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MSc Risk & Asset Management



Lionel Martellini, PhD
Professor of Finance, Scientific Director MSc Risk & Asset Management

PROGRAMME

 

Few other establishments of higher education can boast their own internationally acclaimed research centre, and even fewer can say that the experts involved in this research are full time professors of the same school.  These specialists are called upon by investors and financial institutions to impart their insight from the City of London to the Private Banks in Switzerland and these same professors share their knowledge in the classroom.

EDHEC's Master of Science in Risk and Asset Management is indeed a programme that is difficult to match. Drawing heavily upon the expertise developed in the industry acclaimed EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, the course brings the latest advances of applied research into participants' portfolios of skills. Its demanding curriculum focuses on  capital markets and allows participants to develop expertise in traditional and alternative investment analysis, asset management, financial modelling, financial engineering and risk management. The MSc in Risk and Asset Management is also an official CFA programme partner.

 

CONCENTRATION COURSE LIST

Financial Theory and Risk Management
In-depth coverage of modern asset pricing theory, meaning and measurement of risk, arbitrage pricing theory, multi-preiod portfolio problems

Financial Modelling
Econometric modelling for financial markets, time series forecasting techniques, statistical analysis and VBA/Excel and Matlab programming

Fixed Income Analysis and Credit Risk 
Coverage of the state-of-the-art techniques used to price fixed income securities and manage bond portfolios, credit pricing theory and credit derivatives
Options Futures and Other Derivatives
Advanced mathematical modelling for pricing options and other derivatives, OTC exchange traded products, pricing exotic derivatives
Asset Management 
Tools allowing participants to imporve the investment process drawing on the expertise developed at the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre
Alternative Investment
In-depth coverage of alternative investments, hedge funds strategies including CTAs (commodities trading advisors) and allocation techniques
Portfolio Management
Fundamentals of asset and liability management, modern portfolio theory, traditioinal and alternative investment appraisal and performance measurement

 

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The programme trains participants for a variety of international careers related to financial markets and investments in both the traditional and the alternatives spaces. Graduates are prepared for a career in one of the fastest-growing sectors in finance, to work in functions such as fund manager, security analyst, risk manager, asset allocation specialist, financial engineer, hedge fund analyst, or trader. Most career opportunities are with asset management companies, brokerages and investment banks, hedge funds, private banks, pension funds, and isnurance companies. Further career opportunities are provided to students through the contacts generated via the EDHEC Risk & Asset Management Research Centre.

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Written by SOPHIE COENEN-SIMARD
Date of update July 17, 2008

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