BSc Finance and Investment Banking
Second Year - Compulsory Modules

Portfolio Management

Examines the issues involved in understanding the investment market and the process of financial intermediation, constructing an optimum investment ortfolio, evaluating the performance of that portfolio, and adjusting its composition through time to ensure that its performance remains optimal.

Corporate Finance

Explores corporate financial decision-making, focusing on the analysis of investment, financing and payout decisions when firms face capital market imperfections such as taxes, conflicts of interest and informational problems.

Financial Modelling/Trading Simulation II/CMS

  • Financial Modelling and Trading Simulation II:
    Provides a rapid introduction to using MS Excel to solve a variety of practical problems related to finance. Many careers in banking and finance ow require candidates to possess a strong grounding in spreadsheet modelling and a working knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The module also extends and builds upon the computer simulation of securities dealing that was examined in the Part I module “Introductory Finance/Trading Simulation I.”
  • Career Management Skills: Provides you with the opportunity to develop self-awareness in the context of career decision making, extends knowledge of the career opportunities that are available to you, and the skills to make effective applications.

Debt Markets and Instruments

There are two overall objectives to this module:

  1. To develop an appreciation of the ‘fixed income’ market by exploring traditional and innovative debt instruments and methods of pricing.

  2. Moving to a portfolio context, you will explore how different financial institutions use portfolios of debt instruments to achieve stated objectives.

Introductory Econometrics

Designed to give you a sound intuitive grasp of the application of statistical techniques to solve problems in finance. Upon completion, you will be able to specify, estimate and evaluate statistical models.

Second Year - Optional Modules

Mathematics for Economists I

Provides you with a solid foundation of mathematical techniques. You will gain an understanding of economic theory that makes use of basic mathematical techniques and learn how to solve a range of economic problems.

Institution Wide Language Programme (IWLP)

Choose from a variety of foreign languages (from beginner through to advanced). IWLP (Institute Wide Language Programme)