WORKSHOP ON “INVESTMENT IN THE CAPITAL MARKET”

The Department of Finance, AIUB, arranged a study tour for students of the course “Investment and Portfolio Management” and “Capital Budgeting” to attend a day long workshop on 11^th June 2022. The title of the workshop was “Investment in the Capital Market”. The workshop was conducted in BICM with full support provided by Ms Kashfia Sharmeen, Assistant Professor of Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM). The purpose of the workshop was to provide students of the department of Accounting and Finance, hands on knowledge on the arena of investment in the capital market. This was done by disseminating recent and updated theoretical and practical knowledge by the faculty members of the BICM .The tour was organized & coordinated by Ms. Bohi Shajahan, Senior Assistant Professor Department of Finance. This activity is in alignment with SDG goal 4 (Quality Education) and SDG goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).

The tour started from Campus with students & Course Instructor at 8am. On reaching the venue, the students completed their registration. The workshop started with a brief introduction of BICM. The topic regarding Investment in Capital Market was discussed by Dr Tamanna Islam Assistant Professor BICM who also provided an overview of the Bangladeshi capital market. Later on Topics on “Secondary trading in Bangladeshi market” and “Financial statements and types of Financing” were discussed by Assistant Professor Ms Kashfia Sharmeen. The Workshop ended with a vote of thanks from BICM. The students were encouraged by the faculties to implement the right investment knowledge when investing in the capital market.

The Top 5 performers of the session were given a gift voucher worth Tk1000 from BICM. The voucher can be used for any short-term courses offered by the institution.

Department of Finance extends its profound thanks to the Office of Students Affairs, Management of the University and the concerned faculties of BICM for providing valuable support to make the study tour a memorable event for the participants.