It is held an online lecture from University College Wisdom with topic “Financial Markets and its Institutions” and guest speaker the Chief Executive Director of Albanian Securities Exchange.
On 5th of May, 2020, Albanian Securities Exchange participated in the open lecture with topic “Financial Markets and its Institutions” organized from the University College Wisdom. During this webinar, the Chief Executive Director of ALSE, Mr. Artan Gjergji, familiarized the participants with the financial market structure by focusing in more details on capital market and explaining about the functioning of this market and its main actors.
Furthermore, there was shown a special interest in the in the theories of portfolio management, where Mr. Gjergji explained in details the types of portfolio management, possible risks that investors are exposed to and different investment funds currently operating in Albania.
In the end of this lecture, Mr. Gjergji explained in general terms about the process of clearing and settlement in the stock exchange, highlighting the importance of this institution in the capital market architecture.
This lecture was very interactive, in which the participants were interested by asking specific questions regarding the price decrease in the investment fund quotas in Albania during the pandemic period. Mr. Gjergji explained that the price volatility was created due to the panic of investors because of pandemy and that this phenomenon was a temporary one without exposing the market to a systemic risk.