The capital and stock markets move every single day, and every company that deals with them to raise money is affected by that movement whether it plans for it or not. What separates a financial manager who reacts to these shifts from one who anticipates them is a working understanding of how the markets actually behave.

This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy builds that understanding for anyone with the will to develop their competencies before stepping into international financial markets, following approaches the Academy has prepared specifically to align with international standards. In practice, financial-management professionals are the ones who decide which assets a company should hold, with the aim of maximising the facility's value and its clients' benefit over the long term — and that decision is only as good as their grasp of the market around it.

• Recognise the foundations of maximising the market value of a company's ordinary shares.
• Learn how to review any financial decision so that it reduces expenses and increases revenue.
• Build the capacity to anticipate how a company's share value is likely to move on global exchanges.

Target Audience

• All staff working within a company's financial management.
• Professionals working in financial-market speculation.
• International and multinational companies.
• Banks.
• Multilateral financial institutions.

Module 1: How Financial Markets Actually Work

• Key concepts underpinning the financial markets.
• How financial markets relate to long-term credit.

Module 2: The Banking System Behind the Market

• The concept of an integrated banking system and its role in supporting market activity.

Module 3: Speculation and Share Value

• Theoretical analysis of speculation in the financial markets.
• Reviewing financial decisions in ways that reduce expenses and increase revenue.
• Forecasting the future value of a company's shares on the global stock exchange.