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Finance
Key Information
Overview

The MSc Finance will enable you to systematically develop your
understanding of the key principles of finance alongside practical
skills in financial management. The course equips you for a wide
range of careers in the financial industry, including analytical
and financial management roles in financial institutions (such
as commercial and/or investment banks and building societies),
firms and public organisations (such as regulatory bodies).
It also lays the foundations for an academic career in finance
when followed by a PhD. Our specialist Finance programme delivers
a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of core modern financial
theory and quantitative analysis to enable an understanding
of a wide range of modern real world financial applications.
Across the programme, you will learn to work confidently with
both numerical and qualitative economic and financial business
data from industry standard sources such as the Bloomberg
Professional Services Platform and DataStream.

Course type

MSc, postgraduate certificate,
postgraduate diploma

Mode of study
Full-time

Indicative entry
requirements
2:2

For a list of full entry
requirements please visit
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses

Contact email

[e-mail]

The programme is designed to develop the analytical and technical
skills associated with financial asset pricing and hedging, portfolio
management and corporate finance.
Successful students will gain:
• A command of analytical techniques used by financial analysts and
computing and statistical software in the relevant areas of finance
• Advanced practical skills in using Bloomberg Professional Services
Platform, Stata and DataStream for market data extraction and
analysis using industry standard quantitative techniques
• Increased confidence in the analysis, synthesis and evaluation
of financial decision making problems and their solutions
• Improved employability through enhanced professional
and practical skills

Indicative modules

First semester core modules:
• Financial Markets
• Financial Derivatives
• Quantitative Methods in Finance
• Accounting for Decision Making
Second semester core modules:
• Corporate Finance
• Applied Finance
Second semester indicative choice of elective modules:
• International Money and Finance
• International Financial Reporting
• Performance Management
• Financial Modelling
• Portfolio Risk Management
• Current Issues in Financial Risk Management
You will also complete a Dissertation.

For more information please visit

keele.ac.uk/pg/financemsc

Panos Sousounis
MSc Finance students benefit from
access to the Bloomberg Professional
Services Platform. You will take part in
a Bloomberg professional training event
delivered by Bloomberg expert advisors.
During this event you will be introduced
to the Bloomberg Professional Platform
and explore its capability, functionality
and analytical options used by finance
professionals, analysts and traders alike.

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