This one-day workshop will assist participants in understanding the basic concept of investor psychology and behavioural finance and how this can influence investors. The workshop introduces traditional and behavioural finance concepts and will describe the various theories underlying behavioural finance, including regret theory, herding prospect theory and anchoring. Additionally, we will look at the different personality types and how advisors can use this to assist individual investors.
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Agenda
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Day 1
Erika van der WesthuizenIntroduction to traditional and behavioural finance concepts
Theories underlying behavioural finance
Personality types
Day 1
Introduction to traditional and behavioural finance concepts Theories underlying behavioural finance Personality types
Speakers
Erika van der Westhuizen
Senior LecturerErika is a senior lecturer at Unisa, lecturing Market Risk Management and Investment: Derivatives for Postgraduate/Honours level.
Erika has participated in many research papers that have been published in accredited journals, and has presented papers at several global financial, business and educational conferences.
Her MCom Business Management (Unisa) and PhD Management Studies (Unisa) topics were “The Use of derivatives by South African Agricultural Co-operatives to hedge financial risks” and “A structured approach to energy risk management for the South African financial services sector” respectively.
Erika is currently supervising both Masters and PhD students.
Speakers
Erika
van der Westhuizen
Senior Lecturer
Erika is a senior lecturer at Unisa, lecturing Market Risk Management and Investment: Derivatives for Postgraduate/Honours level.
Erika has participated in many research papers that have been published in accredited journals, and has presented papers at several global financial, business and educational conferences.
Her MCom Business Management (Unisa) and PhD Management Studies (Unisa) topics were “The Use of derivatives by South African Agricultural Co-operatives to hedge financial risks” and “A structured approach to energy risk management for the South African financial services sector” respectively.
Erika is currently supervising both Masters and PhD students.
