COURSES OFFERED BY SAIFM (SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL MARKETS)

The workshop will introduce the learner to the South African Foreign Exchange Market. The retail, as well as the wholesale market for foreign exchange, will be discussed. The calculations and risks associated with this market will be described.

The blockchain technology concepts were applied to cryptocurrency in 2008 in Satoshi Nakamoto’s paper Bitcoin: A Peer to Peer Electronic Cash System. With the launch of the Bitcoin network in 2009, the first of many cryptocurrency networks, blockchain technology became widely known.

Banks play a critical role in the national economies of most countries including South Africa and sound banking systems are a crucial element of domestic and global financial stability.

Technological innovation in financial services have generated profound changes in business models, channels, applications, processes, and products.

This workshop is aimed at anyone who wants to understand how investment products and vehicles are taxed. This workshop will cover how investment income and gains are taxed in various structures, such as Collective Investment Schemes, Exchange Traded Funds and more.

A well-trained and efficiently organised financial market operations department is essential to complete every transaction. The operations department provides a vital service to the front office by ensuring that all funds flow in a timely and correct manner.

This workshop is aimed at anyone who deals with clients. This interactive workshop will go through the key communication principles and listening techniques. We will do various scenario and role playing exercises to examine, develop and enhance these communication skills.

This workshop covers the concepts around the use of limited resources to attain important critical objectives of the organisation. It delves into the psychology of portfolio decision making and provides a holistic view of the hard and soft factors that influence decisions.

The aim of this workshop is to provide students with the theoretical and practical tools needed for the analysis of investments and management of portfolios.

This workshop familiarizes participants with the principles of financial reporting and analysis enshrined in the financial statements with a view to enabling them to make informed decisions using financial statements.