Financial Risk Management (Taught)

This Masters in Financial Risk Management focuses on the risk management and the quantification of several types of risk such as financial, including market risk and some elements of liquidity and counterpart risk.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• Financial Risk Management will provide you with a thorough understanding of advanced econometric analysis, theories of risk, including bond market interest rate determination, market risk, liquidity risk and counterpart risk and the role and impact of financial regulations.

• It will equip you with up to date risk management skills for the quantification of risk and the optimal asset allocation. These skills are essential for managing and hedging market, credit and interest rate risks.

• You will have access to statistical packages, such as MATLAB and EViews, and a dedicated computer lab that will enable you to put theory into practice.

• We are partners with Bloomberg Experiential Learning. The ELP program recognises and celebrates academic institutions that are leaders in experiential learning through the integration of Bloomberg terminal exercises into curriculum.

• Take advantage of our individualised skills development programme, which will ensure you balance academic theory with crucial employability skills to help you maximise your potential and achieve your career goals.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take four core and a selection of optional courses, and complete a substantial independent piece of work, normally in the form of a dissertation.

Core courses
Financial Markets, Securities and Derivatives
Financial Risk Analytics
Mathematical Finance
Modelling and Forecasting Financial Time Series

Optional courses
Applied Computational Finance
Basic Econometrics
Behavioral Economics:Theory and Applications
Corporate Finance and Investment
Financial Services
Investments & Portfolio Management
Machine Learning in Finance with Python

Research project
Dissertation GCEFS

CAREER PROSPECTS
As a graduate you will be qualified to work in risk management, asset management companies, hedge funds, wealth management banks and central banks. Graduates have found employment with companies such as Morgan Stanley, HSBC, KPMG, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. We have a dedicated careers and employability team who provide 1-2-1 support and advice, group workshops, employer events on campus and networking opportunities throughout the year to help you with your career prospects.