Introduction:
An asset is anything tangible or intangible which can be owned or controlled to produce value and which has economic value. Tangible or physical assets include cash; land and buildings; plant and machinery; stocks, raw materials and goods for sale; furniture, equipment; and more. Intangible assets include intellectual property, goodwill, copyrights, patents and investments. This unique Program teaches about assets and the work of asset managers, investment managers and fund managers, and how to protect, control and manage assets, whatever their form, in an effective and wise manner.
Major Topics Covered in this Diploma Program include:
- Fixed, current, circulating, floating assets. Liquid assets, importance of liquidity. Intangible assets.
- Financial instruments: equity, debt, securities, investments, deposits, gilts, stocks, shares, dividends.
- Capital, working capital, turnover, capital cycle, profit & loss. Trade debtors and credit control.
- Physical asset management, raising finance and purchase methods. Business investments returns.
- The asset management industry, asset management houses, portfolio theory, economic data.
- Equities, bonds, the money market, derivatives, property. Market analysis. Investment managers.
- Management of equity funds, fixed interest funds, currency. Dealing, compliance. Systems and data and many more
