Undertaking excellent research on listed companies is one of the most important areas of business information. It is essential for all business information professionals to understand the whole listing process. Listed companies are generally the largest companies in any country's economy. They are also the companies that are required to disclose the most information, by virtue of the way their shares are offered for sale to the general public, usually through a stock exchange. This course explains the process of listing and examines the current situation in the world stock markets. Explaining shares and bonds, it also looks at corporate failures, then goes on to explore the sources, documents and services that can be used to research any listed company on any stock exchange in the world.
outcomes:- understand a listed company in the global context
- understand the listing process and the stock exchanges
- be able to research all the filed documents and other data available on listed companies
programme:- the company listing process
- how and why companies raise capital using the capital markets
- IPO's undother issues; listed vs. public companies
- delisting, corporate failures, listed corporate bankruptcies
- global stock markets
- mergers of exchanges; new electronic challengers
- a company's primary listing
- equities (shares) - definitions and types
- fixed interest securities in the capital markets
- debt instruments such as bonds and warrants
- researching listed companies
- official stock market sources unddocuments
speaker:Sylvia James , Management Consultant
Consultant specialising in business information provision.
Sylvia James has worked as a management consultant for many years. She has advised on projects for a wide range of international industrial and financial services companies and non-profit organisations as a researcher and consultant, specialising in all aspects of their business information provision. As part of her wide ranging consultancy activities, she writes articles and courses, lectures and holds management briefings in Europe, Asia and North America.
In 2007, Sylvia was awarded the ALA Brass Thomson Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship. View the ALA press release .
