effectiveness
  • Trumpism Economics
  • Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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