We are pleased to announce the addition of a new course – Fixed Income Markets – to our library of courses for Finance Professionals. Course: Fixed Income Markets Learn the characteristics, analysis, and valuation of fixed income securities. This course provides a thorough understanding of fixed income markets and the analysis and valuation of fixed […]
CFA Exam Adds Fintech, Big Data, and Data Analysis to 2019 Curriculum
Come 2019, the wealth managers and financial analysts aspiring to add the Chartered Financial Analyst designation to their credentials have one more subject to deal with. The CFA Institute has decided to add fintech to its 2019 exam curriculum. The new curriculum contains a section called fintech and adds study material on hot industry topics […]
New Course – Equity Analysis and Valuation
We are pleased to announce the addition of a new course – Equity Analysis and Valuation – to our library of courses for Finance Professionals. Course: Equity Analysis and Valuation Learn the characteristics, analysis, and valuation of equity securities. This course provides a thorough understanding of the equity markets and the analysis and valuation of […]
New Online Course – Derivatives
We are pleased to announce the addition of a new course – Derivatives – to our library of courses for Finance Professionals. Course: Derivatives Understand various derivative instruments (forwards, futures, options, and swaps), derivative markets, and the use of options in risk management. Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from the value of […]
New Course – Financial Time Series Analysis with R
We are pleased to announce the addition of a new course – Financial Time Series with R – to our growing library of courses on Data Science for Finance Professionals. Course: Financial Time Series Analysis Learn the fundamentals of analyzing a financial time series in R This course provides an introduction to the financial times […]
Applications of Data Science in Banking
The face of banking is changing and fast. Pick any aspect of banking – risk management, pricing, marketing outreach, customer outreach, product development, cost and revenue allocation – data science is there. The face of the banking industry has been evolving rapidly, particularly post the financial crisis of 2008. Banks were some of the earliest […]
Data Science Vs Financial Engineering
A lot of aspiring financial professionals or even those who are in the financial industry but looking at new vistas in finance ponder if they should specialize in data science or financial engineering. Perhaps three to five years ago they could be treated as completely different skill sets. Increasingly though as data science matures, niche […]
Best Python Libraries/Packages for Finance and Financial Data Scientists
Finance professionals involved in data analytics and data science make use of R, Python and other programming languages to perform analysis on a variety of data sets. Python has been gathering a lot of interest and is becoming a language of choice for data analysis. Python also has a very active community which doesn’t shy […]
Key Metrics for SaaS Business (Subscription KPIs)
SaaS startups are the new kids in the software business. SaaS, or Software as a Service, refers to the cloud applications and software that are readily available on the internet to be used by customers. SaaS has become a common delivery model for many business applications, including office and messaging software, payroll processing software, DBMS […]
How to Become a Financial Data Scientist
The financial industry has been one of the early adopters of the field of data science and the need for financial data scientist role has been growing rapidly. Data science, as applied to finance, is the field where you build systems and processes to extract insights from financial data in various forms. The finance professionals […]