ABOUT FINANCE MAP

Finance Map is a three-hour class created by Matthew Craston for companies, to give their employees a much more detailed understanding of Finance. Relevant companies will be all those which interact with financial firms, or financial institutions themselves wanting an introduction for new graduates.

Alternatively, Finance Map is a two-and-a-half-hour tutorial on finance for individuals seeking jobs with financial firms, or just wishing to understand finance better.

Navigating Financial Statements is a second class created for those working with financial statements, who need a clearer understanding of how they work and how to interpret them.

APRIL NEWS – INTERNSHIP PREPARATION

I gave my tutorial to an Oxford University graduate wanting to prepare for an internship in asset management – this may be the perfect use for Finance Map.

APRIL NEWS – INVESTOR CLIENT

I taught another woman keen to demystify the process of investing money through wealth managers. “I enjoyed it enormously and I know it will be very, very useful.”

MARCH NEWS – INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS

After my January successes with insurance broking, I taught senior insurance underwriters at a Lloyd’s Syndicate. “Feedback from the team was excellent so glad we sorted this out with you”.

MARCH NEWS – LAW FIRMS

I gave my 9th class to the new trainees at one of my regular law firm clients, exactly two years after I first taught there.

FEBRUARY NEWS – NEW BROCHURE

I have produced a new brochure, showing a sample of kind comments made about my Finance Map company classes over the past two years.

FEBRUARY NEWS – EDINBURGH CLASSES

I travelled to Edinburgh to teach classes for two of my regular audiences: associates at a law firm in the afternoon, and senior managers at Savills on the following morning.

FEBRUARY NEWS – ARMY LEAVERS

I taught a class at Wellington Barracks to a group of young officers considering the transition from the Military into new careers in financial firms.

JANUARY NEWS – PUBLIC RELATIONS

I taught public relations executives on two consecutive days, first at a smaller firm, and then at one of the world’s largest players, where I taught new partners.

JANUARY NEWS – INSURANCE BROKERS

I taught twice at one of the world’s largest insurance broking firms, where senior executives wanted to understand the operations of their financial clients in more detail.

JANUARY NEWS – FIRST CLASS OF 2018

My first class this year was with a woman in her 50s who loves investing in shares and wanted a better understanding of how to read companies’ financial accounts.