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Staying up to date on the latest Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and understanding the implications of the European Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) on the sale and marketing of investment products is vital for investment and asset management professionals. The regulatory requirement is for professionals in these fields to be either qualified Investment Service Professionals or Investment Advisers, and these certifications are what our APV1 and APV2 courses deliver. We also run various topical seminars and online courses for investment and asset management professionals.

Those in more specialized positions can seek Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification or obtain a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) diploma through us. In addition to the above, we provide programs for aspiring specialists in private equity and venture capital, responsible investment, and ESG analysis. 

Regular training and retraining are the best way to build your investment expertise. Which one of our programs would suit you best? Look at what we have to offer and find the program that is right for you.

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Meet Our Faculty

Antti Suhonen

Antti Suhonen is a Professor of Practice in Finance at Aalto University School of Business.

He also works as a consultant and adviser to clients in the financial services sector, focusing on financial markets, derivatives, and alternative investments. His teaching and research interests include alternative investments, financial institutions, and fixed-income and credit markets. He is also engaged in financial training for professional audiences.

He previously held various derivatives structuring, product development, sales, and trading roles in investment banking over two decades, most recently as Managing Director at Barclays Capital in London.

Antti Suhonen holds an M.Sc. (Economics) and a Ph.D. (Finance) from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.

Niku Määttänen

Dr. Niku Määttänen is professor of macroeconomics at the University of Helsinki and Helsinki Graduate School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland.

His research interests include Public finance, Housing Markets and Makroeconomics. His areas of teaching are Macroeconomics numerical methods in Economics. His academic articles have been published in well-recognized journals such as Journal of Economic Theory and Review of Economic Dynamics.

Prior to joining University of Helsinki in August 2020, he was a research director at the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy. He has also been teaching at Aalto University and University of Helsinki for several years.

Niku Määttänen has a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, M.Sc. in Economics from University of Pompeu Fabra, and M.Sc. from University of Helsinki, Finland.

Markku Kaustia

Markku Kaustia is the Hannes Gebhard Professor in Finance and Insurance at Aalto University School of Business.

His areas of research include finance, investments, financial markets, assets management, investor behavior, and psychology. His research has been published in leading academic journals, like the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Journal of Finance.

Professor Kaustia is a regular speaker and teacher for finance professionals and conferences. He has investigated micro-foundations of investment epidemics, dynamics of investors' risk aversion, and behavioral biases of finance professionals. 

He has been at Aalto University, School of Business, Department of Finance, since 2008. As a Visiting Professor, he has taught in the USA at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business (2011-2012), and at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business (2012-2013).

In 2014, Aalto University established the position of Hannes Gebhard Professor in Finance & Insurance to acknowledge the support of the OP-Pohjola Group in promoting scientific research in finance. Hannes Gebhard was a Finnish businessman, professor of economic history & economics, member of Parliament & father of the Finnish Cooperative Business.

Markku Kaustia has a Ph.D. in Finance from Aalto University School of Business.

Elias Rantapuska

Dr. Elias Rantapuska is an Associate Professor of Finance and Department chair at Aalto University School of Business Department of Finance and currently visiting Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Management.

He holds D.Sc. (Econ.) from Helsinki School of Economics. Prior to joining Aalto University, Elias worked for Nordea, J.P. Morgan, and McKinsey & Company. After joining Aalto University in 2010, Elias has worked as a visiting scholar and professor at Bank of Finland, BI Norwegian Business School, HKUST, NYU, and SSE. He also frequently engages with practitioners through consulting engagements.

His current academic research interests include topics such as the role of feelings, experiences, and family relationships in investment decisions.

Markku Maula

Markku Maula is Professor of Venture Capital and the Head of the Institute of Strategy and Venturing at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University.

His research focuses on value creation-related issues in business strategy and corporate finance, particularly on venture capital and private equity, technology-based new firms, corporate venturing, mergers and acquisitions, and innovation.

Maula has received several international awards and has published his research in leading journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Organization Science, Research Policy, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and Strategic Management Journal.

Maula is Editor of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and serves on the Editorial Boards of Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, and Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance. He was the founding director of the Aalto Ventures Program, served on many scientific committees and organizations, and acted as an advisor to many firms and government agencies on issues related to his areas of expertise in Finland and abroad.

