-Ability to assess the capital structure of a company, evaluate its financing and business needs.-Acquired knowledge of statistical and economic methods, financial and capital market environments and known awareness of the major issues facing financial and portfolio managers-Knowledge of asset evaluation, market efficiency and the macroeconomic influences on asset returns, as well as economic factors affecting investment decisions and the securities markets-Gained sound understanding of fixed-income products, equities, investment funds and derivatives and the analysis of securities and the factors affecting their prices