BLOOMBERG - FREE Training Session (Staff & Students) WEDS 3RD JUNE 9.30- 11.00

Bloomberg is a unique TEACHING & RESEARCH tool that is now available to both students and staff here at MMU.

If you are keen to use this new tool in your teaching / research can I please encourage you to register and attend the short training session below.

Please also see  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anOUEiraEtg  for a short summary of Bloomberg’s functionality by the University of Cambridge.

Bloomberg Training are aware of our specific research interests as a department and will therefore be tailoring the training to our specialisms including (but not limited to);

- Accounting

- Behavioural finance

- Foreign Direct Investment

- Aid

- Development economics (Africa)

- Criminal Justice

- New product / market development & sizing

- Sri Lankan economy and demographics

- Auction theory

- Non financial data - ethics, pollution

Date:    Wednesday 3rd June 2015

Room:  4.08, New Business School
Time:    09:30 - 11:00

Topic:
Bloomberg Introductory Research Training - for teaching & research Target audience: Academic staff & students of all levels

Refreshments: Tea & Coffee will be provided

Fee: Free

Registration: Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bloomberg-introductory-research-training-for-teaching-research-students-staff-tickets-17081474149?ref=enivtefor001&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformal001&utm_term=eventpage  )

 

Over 700 universities around the world offer Bloomberg for Education services and now MMU’s Accounting, Finance & Economics Department is proud to announce its inclusion in this elite list.

Bloomberg is a research software tool that is now available to both students and staff here at MMU.

Not just a tool for financial, accounting and economic data, Bloomberg can also provide access to unique data in the fields of;

  • Supply Chain Management

  • Agriculture

  • Energy

  • Government

  • Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

  • Journalism

  • Public Policy

  • Real Estate

  • ESG Data (Environment, Social & Governance)

Nonetheless, for those with a more financial data interest the benefits and data specialisms which Bloomberg offers include;

  • Cross-asset, real-time data

  • Historical time series analysis in all markets including Equity, Fixed Income and FX

  • Powerful API integration with Excel®

  • Public and private company accounting data and corporate finance dataset

  • Portfolio and risk analytics and historical back-testing

  • Peer-ranked, customizable investment simulations

  • Global economic data for macroeconomic analysis

  • Global M&A and IPO database

  • Corporate Finance

  • Derivatives

  • Financial Engineering

  • Futures/Options

  • International Trade

  • Investment Banking

  • Investment & Portfolio Management

  • Portfolio Theory

  • Securities Analysis

 

*not an exhaustive list