Students exposed to real-time share investment training

AS one of Malaysia’s premier institutions of higher learning, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (‘TAR UC’) has made a name for itself asa leading provider of professional business education in Malaysia.

Established in 1971 under the name School of Business Studies (‘SBS’), TAR UC’s Faculty of Accountancy, Finance and Business (‘FAFB’) has not only proven itself to be the preferred choice for professional accounting programme but the Faculty has also established itself as a leading centre in the field of finance.

To provide a truly hands-on learning for finance students, TAR UC has set up the advanced Investment Share Trading Room in FAFB.

Simulating a financial trading floor, the Investment Share Trading Room enhances the effectiveness of classroom teaching with an interactive share trading experience for students to learn from and also to prepare for inter-varsity investment trading competitions. This facility enables students from the Bachelor of Finance and Investment (Hons) and Bachelor of Banking and Finance (Hons) to utilise the room during their tutorial classes.

Through this experience, students are able to have handson experience on how shares are actually traded using live feeds of share prices from Bursa Malaysia. In addition, students learn the practical side of share trading such as buy-sell spread, order type, price adjustments, liquidity, commission and etc.

The Investment Share Trading Room caters for investmentrelated courses such as Principles of Investment, Investment and Financial Analysis, Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management.

With 32 terminals equipped with real-time share market simulator software, students are able to hone their skills and get industry-relevant exposure in the area of finance and investment.

“The Investment Share Trading Room makes teaching more exciting as students show great enthusiasm in real-time trading experience. It has also improved their learning experience,” said Chai Ming Perng, Associate Dean of the Department of Finance.

“The simulator is a great teaching tool since it is able to demonstrate many market related terminologies using real life examples.”