Financial Analysis Training That Actually Works
We've spent years figuring out what makes analysts succeed in South Korea's demanding finance sector. The answer isn't memorizing formulas—it's understanding how markets actually behave when pressure hits. Our October 2025 cohort focuses on real scenarios that don't appear in textbooks.
What Our Graduates Actually Achieve
These numbers come from tracking our students over 18 months. Not promises—just what happened when people learned to think like analysts instead of memorizing templates.
From program start to independently analyzing sector reports without supervision
Average increase in forecast precision after completing our scenario-based modules
How much faster graduates process quarterly reports compared to their baseline
Real Markets Don't Follow Theory
Last year, three of our students spotted irregularities in semiconductor sector reporting that traditional models missed completely. They weren't smarter than everyone else. They just knew what actual manipulation looks like because we'd shown them 40 real cases from 2020-2024.
That's the difference. You can read about financial statement analysis, or you can spend weeks dissecting why Hanjin Shipping's books looked fine until they didn't. One approach teaches concepts. The other teaches recognition—which is what matters when your employer asks for your opinion.
Why Most Financial Training Fails
We interviewed 140 people who'd taken other courses. They all mentioned the same problems. So we built our program around fixing those specific issues instead of repeating them.
What Doesn't Work
You learn ratio formulas but can't explain why Samsung's debt-to-equity looks different from Hyundai's—or why that's normal.
Analyzing Apple's financials doesn't help when you're evaluating a mid-sized Korean manufacturing firm with different reporting standards.
You submit assignments, get a grade, never understand why your analysis missed the real issue buried in footnote 17.
Learning from 2015 financial statements when regulatory requirements and market conditions have shifted completely.
Our Approach
Learn shipbuilding analysis from someone who spent 12 years covering that sector. Different industries need different analytical frameworks.
Every example comes from Korean companies with K-GAAP reporting. You'll recognize the patterns when you see them at work.
Submit your work Friday, get detailed video feedback by Monday. We show you exactly where your logic went sideways.
All cases use 2023-2024 financials. You're learning current market conditions, not historical curiosities.
Practice With Real Pressure
Month five of the program, we give you an actual analyst report from 2023—company name redacted—and four hours to find the problems. Not theoretical problems. The actual issues that cost investors money six months later. About half our students find two of the three red flags. The ones who spot all three? They're ready for real work. This isn't about passing a test. It's about knowing what competence feels like before your job depends on it.
Who's Actually Teaching This
We don't hire academics who've never worked outside universities. Every instructor has at least eight years analyzing companies for money—the kind where being wrong has consequences.
Henrik Thorstad
Technology Sector Lead
Covered semiconductor and electronics companies for Mirae Asset from 2013 to 2024. Left because he got tired of explaining the same analytical mistakes to junior analysts who'd learned theory but not practice. Now teaches the practical part first.
Seraphine Voclain
Manufacturing Sector Specialist
Spent nine years at KB Securities focusing on automotive and heavy industry. She's the one who'll explain why Hyundai's supplier relationships matter more than most ratio analysis—and how to quantify that in your reports.
Dimitrios Kapnias
Financial Services Analyst
Worked in banking sector analysis since 2012, including three years during the restructuring period. Teaches the module on what bank financial statements are actually hiding—because they're always hiding something.
Vaughn Ridgemont
Healthcare Sector Expert
Covered pharma and biotech for institutional investors. Most of his companies went nowhere, some went bankrupt, three became huge. He'll teach you how to tell which is which before it's obvious to everyone else.
Program Structure Overview
Nine months, three phases, increasing complexity. By month seven you're working on analysis that would take experienced analysts days to complete.
| Program Component | Foundation Track | Advanced Track |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | 6 months part-time | 9 months part-time |
| Weekly Time Commitment | 12-15 hours including assignments | 18-22 hours including deep-dive projects |
| Live Analysis Sessions | Bi-weekly sector reviews | Weekly sector reviews plus monthly expert panels |
| Case Study Volume | 24 complete company analyses | 40+ analyses including crisis scenarios |
| Sectors Covered | 4 major sectors (tech, manufacturing, finance, retail) | All 8 sectors including specialized industries |
| Feedback Format | Written commentary on submissions | Video walkthroughs showing thought process |
| Practical Projects | 3 portfolio company analyses | 6 portfolio analyses plus 2 distressed company evaluations |
| Start Date | October 2025 cohort | October 2025 cohort |