Global Certificate in Behavioral Finance in DFM

• Introduction to Behavioral Finance: Understanding the basics of behavioral finance, its importance, and how it differs from traditional finance. • Behavioral Biases in Decision Making: Exploring common biases such as overconfidence, herding, loss aversion, and availability bias. • Heuristics and Cognitive Errors: Examining mental shortcuts and their impact on financial decision making. • Prospect Theory and Utility Functions: Learning about prospect theory, its key concepts, and its application in finance. • Behavioral Portfolio Theory: Understanding the implications of behavioral finance on portfolio management, risk, and returns. • Behavioral Finance in Investment Management: Applying behavioral finance concepts to investment management, including asset pricing, performance evaluation, and market anomalies. • Behavioral Finance in Corporate Finance: Analyzing the impact of behavioral finance on corporate finance decisions such as capital structure, dividend policy, and mergers and acquisitions. • Behavioral Finance and Financial Markets: Exploring the role of behavioral finance in financial markets and its implications for market efficiency, volatility, and bubbles. • Behavioral Finance and Financial Regulation: Examining the impact of behavioral finance on financial regulation, including disclosure, transparency, and behavioral interventions.

Note: DFM stands for Decision-making, Financial Markets, and Corporate Finance.