Financial Risk and Investment Analysis MSc – 2019 entry only
Master
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
1 Year
This highly practical course is designed to meet the challenges of today’s financial markets. You have the opportunity to specialise in financial technology (fintech).
You’ll learn from academic staff who are globally renowned for their teaching excellence and extensive industry experience.
Our curriculum is designed in consultation with major professional bodies including Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments (CISI).
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About this course
On successful completion of this MSc you are qualified to apply for graduate training positions as:
a quantitative risk analyst
a quantitative investment analyst
an asset manager in a bank, corporation, hedge fund or insurance company.
You should have a lower second-class (2.2) undergraduate honours degree or above (including an average mark of at least 57%).Graduate destinations
92% of students from the Department of Business and Management were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent University of Sussex Business School graduates have gone on to jobs including:
business analyst, HSBC
data analyst, Princes Trust
management graduate trainee, Lloyds Bank.
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Subjects
- Financial Risk
- Investment
- Global
- Finance
- IT risk
- Portfolio Management
- Research
- Project
- Financial Modelling
- Professional
Course programme
Core modules
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
- Portfolio Management
- Empirical Research Project
- Advanced Financial Modelling
- Essential Quantitative Finance
- Interest-Rate Sensitive Instruments
- International Equity Investments
- Market and Credit Risk Analysis
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
- Bank Risk Management
- Blockchain Finance and Cryptocurrency Markets
- Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Commodity and Energy Markets
- Corporate and International Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Cryptography
- Data Science Research Methods
- Financial computing with MATLAB
- Financial Crises and Bank Regulation
- Financial Derivatives
- Institutions in the Global Financial Market
- Machine Learning
- Monte Carlo Simulations
Additional information
Financial Risk and Investment Analysis MSc – 2019 entry only