Master of Finance - Investment Management (IMM)

The full-time day-time Master of Finance – Investment Management (FT MoF-IMM) program aims to provide degree graduates who would like to specialize in investment management, particularly those with no or little work experience, with a combination of solid finance concepts and up-to-date industry know-how. Furthermore, the program prepares students for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) examination.

Program Outcomes

On completion of the FT MoF-IMM program, graduates will be able to:

The Master's Degree course in Investment Strategy and Internationalisation is an innovative course in the international panorama and has been designed for graduate degree holders of different areas who want advanced and in-depth knowledge of International Management. Competencies obtained are nuclear for the practice of management, which is increasingly international and global.

The globalisation of world commerce, communications, financial markets and transports has given birth to a new world order, which can be seen reflected in the way companies are managed.

The Master's course aims for the development of technical competencies and behavioural competencies appropriate for business management and to be able to meet challenges posed by international companies. In addition, the course ensures a preparation for its students which is focused on all aspects related to a borderless world of business management.... [-]

The Master of Applied Finance with a double specialization in Investing and Corporate Treasury is for students who are interested in focusing on investment, portfolio management, and corporate treasury.

The degree will allow you to integrate technical, theoretical and industry knowledge on the operation and organization of – and participation in – local and international finance. Corporate Treasury specialization aims at exposing you to specialized knowledge and skills necessary to operate as the interface between a firm and financial markets and institutions, while the Investing specialization focuses on investment and portfolio management.

This is a 2-year program. Students can undertake a 1.5-year degree and specialize in Financial Services, Investing or Corporate Treasury. The degree is targeted at students who have a bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Maths or IT - if you do not have an academic background in these areas you should consider studying the Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance.... [-]

The Master of Applied Finance (Investing) is for students interested in acquiring an advanced understanding of investment and portfolio management.

You will study the theory and practice of financial management and gain an understanding of the global financial system. Additionally, competing approaches to corporate governance and business ethics will be developed, and you will learn how to provide protection against portfolio, financial and corporate risks.

Students are provided with realistic stock market simulations and are introduced to modern portfolio theory and practice with a focus on optimal investment decision-making. You will experience the pressure of live markets and learn how to manage portfolios through a portfolio simulation that allows you to trade shares, options, bonds, managed funds, international stocks with realistic stock market simulations. The degree if targeted at students who have a bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Maths or IT, if you do not have an academic background in these areas you should consider studying the Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance.... [-]

Explore the intricate world of finance on a graduate level with the Master of Management in Finance and Investment, one of the hallmarks of the Wits Business School. With a special focus on the emerging market and its particular financial needs, the MMFI is designed to administer dedicated, comprehensive training to prospective financial practitioners, increasing their knowledge base exponentially for an effective real-world application. Learn the inner workings of financial markets, the inherent opportunities present, and how to channel this understanding into making a valuable contribution on a local scale for our collective benefit.

The Master of Management in Finance and Investment is a full-time, one-year block-release programme. It includes a set of core courses, track-oriented elective courses, and a programme thesis that must be completed in 12 months. The thesis will focus on one of the following specialization streams: Investment and Financial Engineering; Banking, Capital Markets, and International Finance; or Corporate Finance.... [-]

The Master in Stock Exchange and Financial Markets form high-level specialists in financial and economic area, addressing practically necessary for proper analysis and financial asset management tools. The aim is to provide the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve a theoretical and practical knowledge of financial markets and specifically the stock market.

With the agreement of the European Graduate Institute with the King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, the Online Master in Financial Markets is offered with dual degree from both institutions of high prestige in Spain and internationally.

If you are interested in training in the area of ​​business economics, the Online Master in Financial Management, Banking and Stock Will provide you with the knowledge to become an expert. You can understand and participate in the Financial processes And in the management of companies in general, or in those specialized in economy in particular.

Thanks to the master's curriculum, you can analyze and evaluate the different financial statements, Prepare budgets And manage different operations. In addition, you'll be a specialist in different areas of banking and you'll be able to analyze markets and investments. You will also know the International taxation, Which will open many doors in the globalized world in which we live.... [-]

The Master in Financial Markets and Exchange form high-level specialists in finance, addressing practically necessary for proper analysis and financial asset management tools.

What are the program objectives?

The objective of the Master in Financial Markets is to provide the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve a theoretical and practical knowledge of financial markets and specifically the stock market. Students will learn the structure of a financial system and analyze the pool of assets, markets and intermediaries that comprise it.

Why Choose Us?

