Great Lakes, Chennai hosts Trading under Uncertainty Program for Wealth Managers
24th February 2017, Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management, leading B-school in India, organized a Two day Wealth Management Program for Professionals on 22nd February & 23rd February, 2017 at its Chennai campus.
Global events are unfurling at breakneck speeds. From Brexit to Trump, Demonetization to Terror Strike, as wealth creators across various backgrounds are grappling with many questions to help classify likely impact of these random events and ways to distinguish between certainty and uncertainty, Great Lakes Institute of Management has come forward to provide deep insights and equip with practical tool kits for navigating these impacts by organizing Trading under Uncertainty, a meticulously designed 2-day certificate program.
The program was attended by experienced individuals with a penchant for trading, Business Owners, Wealth Managers and Private Bankers, Managers from Asset management companies, Professionals from brokerage firms, Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance sectors, Treasury Managers from corporates and Wealth Management Account Holders.
With best in class faculty from Ivy League university background, the residential program took place at Asia’s only LEED platinum rated Green campus of Great Lakes. The two day program consisted of Theory and techniques for wealth management through uncertain times. As a part of experiential learning, the participants also got to work out of trading lab equipped with Bloomberg terminals and were provided with practical tool kit for profitable trading.
The faculty list consisted of
1. Dr. Bala V Balachandran - J. L. Kellogg - Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Founder, Chairman & Dean - Great Lakes Institute of Management and Chancellor – Great Lakes International University, Sri City, Andhra Pradesh
2. Dr. Bobby Srinivasan - Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance and Trading – Great Lakes Institute of Management, Master degree in Statistics – University of Madras, Masters and Ph.D. in Operations Research – Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA, Past President of IFMR, Chennai
3. Dr. R L Shankar - Professor of Finance – Great Lakes Institute of Management, B.Tech – IIT Madras, MS in computational Finance – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Ph.D. in Finance – EdHEC Singapore, Ex - Head – Centre for Advanced Financial Studies, IFMR, and Ex Program Director – Financial Engineering program, IFMR
Speaking on the program, Dr. Bala V Balachandran, Founder, Chairman & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, and Chancellor – Great Lakes International University, Sri City said, “We are extremely proud to host an industry-centric, high value certificate program on Wealth Management. The two day study programs aims to provide in-depth knowledge and help the candidates’ pursue strategic goals in their career ahead. I am very much confident that the decades of management experience that the Great Lakes faculty team brings, in addition to practical tools and kits, will enable the participants to manage their wealth amidst an increased awareness on the importance of financial planning even in a highly risk accountable state and help an individual to grow and prosper in this new age of wealth management.”
