Forty participants recently completed a comprehensive course on understanding financial investments. This course was organised by the Institute of Financial Services (IFS-Malta) and the Malta Financial Services Authority in 12 sessions during the month of March.

The objective of the course was to enable participants to better understand the fundamental principles of financial investment and learn the basic concepts of investing. Topics covered during the course included an overview of the financial markets, use of financial instruments, understanding equities, collective investments, insurance, and risk, measuring investment performance, client considerations, building an investment portfolio, obligations of the product provider and consumer protection and financial services regulation.

The speakers, who were all specialists in their respective fields with years of experience, came from various organisations within the financial services industry and the sector’s main regulator.

IFS-Malta and the MFSA organised this course to encourage continuous professional development among practitioners and promote a wider learning of financial services.