Financial Maths Training
Overview
For anyone working or hoping to work within the world of finance or commerce, knowledge of financial maths is fundamental.
CTG’s Financial Maths e-learning training course meets this need by offering practical, interactive training to enable users to gain a robust understanding of financial mathematics.
The course uses voice, animation and exceptional graphics and will take two to three hours to complete, depending upon the capability of the delegate.
The topics covered include the foundations for financial decision making, such as discounting, net present values and internal rate of return as well as the concepts that underpin the valuation of any asset.
Its coverage is vital for those working within financial institutions as well as decision makers in corporate entities.
Course Benefits
- Pace of learning is entirely driven by the delegate
- Coverage is practical, interactive and memorable
- Increased knowledge retention
- The ability to revisit the contents
- Accessible from any location
- No associated travel or accommodation costs
Target Audience
- New staff starting finance roles within corporate entities
- New starters at banks, asset management companies and other financial institutions
- Experienced staff within the commercial side of business needing to increase their financial awareness, such as:
- Board directors
- Senior managers
- Project managers
- Departmental heads
- Early stage accountancy and MBA students
- Anyone wanting or requiring a firm grasp of finance
e-Learning Course Demonstration
Why e-Learning?
Technological developments and advances in instructional design mean that e-learning is no longer just a low-cost alternative to traditional training. In many respects, this course offers training which is actually superior to the majority of available ‘classroom’ options.
Convenience, cost efficiency and the enhanced effectiveness make e-learning the compelling option for training. Delegates can concentrate their efforts on what they need at any time, and in any place - they can learn at their own pace, repeating each section as many times as necessary for them.
What's Included?
- The full course can be delivered by CD-ROM, network, intranet or hosted by CTG
- Easily digestible modules
- Quality graphics, captivating animations and a professional voiceover
- High degree of interactivity to maintain learner interest
- Special features such as present value and mortgage calculators
- Additional features include illustrations of how Microsoft Excel can be utilised to generate net present values, internal rates of return and annuity payments
- Sticky notes, a ‘favourites’ option, simple administrative functionality, review bar and real-time pause are all incorporated into the product
- A comprehensive maintenance service so that the course is kept up to date
- Simple, logical navigation including keyword search
Course Synopsis
- Introduction and learning outcomes
- The concept of time value
- Compounding
- Future values – the formula
- Simple future value calculator
- Interest payments more frequent than annual
- Future value calculator
- Effective Annual Rates (EAR)
- Discounting
- Investment appraisal
- Discount Rate Considerations
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- NPV using Excel
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- IRR using Excel
- Annuities and mortgages
- Annuities and mortgages using Excel
- Mortgage calculator
- Perpetuities
- Perpetuities with constant growth
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the delegate will be able to:
- Explain the concept of time value of money
- Calculate future values given the present value and the interest rate
- Explain the impact frequency of interest has on future values
- Calculate and explain the effective annual rate of interest, given the interest rate and the frequency
- Calculate present values given the future value(s) and the rate of interest
- Summarise and apply net present value (NPV) as a tool of investment appraisal
- Summarise and apply internal rate of return (IRR) as a tool of investment appraisal
- Calculate the present value of annuities and perpetuities, including perpetuities with constant growth
- Explain and apply the Excel IRR, PV and PMT functions
What's Next
Call +44 (0)20 7371 4444 or contact us to purchase this course.