Msc wealth management economics and finance
Postgraduate
In London
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
London
Overview
The MSc Wealth Management is a specialist degree that aims to provide practical and theoretical training in areas of major financial interest, in particular Investment management and corporate finance. At the same time its ambition will be to gain, like other programmes being offered by leading universities, the CISI Diploma.
Designed for students and professionals who aim to pursue a career in finance and other, related areas, this programme provides a unique set of perspectives on how financial markets operate, grounded in economic and financial theory and practice. Examples of topics covered include: optimal capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio management, risk management, derivatives and finance microstructure.
The programme will bring the latest advances of applied research and is specifically designed to impart a thorough knowledge of the main components of commercial and investment banking and the changing structure of the international financial industry. It is designed so as to offer flexibility and progressive specialisation to educate experts the industry is requiring and includes nine compulsory modules that are the necessary foundations to master financing and capital budgeting issues. Then, students will opt for one elective.
Contact
If you are a prospective student or a current applicant and your query is related to admission, then please email
If you are a current student or your query is non-admissions related, then please email James Kilvington ().
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 8848
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Subjects
- Management Economics
- Derivatives
- Financial Training
- Wealth Management
- IT risk
- Industry
- Financial
- Finance
- Banking
- International
- Economics
- Investment
- Investment Management
- Risk Management
- Investment Banking
- Risk
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Course programme
Structure
The study programme consists of 9 compulsory modules and one electives with an even split between semesters. Students study compulsory modules the first semester (September through to December) and select from a extensive choice of elective modules in the second semester (January to March).
During the summer period, supervised by an academic member of staff, students will have to complete a dissertation project.
Students will also be offered a two-week pre-sessional course whose aim is to introduce students without a strong quantitative background to the necessary mathematics and statistical concepts.
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Asset Management
- International Finance
- Alternative Investments
- Behavioural Finance
- Risk Management for Banking
- Principles of Accounting
- Applied Risk Management
- Cases in Business Finance
- Topics in Financial Econometrics
- Bond Market Strategies
- Valuation and Private Equity
- Credit Ratings
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Strategic Asset Allocation
- Systematic Trading Strategies
- Machine Learning Applications for Finance
- China and Global Financial Markets
- Real Estate Finance
- Financial Data Analytics
Modules subject to change
Msc wealth management economics and finance