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Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, 18 months Extended Professional Practice
Explore the environment of the financial trading sector, helping you to build the quantitative and qualitative skills you need to work strategically within it.
Trading is at the core of global financial markets and covers a broad spectrum of activities, from arbitrage and market making by individual traders to proprietary trading by financial institutions. An understanding of global economic fundamentals, of market behaviour analysis, technical indicators, algorithmic trading and quantitative portfolio management is essential to be a successful trader.
An honours undergraduate degree (minimum 2.2) in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any other area with a strong quantitative background or equivalent is required.
Other applications, where the entry requirements have not been met but professional qualifications (equivalent to level 6) can be evidenced, will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Finance related work experience in private, public or third sectors (a minimum of two years would be desirable) will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Our MSc Global Financial Trading and MSc Global Financial Trading with Extended Professional Practice course aims to equip graduates with a set of highly employable behaviours, attitudes and competencies (technical skills: quantitative, analytical, regulatory and soft skills: problem-solving, creativity, communication, team-working, agile) which are in high demand among employers and are indispensable qualities within the financial industry, not only in the UK but worldwide.
Typical career routes for graduates from this course could include (but not limited to): Algorithmic trading, investment and credit analysts; risk management; portfolio managers; financial analysts; corporate financiers; asset management; trading and brokerage; working for international financial and government institutions and academia, including further PhD study.
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