After three months of studies, UP student Leónidas Zavala successfully completed the X Central Reserve Bank of Peru Advanced Finance Extension Course, holding the first place.
During the program, our student was able to learn from an excellent teaching staff that included both local and foreign university professors as well as outstanding professionals in the financial field and from the Central Reserve Bank: "It was really gratifying to be able to acquire knowledge from professors who are former Universidad del Pacífico students, like Luna Victoria, Lladó and Chala. I also had the opportunity to learn from foreign academics and professionals such as professors Christian Lundblad from the University of North Carolina, Angel Vilariño, a distinguished Spanish professor and consultant, and David Trillo from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid" said Leónidas.
For our student, the training he got at Universidad del Pacífico played a decisive role in his good academic performance in the program thanks to the constant motivation that the university instills in its students: "You learn this throughout the program, we know that everything can be achieved with effort; besides, it goes hand in hand with the academic quality, excellent faculty and services that UP provides its students," he said.
Leónidas Zavala along with students of the extension course and high level authorities of the CRB, including Renzo Rossini, Central Reserve Bank general manager
Leónidas Zavala receiving the Central Reserve Bank Honor Diploma
About the course
The Advanced Finance Course is divided into different modules which allow students to acquire knowledge in both the theoretical and the practical fields of finance. Thus, the program provides the necessary tools to understand complex issues and to be able to apply these tools in practice. In Advanced Finance, courses in Financial Tools, Matlab Workshop applied to Finance, Financial Econometrics, Fixed Income, Financial Derivatives, Financial Engineering, Models of Interest Rate Terms, Financial Risks, Portfolio Theory, Strategic Asset Allocation, Monetary Macroeconomics, Payment System, Banking Regulation, Financial Stability and the Banking Risks Workshop and macro-prudential regulation were given.
The University Extension Course was created by the Central Reserve Bank in 1961 and has ever since trained economists who have held important positions in the public and private, national and international levels. Also, as of 2008, the Extension Course in Advanced Finance was organized according to the needs of greater specialization in the financial area given the international developments in this field. 30 students attended this training.
The University Extension Courses are the mechanisms by which the Central Bank incorporates the best professionals to its technical staff based on their academic merits, since only the top students start working for the institution.