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.

Students will develop a deeper understanding of different segments in the fixed-income and equity investment markets. The module will introduce the valuation of fixed/equity income securities, the management of fixed/equity income investment portfolios, and examination of how private equity funds are raised and structured. The syllabus provides a detailed analysis of the types of finance used in private equity and fixed income assets and an evaluation of the short and long-term performance of these investments.

Derivatives have become one of the most important tools of modern finance and this module is designed to introduce finance students to the theoretical and practical aspects of financial futures, options, and other derivatives. The module content requires a greater use of quantitative methods and theoretical reasoning making this a challenging and rewarding course.

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 students 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.