Free of charge online finance courses offer world-class education

Designed and delivered by leading academics and finance sector practitioners, First Finance Institute’s free-of-charge MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), offer participants the opportunity to improve their financial industry knowledge and expand their career opportunities.

First Finance, a leading financial training and consultancy firm with offices in New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong, has trained more than 72,000 finance professionals. It is now pioneering a new level of financial e-learning, says Romain Rouphael, Managing Director of First Finance Asia.

Romain Rouphael, Managing Director of First Finance Asia

This follows the success of First Finance’s French release of Financial Analysis MOOC, designed and presented  by Pascal Quiry,  HEC professor and former Managing Director at BNP Paribas, which attracted more than 10,000 participants from more than 30 countries. The training and consultancy firm will launch two new courses on February 24. The MOOC programme is open to anyone with an interest in the finance sector and enrolment can be completed at http://firstbusinessmooc.org .

 “To ensure courses are relevant, engaging and reflect the trends in the current market, our MOOCs are tailor-made, with courses designed and delivered by experienced practitioners,” says Rouphael, who adds that the free-of-charge programmes relieve the financial burden for participants, while at the same time providing them with first-class learning opportunities.

The English release of Financial Analysis MOOC will be presented by Harvard professor Marc Bertonèche, who has won several awards for excellence and innovation in the classroom. He is a three-time winner of the prestigious Harvard Business School's Faculty Award. Meanwhile, the Wall Street MOOC: Understand Financial Markets is presented by well-known financial author Stephen Weiss, a 25-year veteran of Wall Street, seasoned investor and CNBC contributor with a regular role on Fast Money Halftime Report.

“Both MOOCs offer an opportunity for employers to offer their staff and individuals access to world-class courses without paying the costs of enrolling in a traditional programme,” says Rouphael, who adds that the MOOC courses complement First Finance’s broad range of service offerings that focus on learning and development needs, approach to consulting, instructional and programme design, and blended learning solutions.