The online learning methodology is based on the "case method", video classes, virtual sessions and interactive exercises, ensuring practical training and student participation, focused on solving problems and not just in the knowledge acquisition. The faculty is formed by professors and professionals in the company with extensive experience in the subjects taught and recognized prestige. Customized training of the European Institute Graduate, allows daily monitoring of the student and ongoing support from tutors through a weekly schedule of activities.... [-]

Finance includes an introduction to basic finance and furnishes the students with useful skills, analytical tools, and perspectives which provide a sound basis for financial decision-making. Banking equips students to become successful in a branch which demands effective banking skills. Successful bankers are gregarious and assertive. The aim is to bring students into contact with real life banking problems, through which students also acquire a number of managerial techniques. The investment covers investments and asset pricing, option and derivatives pricing, and portfolio management with applications to financial models and data. It is appropriate for highly numerate students with a strong background in economics, who wish to pursue careers in financial institutions or in the industry which call for such advanced analytical skills.... [-]

The topicality of presented program is defined by a recent rise in investing and financial activity performed by corporations of China, South Korea and other Asia-Pacific countries on the markets of Russian Federation and more specifically Russian Far East. In that case, we continue to observe growing necessity in widening of Russian legal knowledge among business environment of interested partners. We assume that our considerable role in legal education and research of legal matters may be of invaluable use for foreign partners’ better understanding of Russian private law regulations, comparative legal analysis and both legal and business practice in Russia.

Program goals

LLM program “Russian business and investment law” (RBIL) designed for the training of high-class lawyers employed in companies and organizations performing international business activities and transactions with Russian partners. Structure of program includes general courses on basics of Russian legal system and its specific measurements from one side, and peculiar courses enclosed on legal and business practice in Russian Far East.... [-]

The Master of Banking, Investment, and Finance provides specialized and high-level knowledge in the sciences of Banking, Investment and Finance in people working or wishing to follow a career in financial services, banks, investment and brokerage companies, or companies in the public and private sector.

The Master of Banking, Investment, and Finance combines theoretical training provision so that students are able to deepen their scientific developments in the field, with practical training approach to the analysis of real situations. Practical exercises include analyzing the financial performance of companies, formulating and implementing investment strategies, measurement, and management of market and credit risk, measuring the value of shares and businesses, training strategy and financial evaluation of alternative financial resources and investment. All students are required to prepare a dissertation.... [-]

Master in Portfolio Management

This is the first Master in Spain exclusively focused on Portfolio Management. It satisfies the existing demand in the Spanish market that arises from the growing sophistication in portfolio management that results from new financial instruments available to the manager (options, futures, swaps, strips, etc...).

In addition, the Programme not only goes into the details of the characteristics of those assets most traditionally used by managers (fixed income, equity, etc...), but also describes in depth newly appeared funds which are currently available to the manager or final investor ( REITs, Venture Capital Funds, mortgage-backed, guaranteed return funds, second-generation structured products, etc...).... [-]

Master of Financial Options and Futures

Since the year 2000, the IEB has offered the only Master solely focused on the field of Derivatives. Since the end of the 80s, options and futures have become the cornerstone of financial markets. We have seen how the convergence process towards the single currency has brought about an important drop in interest rates which ultimately resulted in traditional investment products losing their appeal.

Consequently, the different Investment Banks have sought imaginative alternative investments through the use of derivatives (Guaranteed Funds, Indexed Bonds and Deposits, Equity Swaps, Warrants, etc...). This process implies greater sophistication of financial products in coming years with the aim of achieving a better balance between risk and returns for the investor.... [-]

Master in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking

Throughout recent years, Investment Banking in general and Corporate Finance, in particular, have considerably evolved. Firstly, big Corporations require greater added value new services from the banks they work with. Secondly, companies are confronted by the wide diversity and sophistication of the financial operations that require tailor-made and personalised treatment. In addition, it is ever more obvious that Investment Banks are obliged to convert themselves into Global Banks capable of meeting any request from either companies or private investors.

So, the specialised professionals in this area, as well as financial departments of companies, have seen how the financial tools required to meet their new needs have become considerably more complicated; training in this field is, therefore, more than ever before, a necessity.... [-]

Master in Financial Markets and Asset Management (on-line)

This Master program has multiple objectives. On the one hand, has as its fundamental objective to deepen those aspects that are essential for understanding the stock market in particular and financial markets in general. On the other hand, the Master program is useful both for those without experience who want to enter the exciting world of Financial Markets to those professionals who want to achieve more robust from a technical standpoint.

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Objectives and Methodology

The Master program is designed to maximize the wizard using the most advanced tools that allow companies to assess, calculate the price of a bond pricing options for different models, build a system to manage different types of assets, graph through a different excel sheet strategies market using options and futures, etc ... Finally, the Master Program in Financial Markets and Asset Management (On-line) will implement the knowledge acquired along the same through the implementation of portfolio management simulations in real time. ... [-]