Corporate Finance
Introduction to principles of finance, time value of money, discounting technique and sources of global financing.

Financial Accounting and Analysis
Overview of principles of financial accounting, corporate financial planning and valuation linked to financial accounting.

Money and Capital Markets
Nature and operation of financial markets, instruments, markets and financial institutions, operations of primary and secondary markets...

Financial Engineering
Quantitative methods applied to finance, statistical techniques and advanced techniques used currently in finance, VBA/Excel and Matlab programming.

International Corporate Finance and Governance
Capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, valuation methods, payout policy, governance, investment banking, LBOs and Private Equity...

Fixed Income Analysis and Risk Management
Valuation theory and models for bonds and related securities, bond portfolio risk management, credit markets, theory and pricing of credit derivatives...

International Economics
Micro and macroeconomics, global economic overview, central banks and monetary policy...

Portfolio Management
Fundamentals of asset and liability management, modern portfolio theory, traditional and alternative investment appraisal and performance measurement...

Options and Futures
Theory and valuation of options, futures, forwards, swaps and other derivative contracts, OTC and exchange traded products, pricing exotic derivatives...

Management of International Groups
International accounting and corporate strategy applied to the financial management and operation of international corporations and groups...

Ethics Entrepreneurship
CFA Ethics course (7.5 hours) and an overview of entreprenership, strategy, venture capital and creating a business plan (7.5 hours)

Research Methodologies
Preparation of research programmes, thesis development, empirical approaches to finance and recommended reporting practice.

Excel and VBA
Broad ranging coverage of VBA / EXCEL for financial analysis and rapid application development (RAD).

MATLAB
In-depth coverage of the basics of MATLAB programming and its various toolboxed for financial analysis and engineering.

(each seminar is 15 hours,2.5 ECTS each)

(15 ECTS)

The thesis must integrate pertinent conceptual and theoretical elements and make use of a rigorous methodology to address issues relevant to the field of specialisation. A methodological seminar prepares participants to carry out this applied research.

( 15 ECTS)