Mini MBA: Qualification to Capital Markets

The demand for capital markets professionals in banking, investment, and advisory services remains robust. If you’re eager to advance your finance career and enter the Investment Banking Sector, this Anderson training program is designed to meet your goals.

This intensive Anderson course provides a comprehensive foundation in capital market instruments, operators, transactions, and industry best practices and techniques. While this Mini-MBA does not confer a formal MBA qualification, it covers many of the key concepts and areas you would encounter in an MBA Program focused on Financial Markets.

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

• Identify the role of Financial Markets:  Deficit Spending Units ( DSU) , Surplus Spending Units( SSU) and Financial Intermediaries
• Understand the key attributes and types of Financial instruments from a primary market perspective : Debt versus Equity
• Identify the implications of the  portfolio theory, CAPM and WACC
• Understand the key financing characteristics of the money market versus the fixed income securities
• Examine the importance of securities investors and basic concepts of Behavioral Finance
• Understand the different methods of underwriting and syndication in the primary markets

This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Banking professionals aspiring to join Investment Banking Division
• Current and potential Managers and business Leaders at all levels
• Those responsible for developing and leading strategic financial operations
• Team Leaders in the public or private sector
• Staff Members responsible for financial controls
• Non-finance Managers with financial responsibilities

Amongst a wide range of valuable topics, the following will be prioritized:

• Sources and providers of finance
• Portfolio theory and market efficiency hypothesis
• Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and Weighted Average Cost Of Capital (WACC)
• Equity Capital Market (ECM) and Debt Capital Market (DCM)
• Syndication & Distribution Mechanisms
• Primary markets versus secondary markets
• Financing choices: Debt, Equity & Incremental Capital( retained earnings)
• Understanding the tradeoff  Risk vs. Return
• Types of investors and risk aversion
• The Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)

Anderson Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course