Financial Planning and Wealth Management Certificate Online - 100 Hours


These courses are designed to prepare students to do paraprofessional work in investment companies, banks, insurance companies, or corporations, or to be an assistant to financial planners. It does not train students for the Certified Financial Planner certification. However, comprehensive distance learning courses cover the key details of the financial planning process. 
12 months access.

 

 

Financial Planning Fundamentals

Introduction to Financial Planning

Analyzing the Resources of a Person

Introduction to Taxation and Cash Flows

Basic Concepts in Financial Planning

Time Value

Diversification

Investment Timing

Insurance Concepts

 

Financial and Investment Products

Asset Classes

Managing Investments

Equity

Fixed Income Securities

Derivatives

Mutual Funds

Superannuation

Building an Investment Portfolio

Investment Strategies

 

Financial Planning Skills

Client discussions

The financial planning process

Analysis of client’s resources and needs

Gap analysis and asset allocation

Setting investment objectives & investment constraints

Presenting strategies and recommendations

Goal Achievement, and signoff

 

Tax Planning

Tax and financial planning

Taxation of Personal Income

Salary Structure and Fringe Benefits Tax

Tax Management Strategies

Capital Gains Tax

Tax Deductions, Offsets and Exemptions

Tax Planning

Retirement Planning

Retirement needs analysis

Social security

Types of Retirement Plans

Investment considerations for retirement plans

 

Insurance Planning

General Concepts

Insurance needs analysis

Property, casualty and liability insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Selecting an insurance policy

Tax aspects of insurance

Annuities

Estate Planning

Overview of estate planning

Methods of property transfer

Documents for estate planning

Insurance and estate planning

Wills, deaths, and taxes

Preparing an estate plan

Valuation issues

 

Money Markets

  Overview to Money Markets 

  Instruments of Money Markets 

  Arithmetic for Money Markets 

  Money Market Deposits 

  Certificates of Deposit 

  Repurchase Agreements (Repos) 

  Treasury Bills 

  Bills of Exchange 

  Commercial Paper 

 

Mutual Funds

  Mutual Funds - The Concept 

  Structure and Constituents of Mutual Funds 

  Various Types of Mutual Fund Products 

  Management of Bond Fund Portfolio 

  Management of Equity Fund Portfolio 

  Accounting and Valuation 

  Evaluation of Performance of Mutual Funds 

  Prospectus and Annual Report of Mutual Fund 

  Regulations of Mutual Funds Industry 

  Trends in Mutual Funds Industry 

  Measurement Tools 

 

 

 

 

Elearning Features

ProTrain, in partnership with Kesdee, offer state-of-the art simulated learning environment.  Exhaustive theoretical material supplemented with contemporary case studies

 

Learner friendly courses with:

>          Formulae, definitions and concise summaries

>          Interactive simulations

>          Solved examples, practice exercises and quizzes

>          Mock exams from proprietary database

>          Timed tests in exam format

>          Personalized results for self assessment

>          Glossary, FAQs, Pocket Reference

>          Valuable reference extracts

 

 

Other features include :

>          E-mail subject-matter expert

>          Online with 24x7 customer support