Finance is concerned with the study of financial instruments, institutions, markets and systems. It involves the study of financial decision making under uncertainty, which has applications in many fields including banking, financial consulting and planning, funds management, merchant banking, stockbroking and treasury.
This programme provides rigorous training in the theory and applications of finance. The programme involves a core in mainstream finance supplemented with studies in related quantitative techniques and methodologies, economics and management.
Upon completion of this programme, graduates will understand:
- how corporations make financial decisions
- how individual investors select and manage their investment opportunities and portfolios
- the intricacies of derivative securities
- the management of the financial services industry