Investment Management MSc
Master
In Bangor
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Start date
September
The course offers students a sound knowledge of the theoretical foundations that underpin modern investment and risk management techniques, and prepares them for entry into the fast growing investment management industry. The programme aims to cover the traditional syllabus of a Masters degree in finance whilst providing students with advanced level management and business training in specialised areas of investment, such as the management of equity and bond portfolios; trading techniques; risk management; management of foreign exchange and derivative securities and emerging markets investment. Students will benefit from a unique opportunity to use various online databases available in Bangor Business School, such as Bloomberg, DataStream and SNL.
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About this course
The course aims to enable understudies to: Demonstrate a good understanding of the pricing of the main financial assets traded in international financial markets.
Apply finance theory to portfolio selection and asset pricing.
Demonstrate an awareness of the implications of finance theory for best practice in investment strategy and portfolio management.
Demonstrate a good understanding of the derivative and foreign exchange markets, including the roles of hedging, speculation and arbitrage.
Critically evaluate empirical evidence concerning the operation of international financial markets.
Graduates of the MSc in Investment Management are expected to obtain employment in a variety of careers in investment institutions, and will be ideally positioned to become investment specialists or managers and consultants in other corporate bodies. Some students would progress into further postgraduate research study.
IELTS of 6.0 (with no element below 5.5)
Pearson PTE: a score of 56 (with no element lower than 51)
Cambridge English Test – Advanced: 169 (with no element lower than 162)
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Subjects
- Management
- Risk
- Risk Management
- Investment Management
- Financial Modelling
- Investment
- IT
- International
- Finance
- Financial
- IT risk
- Financial Training
- IT Management
- Research methods
- Financial Analysis
- International financial management
- Behavioural finance
- Financial Engineering
- Financial Econometrics
- International Financial Markets
- Financial Stability
- Current Issues in International Finance
- Investment Strategy and Portfolio Management
Course programme
Investment Management MSc