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.
2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Physics, or another highly mathematical discipline.
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.
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
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