He was appointed as a professor in 2004 and tenured in 2009. He graduated with a Doctor of Science in Technology (with distinction) in 2001. Before that, he graduated with an MSc (Econ.), majoring in Finance at Helsinki School of Economics (2000) and an MSc (Eng.) (with distinction) in Strategy at Helsinki University of Technology (2000). He has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University, Scancor, in 2000 and 2012, and at INSEAD in 2010 and 2015. Before his academic career, he worked at Nokia and CapMan.

Mika Leskinen

Mika Leskinen, Investment Director of S-Bank, is one of Finland's most experienced sustainable investing professionals with more than 15 years of experience.

In the IRRI survey 2017, Leskinen was the world's TOP 50 ESG influencer in the asset managers category. In 2023 he was selected as the 29th most important ESG influencer in the world in the Onalytica listing.

Leskinen is an active speaker in domestic and international sustainable investing events. He has been on the Commission for Sustainable Investment of the Church Pension Fund (Kirkon eläkerahasto) from 2016-2020 and Chairman of the Finsif Board 2018. Leskinen has been widely quoted and also quoted in media and non-fiction books.

Michael Ungeheuer

Dr. Michael Ungeheuer is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Aalto University School of Business Department of Finance. His research interests include Investor Behavior, Asset Pricing, and Household Finance.

Teaching areas are Capstone Valuation, Corporate Finance, Derivatives, International Asset Management, Investments and Asset Pricing, and Risk Management.

He has been at Aalto University, School of Business, Department of Finance, since 2017. Prior to joining Aalto University, he has been Research and Teaching Assistant in the University of Mannheim, Germany.

Michael Ungeheuer has a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Mannheim, Germany, M.Sc. in Finance from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, and a Diplom Business Economics from the University of Mannheim, Germany.

Matthijs Lof

Matthijs Lof is an Associate Professor of Finance at Aalto University School of Business.

He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Helsinki and an MSc in Econometrics from the University of Amsterdam. Prior to joining Aalto, he had worked at the European Central Bank and the Dutch Central Bank.

His research interests include asset pricing, financial markets, and investor behavior. His work is published in leading journals including Management Science, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and the Journal of Corporate Finance.

David Derichs

Dr. Derichs is Senior University Lecturer at Aalto University School of Business, Department of Accounting.

He is currently engaged in one early-stage startups as senior advisor and draws on more than eight years of international strategy consulting experience at RB (formerly Roland Berger Strategy Consultants).

In his current position as Senior University Lecturer, Dr. Derichs’ research focuses on Performance Measurement and Management, Digitalization of the Finance Function, Cost Accounting, Financial Planning, Lifewide Learning, and Healthcare Productivity related topics. He teaches Financial Management, Performance Management, Cost Accounting, Financial Planning, Information Systems, and Financial Accounting related topics at all levels of the university education cycle (BSc, MSc, MBA, PhD, Lifewide Learning). Recently, he established an international reputation for educational innovation (esp. VR cases) and received three prices for educational development – most notably the Entrepreneurship Facilitator of the year awarded by Kauppalehti and Liikemies Foundation. 

As a management/strategy consultant at RB, Dr. Derichs worked on investor support, restructuring and strategic reorientation related engagements across Europe and Asia in a large variety of contexts, including Engineered Products, Healthcare, Platform Businesses, Consumer Goods, Media, and Banking.  

David Derichs holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Aalto University and an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE).

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Anyone Can Become an Investor – Which Is Why Service Providers Need to Know What They Are Doing

The last few years have seen an awakening among Finnish households to the possibilities of investing and asset management in combating over-indebtedness on the one hand and preparing for changes in circumstances on the other. The rapid rise in the number of investment service providers and the diversification of investment options have made investing accessible to everyone. Legislative reforms have also helped to make investing safer and easier.

Finns are traditionally cautious spenders who save for a rainy day and tie their money up in real estate and low-yield investments such as savings accounts. However, a clear shift has emerged in attitudes toward stocks and shares and investing in general over the decades. The Finnish Business and Policy Forum’s Values and Attitudes Survey of October 2019 found 62% of the respondents agreeing with the statement that, despite the risks involved, investing offers an excellent way to increase the prosperity of both private citizens and the national economy as a whole.

With more and more Finns jumping on the bandwagon of investing, investment service providers need to be savvier than ever before. The next generation of service providers will have to be able to offer not only a competitive range of investment products but also advice to novices and seasoned investors alike.