Virtual Financial Training Courses for Corporate Communications, Investor Relations & Financial PR

  • Being asked questions throughout the session kept me thinking and fully engaged. The quizzes were also a fun, competitive element which also helped to consolidate learning.
  • I've taken many virtual courses, this was easily the best. While there were many positives, the quiz process was really neat and unique

Live Virtual Financial Training Courses via Zoom

We bring the same interactivity that you’ll find with our in-person sessions – quizzes, breakout groups and more.

Introductory Skills

For newcomers to financial communications or experienced corporate communications, investor relations and financial PR practitioners with limited financial expertise.

Capital Markets Essentials UK/Europe

4 Hours,  Introductory Skills
If you are just getting started in financial PR or investor relations or if you need to understand capital markets and audiences in order to be effective in a corporate communications role, then this course is a must. We will help you see how the capital markets big picture fits together. You’ll understand how and why companies issue shares and bonds, how they are traded and how listed companies are expected to communicate.

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Financial Information Essentials UK/Europe

4 Hours,  Introductory Skills
If you would like to get to grips with the jargon of financial results and annual reports and understand how a company’s financial statements work, this is a great introductory course. We cover balance sheets, income statements and cash flows – what they mean and how they fit together. We look at key metrics such as revenue, EBIT, EBITDA and net income and financial ratios such as profit margins – everything you need to get started with financial information.

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Two, 2-hour sessions on consecutive days – Introductory Skills
If you are just getting started in financial PR or IR or if you need to understand capital markets and audiences in order to be effective in a corporate communications role, then this course is a must. We will help you see how the capital markets big picture fits together. You’ll understand how and why companies issue shares and bonds, how they are traded and how listed companies are expected to communicate.

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Two, 2-hour sessions on consecutive days – Introductory Skills
If you would like to get to grips with the jargon of earnings releases and annual reports and understand how a company’s financial statements work, this is a great introductory course. We cover balance sheets, income statements and cash flows – what they mean and how they fit together. We look at key metrics such as revenue, EBIT, EBITDA and net income; and financial ratios such as profit margins – everything you need to get started with financial information.

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Developing/Leadership Skills

For corporate communications, investor relations and financial PR practitioners who would like to develop their financial skills.

Two, 2-hour sessions on consecutive days – Developing Skills
If you would like to understand what shareholder value really means; how companies go about creating it; and how to tell a compelling investment story, this course is for you.  We cover what value creation looks like from the shareholder’s perspective and management’s role in value creation. We cover key requirements such as growth and returns above cost of capital; we show you how this breaks down; and we link back to strategy and key performance indicators.  We finish by showing you how to tell a great investment story in twelve simple steps, using examples from companies that do it well.

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Two, 2-hour sessions on consecutive days – Developing Skills  
If you would like to know how companies are valued by investors and analysts then this course is for you. We cover what’s meant by intrinsic value (including the key inputs to discounted cash flow models) and valuation using multiples. We also consider valuation in an M&A context. Finally, we help you understand what you can do in communications terms to ensure that your company’s stock is fairly valued.

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In-House Virtual Financial Training Courses via Zoom

Bring your team together to learn with a virtual financial training workshop.

We bring the same interactivity that you’ll find with our in-person sessions – quizzes, breakout groups and more – all designed to keep people engaged and alert.

  • Sessions ranging from 1 hour to a whole day
  • Easy technology and plenty of interactivity
  • Content fully tailored to your company

If you’d like to discuss how this might work for your company, contact miranda@financetalking.com

We offer certificates for all our courses, including the online courses that we include to enable you to consolidate your learning.
Most CPD is now self-certified (e.g. accountancy, law etc) so we don’t offer CPD “points” for particular organisations. However, our courses would certainly meet most organisations’ CPD requirements.