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Opleiding: Investment and Finance, MSc
Learning purpose
The Investment and Finance masters offers you the chance to gain the knowledge and understanding central to the investment and finance sector, together with the appropriate practical skills. It is specifically designed to open up new opportunities and provide you with an excellent understanding of the important issues dominating the financial world today. The emphasis of the Investment and Finance masters throughout is on understanding and applying finance theory to real-world cases.
Programme
This course provides an advanced programme of study in the areas of global capital markets, international risk management, corporate finance, portfolio management and financial modelling, with particular emphasis on issues of direct relevance to finance and investment. Knowledge of financial institutions and markets is developing rapidly and this course provides an up-to-date evaluation of the theory, with an emphasis on the practical application of this knowledge. You will develop quantitative skills for financial investment and analysis and the critical and analytical powers to evaluate the theoretical underpinning on which finance relies.
You will be expected to attend all lectures and seminars and prescribed activities. Regular assignments involve the use of software packages.
Your knowledge and understanding will be assessed througha combination of formal examinations and coursework.
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- Dissertation (60 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to bring together the knowledge and skills developed during the programme and apply them to the problems of formulation, design, execution and analysis of an original research project on a substantive financial issue. It also aims to provide an opportunity for the students to extend their knowledge of a selected topic and to apply it to the formulation and design of a substantive investigation
- Financial Modelling and Data Analysis (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module presents statistical methods and explores the application of these methods to analytical models in finance. The aim is to provide students with the analytical and programming skills necessary to pursue empirical studies in finance. The students are encouraged to use previous knowledge in statistics and computer programming
- Financial Theory and Application (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- The aim of this module is to provide a rigorous grounding in the theory of finance and equip students with knowledge/techniques that are required for arriving at investment and financial decisions. Students are exposed to a thorough synthesis of the empirical research in finance, with an emphasis on the applications of the principles. Based on recent theoretical and empirical developments, the course explores the framework in which multinational corporations make their financial and investment decisions.
- International Risk Management (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- The first part of the course provides an overview of the nature and operation of global capital markets and traded financial instruments. Students are exposed to the organisation of the international financial system and the markets for stocks, bonds, and foreign exchange. The second part deals with international risk assessment and management. At the end of this module the student should have a solid grasp of the financial problems facing international corporations, multinational companies, fund managers, treasury departments, banks and investment houses.
- Portfolio Analysis and Investment Management (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module provides participants with a sound grounding in the theory and practice of portfolio and asset management. This is achieved by exposing students to key concepts and fundamentals of modern asset allocation, risk management, fund style, and investment performance evaluation.
Entry Requirements
Normally a good honours degree with an applied quantitative element or the equivalent from a recognised overseas University. If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL 575 paper based 233 computer based 91 Internet based
English language requirements
You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL (paper based) 575 or TOEFL (internet based) 90 with specified minimum scores for each component.
Professional perspective and employment market
Our accounting and finance graduates are highly attractive to employers because of their analytical and problem-solving skills and their ability to think logically and quantitatively.
Any student who completes our Investment and Finance masters can apply to the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or other accountancy bodies for exemption from some of their professional exams. You can then sit more professional exams once you've graduated to work to become a chartered accountant.
Some of our graduates have gained lucrative graduate training contracts at prestigious companies and many are working for very well known and respected organisations.
Where do our graduates go?
Based on data from the respondents of the 2007 Destination of Leavers in Higher Education survey, six months after graduating
- 75% of Middlesex graduates were in employment
- 25% went on to further study
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