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Diploma in Banking and Financial Services (DBF)Diploma inBanking and Financial Services (DBF)The banking and financial services sector is a major contributor of economic growth in Singapore. This course, with options in Banking and FinancialTrading, serves to meet the employment needs in this exciting and growing sector.Banking OptionThe Banking Option prepares you for arewarding and challenging career in thedynamic financial services sector. You canlook forward to building a career in areas suchas wealth management, retail banking andcorporate banking.This option will develop students’ analyticalskills and will equip them with a strongfoundation of banking knowledge, togetherwith soft skills essential for the bankingsector. In addition, the option providesopportunities for global experience inoverseas attachments in financial institutions,credit transfer programme in Japan andoverseas study tours.Some of the modules taught are Credit RiskAnalysis and Management, InternationalTrade Finance and Documentation, Treasury,Investment, Financial Planning, Banking Law,Wealth Advisory Process & Relationship Skillsand Customer Relationship Management.Financial Trading OptionSingapore is the fourth largest foreignexchange centre, the fastest growing financialfutures market and a major international centrefor fund management. This course aims totrain financial trading professionals who are indemand in Singapore.Students will be given realistic hands-ontrading exercises in the School’s DealingRoom. Computer software and simulationsare also used to enable them to learnTechnical Analysis, Macroeconomic Analysis,Forex Trading, Futures and Options, EquityAnalysis, Fixed Income Analysis and PortfolioManagement more effectively.Our students have gained the reputation ofbeing the best traders in national financialcompetitions, emerging as champions inthe SGX-NTU and Aiesec Financial FuturesGame 11 times as well as Simex Challengefor all 3 times.Our students are also reputed to be astutestrategists in business strategy competitions,being tertiary champions in the NationalManagement Competition for 6 consecutiveyears from 2004 to 2009, while our alumniteams won the new open competition in2011 and 2010. They went on to representSingapore in the Asian Management Game,attaining 2nd placing for AMG2010 in HongKong, 4th placing for AMG2009 in ChennaiIndia, 2nd placing for AMG2008 in Hong Kongand 3rd placing for AMG2006 in Macau.Career ProspectsAs Singapore continues to thrive as aninternational financial hub, there are goodemployment opportunities. Graduates ofthis course receive generous advancedstanding from reputable foreign universities.Graduates from both banking and financialtrading options are given exemptions fromthe examinations of professional bodiessuch as Association of Chartered CertifiedAccountants (ACCA). In addition, graduates94 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC PROSPECTUS 2012 - 2013