Core modules
Asset Pricing
Explore the fundamental relationships between investors’ decision-making in the presence of uncertainty (“risk”) and the cross-sectional and inter-temporal properties of prices and returns of financial assets.
Corporate Financial Management
Gain an MSc-level knowledge of concepts and issues in Corporate Financial Management that enables you to solve general problems in the field.
Econometrics
Gain thorough training in econometrics with an emphasis on empirical modelling of economic and financial data.
Empirical Finance
Gain an understanding of the theory and practice of financial econometrics and the tools for the empirical analysis of financial time series and their application.
Macroeconomics
By the end of this module you will be familiar with and will have a strong grasp of contemporary macroeconomic theory and policy.
Microeconomics
Gain a graduate-level review of some aspects of microeconomics.
Ethics, Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance
This module has been designed to give you a deep and comprehensive understanding of ethics in everyday life, in business life, and in the working life of a financial professional.
Dissertation
A 6,000 word dissertation gives you the opportunity to test and apply techniques and theories you have been learning and to complete an original piece of research.
Research Methodology
The module aims to equip you with cutting-edge research methods alongside other programming skills and access to relevant data sources. You will be provided with training in programming and data handling from the very beginning of the course, to ensure that you have the required skills when needed for workshops and assignments in the core modules.
Optional modules
Optional modules can vary from year to year. Example optional modules may include:
Alternative Investments
Gain the insights needed to make well-informed decisions with regard to today’s complex investment management environment.
Behavioural Finance
Study financial markets using models that are less narrow than those based on Von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility theory and arbitrage assumptions.
Big Data Analytics
This module will cover a wide range of cutting edge research in Big Data Analytics, with a particular focus on the extensive value of data from the Internet, much of which is freely available if you have the skills to mine it.
Derivative Securities
Develop an in-depth understanding of the characteristics of different classes of derivative securities.
Financial Reporting & Financial Statement Analysis
Learn how to interpret financial statements in context and apply appropriate models and techniques for company valuation and related business issues.
Financial Risk Management
Gain an understanding of the need for financial risk management, the techniques to measure financial risks according to the regulatory framework, and tools for the management of risk exposure.
Fixed Income & Credit Risk
Get to grips with the tools for the assessment and management of fixed income and credit risk.
International Financial Management
Extend your knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts of international finance, with an emphasis on the operation of the spot and forward foreign exchange markets.
Judgement & Decision Making
Gain an introduction to the psychology of human judgement and decision making.
Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Control
This module will introduce you to the basic issues in mergers and acquisitions from corporate finance point of view.
Practice of Investment Management
Gain a realistic experience of the responsibilities involved in managing money for clients.
Behavioural Economics
Learn about the main theoretical and empirical debates and concepts in Behavioural Economics.
Labour Economics
During this module you will develop skills in combining theoretical models and empirical results to address policy issues related to employment, unemployment and wages.
Topics in Public Finance
The purpose of the module is to understand the role of the government through expenditure and taxation, as well as develop an idea on topics such as externalities and the political economy.
Development Economics
Gain the analytical tools and the knowledge to study and understand aspects of economic development in developing countries.
Topics in Applied Macroeconomics
Gain the ability to discuss, critically evaluate and recommend policy options in various areas of macroeconomics.
Topics in Applied Microeconomics
Gain the ability to understand, discuss, and critically evaluate microeconomic policies.
Topics in Global Finance
This module is a challenging technical course. It covers advanced topics in global finance and aims to equip you with a variety of theoretical and econometric tools to understand current events in the global economy and to analyse policy responses.
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