Financial Management
Mastering Investor Behaviour
Equity Securities, Voting Rights, and Foreign Investment
1 CPD credit on completion
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About This Course
Course Information
The learning outcomes from this CPD refresher course include: Understanding investor behaviour How votings rights work The risk and return of different equities How equities can finance company asset
Certificate on Completion
This course is made up of videos, questions and additional reading materials, and accounts for 1 unit of CPD. One unit is the equivalent of one hour of learning.
Course Sections
This course is made up of the following sections:
- Views of investor behaviour (video)
- Views of investor behaviour (quiz)
- Investing in foreign securities (video)
- Investing in foreign securities (quiz)
What You Will Learn
- Distinguish between the traditional finance view of risk-averse investors and behavioural perspectives on investor decision-making
- Explain how voting rights work for common and preference shareholders, including cumulative and statutory voting
- Compare characteristics of public and private equity securities, including management buyouts and used buyouts
- Identify the different types of preference shares: cumulative, putable, callable, and convertible
- Describe how depository receipts enable investment in foreign securities and calculate total shareholder return on them
Who This Course Is For
- Finance professionals who work with equity instruments and want to deepen their understanding of investor behaviour
- Accountants and analysts involved in corporate finance decisions around equity structure and shareholder rights
- Professionals seeking a refresher on how equities finance company assets and how foreign securities work
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of equity markets and how shares are issued and traded
- Familiarity with balance sheet concepts including shareholders' equity and retained earnings
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