Python Programming for Financial Services - From Basic to Advance

Topic 1 Introduction to Python Programming

• Business requirements and objectives
• Applications of Python programming to meet business requirements
• Install Python and Setup Python IDE

Topic 2: Data Types and Operators

• Data Types
• Operators

Topic 3 Problem Solving with Control Structures

• Problem solving with conditional and loop techniques
• Coding using comprehensions

Topic 4 Scripting with Function and Lambda

• Create Python functions to meet business use cases
• Lambda function and its applications

Topic 5 – Error Handling Using Exception

• Exceptions versus Syntax Errors
• Handle Exceptions with Try and Except blocks
• The Else clause
• Clean up with Finally

Topic 6 Import and Process Finance Data

• Data analysis using Pandas package
• DataFrame and Series data structures
• Import finance data
• Filter and slice finance data
• Clean missing data

Topic 7 Aggregate and Visualize Finance Data

• Join finance data with concat, append and merge
• Aggregate data with groupby and pivot table
• Assess codes to identify gaps
• Test and visualize finance data

Topic 8 Object Oriented Programming

• Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
• Create Class and Objects
• Method and Overloading
• Initializer & Destructor
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism

Topic 9 Analyze Finance Data

• Improve codes with pipe and apply
• Applications of statistics
• Analyse finance data to track any changes

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Knowledge and Skills

• Able to operate using computer functions
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

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• Enthusiastic Learner

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Hardware: Laptop

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Dr. Alvin Ang: Dr. Alvin Ang is a ACTA certified trainer. Dr. Alvin Ang did his Ph.D., Masters and Bachelors from NTU, Singapore. Previously he was a Principal Consultant (Data Science) as well as an Assistant Professor. He was also 8 years SUSS adjunct lecturer. His focus and interest is in the area of real world data science. Though an operational researcher by study, his passion for practical applications outweigh his academic background. He owns a startup externally.

Terence Ee: Terence Ee is a ACTA certified trainer that has delivered IT training in Singapore and Myanmar. He has also facilitated faith formation courses for Christians in Singapore and Myanmar. As a trainer, his mission is to co-create insightful and actionable learning experiences with his learners.His current areas of focus include project management, information security management, quality management and office productivity applications.
Terence has more than 25 years of corporate IT experience. He has held senior management roles in the public and private sectors. He holds a Master of Science in Technology Management, a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Sciences, a Diploma in Family Education, and the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA). Part of his spare time goes towards tutoring his children in their studies (while learning a thing or two along the way). He is also imparting to them the essential skills for thriving in a digital world.