Specialization in Investment Management
The global asset management industry overseas trillions of dollars across asset classes (equities, fixed income, commodities), institutional settings (hedge funds, ETFs, mutual funds, pension funds, insurance companies), geographical locations and management philosophies. The industry invests on behalf of households, endowments, firms and governments, aiming to provide favourable risk-adjusted returns, provide crucial diversification, and allocate risks efficiently. The investment management industry also ensures that the economy’s capital is deployed in productive uses, matching funds to investment opportunities.
The specialization in Investment Management aims to prepare participants for careers in this industry and related fields. It provides a solid analytical foundation for understanding risk and return, value creation, and regulatory and legal institutions in asset markets. It is built on academic rigor, including recent technical advances, to build a deep understanding of key issues in managing assets. The program provides a hands-on toolkit to enable students apply these insights and be fully effective in challenging and interesting roles immediately on graduation.
The program is designed for students with a Bachelor’s degree and some prior academic experience of finance topics, but accommodates a wide range of backgrounds. Pedagogical methods, including case-based teaching and extensive interactions with practitioners and corporate partners, are designed to prepare all our students for their desired career trajectories, and benefit from the range of nationalities and backgrounds of our students.
Courses linked to the specialization in Investment Management
On this page, you can find an overview of the courses that are currently given by faculty members from the Department of Finance and that belong to the specialization in Investment Management.