Professionals with 2-5 years of relevant experience in finance, or other professional fields such as engineering, law or business administration, who wish to accelerate or refocus their career in the financial world, seeking top positions in the finance industry in an investment bank (corporate finance, equities, fixed income, derivatives, etc.), hedge fund, private equity, private banking, asset management at associate level, or in the finance department of a large corporation.
The Master in Advanced Finance program is a twelve-month program made up of three periods, the first of which ensures a solid foundation knowledge of finance. The second period offers 3 mandatory subjects, along with over 20 electives shared with the Master in Finance students. The third period offers 11 mandatory subjects and more than 10 electives.
The Master in Advanced Finance electives include many of the most relevant and up-to-the-minute finance topics, in order to meet the needs of students who wish to work in these specific areas in the future. The electives allow students to develop their career strategy and adapt the program to the requirements of both markets and companies. Furthermore, it provides companies with a global understanding of the knowledge acquired by the student.
This Master affords up-to-the minute knowledge in the most innovative areas of finance, such as: securitization, swaps, commodities, equity derivatives, leveraged buy-outs, geopolitics, behavioral finance, risk governance, and Islamic finance.
Participants receive an education that will play a pivotal role in increasing candidate appeal in recruitment processes for Tier I financial institutions like investment banks, hedge funds, private banking, sovereign wealth funds, and private equity firms.