Full time
1 year
30-SEP-24
MSc - Master of Science
Finance / Accounting (General) Business / Finance
Taught
The MSc in International Finance provides a superb opportunity for you to gain expert knowledge of the forces that shape and move the global economy. You will study financial markets, investments, corporate finance, and international finance, as well as portfolio management, and banking and capital markets.
Overview
As a student on the MSc in International Finance, you will gain a thorough understanding of international financial markets, financial institutions, and financial instruments. You will study equity instruments, bonds and other fixed-income instruments, derivatives, and risk management. In corporate finance, you will build an in-depth understanding of the financing options available to companies and their tax implications, the choice of a company’s capital structure, evaluation of the company’s cost of capital and its relevance to investment decisions, measurement and evaluation of financial performance, and dividend policy.
In the area of international capital markets, you will study foreign exchange markets, and you will develop an understanding of the complex factors affecting the movement of capital in a globalized world. To underpin your study of financial instruments and financial markets, you will be encouraged to develop an independent capability to design and estimate appropriate models for the analysis of financial data.
Potential careers:
Financial strategy;
Actuarial profession;
Corporate banking;
Tax;
Investment analysis;
Financial trading;
Retail banking.
For this course (per year)
£8,835
For this course (per year)
£17,905
2:2 Bachelors (Honours) degree, or equivalent, in any discipline. Non-graduates will be considered individually based on relevant work experience and/or professional qualifications. Applicants are encouraged to submit an up-to-date CV as part of their application.
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Full time | 1 year | 30-SEP-24
Full time | 1 year | 30-SEP-24