ACMD course on \\\'Capital Market Research\\\' begins July 31

Accounting for Capital Market Development in Bangladesh (ACMD) will conduct a training programme on 'Capital Market Research'.

The program will start on July 31.

All the training sessions will be held on Fridays and from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Meeting Room of the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka.

ACMD is a research project administered under the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and the World Bank.

The training programme is designed for corporate executives, financial analysts, academics and capital market journalists who are doing research on capital market or planning a career in financial markets.

The programme is comprised of fourteen (14) modules. Each module will represent a well-defined research problem and combine both concepts and their empirical relevance for investing in securities listed in Bangladesh stock exchanges. Each module will be of three-hour (03) duration. Instructors will make presentation on selected topics explaining concepts, underlying methodologies, findings and their implications for investors and policy makers.

Handouts and reading materials will be provided to the participants reasonably ahead of the scheduled event. Prominent academics and practitioners who bear proven expertise on capital market will be included in a panel of resource persons.

The modules  to be covered during the training sessions include understanding financial statements for investment decisions, financial statement analysis and prediction of future returns, determinants of P/E and P/B multiples and their relevance for investment decisions, cash accounting versus accrual accounting and reconciling earnings, dividends  and free cash flows, equity valuation model, equity valuation models applications for IPOs and listed equities, debt, taxes, dividend policies and their implications for stock prices, capital structure.

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