Finance Reporting And Understanding the City

For anyone who needs to understand how the City works and what the financial terms mean.

This practical course examines how the City works, and explains the criteria for financial reporting in today's modern markets. Includes:

- The City: its influence over business and government
- Money markets and financial jargon such as p/e ratios, earnings per share and exceptional items
- Equity markets and bond markets: how they work
- The credit crunch explained
- How to read the financial pages and company reports
- The FSA and legal rules for reporters
- Understanding a balance sheet
- How to price a financial asset
- Your right of access to annual or creditors' meetings
- Writing summaries or stories from lists of figures