A Highly Interactive Training Course On
Behavioural Finance
The Influence of Psychology on the Behaviour
of Investors and the Subsequent Effect on Financial Markets
Upcoming Sessions
Course Introduction
The decisions we make can significantly impact the financial health of our company. In today's economy, investors and business managers face the challenge of understanding how financial markets react to new financial and economic data. While fundamental analysis of financial statements is crucial, understanding market sentiments and the psychology of investors is equally important in financial decision-making. Behavioral finance delves into the influence of psychology on the behavior of financial practitioners. In this Behavioural Finance training course, participants will explore a wide range of decision-making biases and information processing errors that influence financial decision-making.
This COPEX training course will cover:
- Modern portfolio theory and the concept of the rational investor
- Emotional Finance
- Psychology of Risk and Behavioral Biases
- Behavioral Corporate Finance
- Investor Behavior
By delving into these topics, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of financial decision-making, enabling them to make informed and strategic decisions that contribute to the financial success and stability of their organizations.
Training Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Define behavioral finance and its implication on financial markets
- Identify the investor psychology and analyze trading biases
- Understand cognitive biases and explore their root causes with real life examples
- List the most common emotional biases and discuss their causes with examples
- Understand loss aversion and other biases that contribute to its effect
- Study the herding bias and other social factors that distort decision-making
Training Methodology
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes:
- Interactive Case Studies from the real world/delegates’ company
- Discussion and Evaluation of the latest international tools & techniques
- Role play
- Pre & Post Course Assessments
Participants will also be given a detailed set of handouts and examples in both printed and electronic format
Who should Attend?
This COPEX training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Board level members who wish to develop their understanding of cognitive financial decisions
- Investment Professionals working with Financial sector
- Risk Management directors
- Financial Analysts
- Capital Markets officials
- Professionals seeking to develop their understanding of Behavioral Finance
- Equity Sales and Portfolio Managers
Course Outline
- Conceptual definition of finance : Hard versus Soft Finance
- Understand the financial system operators: Arbitrageurs, Speculators and Hedgers
- What is behavioral finance?
- Traditional portfolio theory – A brief recap
- The risk profiles of investors: Risk neutral, Risk Takers and Risk Adverse
- Market sentiment & Stock market crashes
- Heuristics or Rules of Thumb
- Neuroeconomics and Neurofinance
- Emotional Finance: The Role of the Unconscious in Financial Decisions
- Experimental Finance
- The Psychology of Risk
- Psychological Influences on Financial Regulation and Policy
- Market Inefficiency
- Belief- and Preference-Based Models
- Disposition Effect
- Overconfidence
- Familiarity Bias
- Limited Attention & other behavioral biases
- Financing Decisions
- Capital Budgeting and Other Investment Decisions
- Dividend Policy Decisions
- Loyalty, Agency Conflicts, and Corporate Governance
- Initial Public Offerings
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Trust Behavior: The Essential Foundation of Financial Markets
- Individual Investor Trading
- Cognitive Abilities and Financial Decisions
- Pension Participant Behavior
- Institutional Investors
- Derivative Markets
Providers and Associations
Certificates
- COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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