Certificate Courses
Fundamental knowledge to jump start your finance career
Preparing for the realities of an uncertain labor market is a challenge.
Bloomberg’s e-learning certificate courses offer an advantage by empowering students and early career finance professionals with the hands-on knowledge and real-world experience needed to compete and succeed.
Elevate your skillset
Boost your resume with industry-specific skills and experience with our e-learning certificate courses.
Experiential learning
Gain insight into real-life investment strategies and learn the tangible skills to succeed in your early career.
Terminal exposure
Learn how to navigate the Terminal and master our library of functions and models.
CPD Accreditation
All content is CPD accredited allowing you to meet your Continuing Professional Development requirements.
Bloomberg Finance Fundamentals
Bloomberg Finance Fundamentals (BFF) is a self-paced, interactive e-learning course that provides an introduction to the key concepts involved in finance and investment. Throughout the course, you’ll explore real-life scenarios through the perspectives of various professionals, helping you to manage your money and build an understanding of the different careers available across the finance sector.
Course Overview
BFF consists of 4 modules covering:
The Purpose of Investing
Types of Investment
Risk and Reward
Portfolio Management
What you’ll learn
- How money flows through an economy.
- Some of the investment strategies that can help individuals and businesses grow their money while navigating the varying risks associated with them.
- How responsible investing can benefit individuals, businesses and society.
- Different career paths alongside some tools and strategies to help you pursue them.
Bloomberg Market Concepts
Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) is a self-paced, e-learning course that provides an interactive introduction to the financial markets using the power of the Terminal.
Course Overview
BMC consists of 8 sections covering:
Economic Indicators
Currencies
Fixed Income
Equities
Terminal Basics
Commodities
Stock Options
Portfolio Management
What you’ll learn
- Discover the fundamentals of how economic indicators are published and analyzed.
- The role of central banks in guarding against inflation and deflation.
- Explore how bond valuation is driven by creditworthiness, inflation and central bank interest rates.
- Use Terminal functionality (including the keyboard, command line, tabs, menus, and autocomplete) to navigate the platform and find market-moving data.
Environmental Social Governance Course
The Bloomberg ESG course is a self-paced, e-learning course that teaches learners how to implement ESG strategies and prepare ESG reports for regulators from the perspective of a buy-side asset management firm.
Course Overview
ESG consists of 7 modules covering:
Intro to ESG and Sustainable Finance
Research and Adopting ESG
Negative and Positive Screening
ESG Integration – Fixed Income
ESG Integration – Equities
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism
Reporting Sustainability Activities
What you’ll learn
- Analyze how asset managers integrate ESG considerations into their investment decision-making process.
- Explain how shareholder activism influences corporate behavior.
- Practice tasks within various stages of the investment process.
- How to report on ESG investment activities for EU funds.