Personal Finance with Paul Bentley

University of Law

Join Paul Bentley as he explores the world of personal finance, with a particular spotlight on understanding finance and the stock markets, exploring currency and the logic behind investing. He’ll also be posing an interactive activity for you to tackle, which will heighten your awareness of the world of personal finance!

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Meet the academic

Paul Bentley

University of Law

Paul Bentley is an active Financial Market trader who entered his first trading floor in 1995 at Garban Securities, Adelaide House, London Bridge, initially introduced to the 'Bunds' desk. He has remained within the 'Square mile' trading several financial instruments, which is currently dominated by Derivative and equity positions. For the past twelve years Paul has work with educational companies teaching absolute beginners how to make a second income trading the financial markets. In 2016 he was asked by the Financial times to quote on his routine trading the Brexit vote and was subsequently published: https://www.ft.com/content/bdbd634a-37bc-11e6-a780-b48ed7b6126f Earlier this year Paul worked at ULAW Manchester Campus delivering the Personal Finance module.

Personal Finance

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1. Understanding Finance – Personal & Commercial

2. Crypto Currency - is it a myth?

3. Understanding world stock markets

4. Finance and Covid - the impact of a global pandemic

5. What have you learnt?

6. Recap Q’s

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Course snapshot

Built on a foundation of finance and accounting alongside the fundamentals of business, this degree specialises in all elements of corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), portfolio and risk management, trading and FinTech.

This full-time BSc Finance with Accounting course is designed to increase your employability skills and is delivered in an interactive way with a real world focus; face-to-face learning is supported by online resources, including the Financial Times, case studies, simulations, learning videos, reading materials, online testing and feedback.

This degree is ideal for those interested in a future professional career in finance, M&A and trading, and offers an excellent grounding in finance to allow for further study in accounting or finance at postgraduate or professional level. The University of Law's BSc (Hons) Finance with Accounting degree sets you on a path for a rewarding career in this highly skilled profession.

The University of Law Business School’s strong links with financial institutions, recruiters and practitioners focus on tangible employability skills relevant to the fundamental accounting and financial world. You’ll have the opportunity to engage with the industry throughout the programme, including gaining practical knowledge with prestigious businesses.

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University of Law

The University of Law is a specialist education institution offering law related qualifications and professional training. The university is the largest law school in the UK and was founded in 1876. The University of Law has nine campuses across the UK in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, London, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield. It also has an international campus in Hong Kong. Uniquely, the University of Law also delivers law programmes at a number of partnered universities across the country, including the University of Exeter and the University of Liverpool.

Finance and Accounting

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