The ITAP (Investments Teaching Accreditation Seminar)

The ITAP is a five-day live-in seminar for College Instructors in Business organized by the Capital Markets Institute of the Philippines (CMIP)



Seminar Objectives:


At the end of the seminar workshop, participants are expected to be able to:
1. Gain insights and knowledge on investments such as
------1.1 The various forms of investments and how to optimize their returns
------1.2 Corporate governance


2. Acquire skills and strategies that will strengthen and improve their quality of teaching the following investment topics:
-----2.1 Analysis of financial statements
-----2.2 Fixed-income investments such as treasury Bills, Treasury Bonds, etc.
-----2.3 Fundamental and Technical Analyses
-----2.4 Stock investments: valuation; performance indicators
-----2.5 Statistical Analysis and Investment Portfolio Theory
-----2.6 Investment Portfolio management; portfolio construction, rebalancing and evaluation

3. Apply UBD Framework in teaching investments.

4. Motivate their students to save and develop a strong investment consciousness as a first step towards building an investment culture among Filipinos.




The first run of the ITAP was held on May 22-26 2006. Below is the newspaper ad to invite business instructors and teachers as scholars.