The Business and Strategy of the Finance Industry

Course Title "The business and strategy of the finance industry"

Date: 12-31 July 2020

Faculty Name: Mr. Chris Lobello

About the speaker: Educated in the US and at INSEAD (EMBA), Chris has worked in Asian ?nancial markets for most of his life with a focus on risk, quantitative analysis, strategy, and research. This includes time at CLSA, Daiwa, and Nomura. He is currently the Head of Strategy at Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based Fintech company providing digital asset custody with blockchain technology. He is an adjunct faculty in Asian and European universities.

Course Information:

The finance industry is a broad and complex series of interlinked businesses that crosses borders and involves a great deal of government oversight and regulation. Most junior employees spotlight on their specific roles and responsibilities, and in the process they  miss  the  ‘forest  for  the  trees’  and  often  lack  a detailed  and  considered  understanding  of  how  the industry works and makes money.

The objective of this course is for students to be able to identify the business models and key drivers of various types of financial firms, analyze the process by which    they    develop    sustainable     profitability, and critically assess the  implications  this  has  for  the industry and their own work.

• Comprehend the business structure and underlying economic drivers of banks, brokers, asset managers, family offices, insurance companies, and other financialfirms.
• Moreimportantly,comprehendhowhistory,regulation,andfinancialdrivershaveshapedtoday’s industry.
• Analyzeand evaluatelikelyfuturepathwaysfortheindustrybasedonvariousscenariosandconstraints.

Duration: 14 Hours (Including Live Session)

Live Class Schedule

* First live session (recorded and available to view after the class)- 12th July 4-5 with the immediate release of video content with accompanying exercises/tests

 * Second live session (recorded and available to view after the class)- 21st July 8-9 pm with the immediate release of video content with accompanying exercises/tests

* Third live session- 26th July 4-5 pm 

For more information and registration pls. visit https://www.extension.ait.ac.th/course/1043

• The History ofFinance
• General Challenges to the FinanceIndustry
• AssetManagers
• Brokers
• Insurance
• Fintech &Disruption

Faculty Name: Chris Lobello

Faculty Bio: Educated in the US and at INSEAD (EMBA), Chris has worked in Asian ?nancial markets for most of his life with a focus on risk, quantitative analysis, strategy, and research. This includes time at CLSA, Daiwa, and Nomura. He is currently the Head of Strategy at Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based Fintech company providing digital asset custody with blockchain technology. He is an adjunct faculty in Asian and European universities.