Programme Structure

This module provides students with an understanding of accounting concepts and the application of these concepts to communication, monitoring, and resource allocation. A framework for a thorough comprehension of financial statements and their analysis will be created with the completion of this module.

Students will review the field of quantitative investment strategies from the perspective of portfolio managers, analysts, and investors. The purpose of this module is to provide direct exposure to the problems facing quantitative analysts and to discuss modern quantitative approaches in Finance and Investment.

This module gives students the capacity to understand theories and apply techniques that have been developed in corporate finance to real-world situations. This module will provide graduates with a thorough knowledge of the financing decision, investing decision and managerial decision (the key decision in corporate financial management).

This module will provide students with an understanding of the structure of various financial markets and familiarise them with major financial institutions such as banks, stock exchanges, and brokers. The module will analyse how the market structures potentially create and mitigate financial risk to market participants and end users.

This module will introduce principles and concepts essential to developing an understanding of risk, and its management. Standards, requirements, and legal expectations for formal risk management within an organisation will all be examined in depth to gain the appreciation of risk characteristics and influences necessary to implement effective risk management.

This module is aimed at providing both soft and professional level skills to students studying the MSc in Finance, the MSc in Risk Management or the MSc in Investment Banking and Securities.

This module introduces techniques for using any form of derivatives instruments as both a risk and portfolio management tool. It also helps the students to design and develop financial models and drawing from theories in international financial management, and how such models can be improved using the derivatives.

This module provides a rigorous foundation in the study of derivatives and alternative investment securities and their role in risk management. Students will also understand the features and requirements of using these derivatives and the combination of them to hedge risks in complex financial circumstances

By reviewing this module, students will be provided with a detailed framework and guidance for preparing their Final Project (Dissertation). Concepts such as research processes, types of research, research methodology, and sources of collection and analysis of data will be reviewed.

The aim of the dissertation is to provide the student's with the ability to carry out detailed research, conduct critical thinking and provide solutions for a specific problem.

These skills sets are both useful in academic and commercial context.