Banking & Finance MSc at Kings College London

Build an excellent career in the banking and finance industry. Explore the challenges facing financial markets and the global banking sector. Uncover the complexities of intricate financial principles and data applications to investment problems.

Investment analysts, financial advisors and managers require a thorough understanding of many complex and challenging aspects of banking and financial markets, and our course is explicitly designed to equip you with these essential skills.

The MSc in Banking & Finance at King’s Business School offers a comprehensive finance education. You’ll discover a wide range of topics including commercial & investment banking, financial derivatives, risk management, financial regulation and behavioural finance. By the end of your course, you’ll have all the skills you need for a huge range of careers across the sector.

Key benefit

• Theory & practice - Our teaching staff consists of expert academics conducting game-changing financial research, alongside active senior finance industry practitioners. This gives students the ultimate combination of practical skills and advanced conceptual understanding.
• Explore the challenges of tomorrow – our modules focus on areas that have major practical and theoretical application, such as investment analysis and management, portfolio creation and management, investment and commercial banking, asset and risk management, mergers and acquisitions, financial derivatives, quantitative financial analysis, taxation and banking regulation.
• Masterclasses – Our ungraded modules & masterclasses allow you to enhance your understanding of financial markets, databases, software & programming and increase the possibility of securing internships in financial firms.

Description

The MSc in Banking & Finance at King’s Business School is an innovative course designed to provide you with an in-depth understanding of the finance and banking industry. The programme will also equip you with essential research, analytical and critical thinking skills, preparing you for a range of careers across the finance sector and expose you to challenges raised by the availability of large dataset in corporate finance and asset returns.

You’ll build a strong foundation in key financial principles and techniques through the following selection of core modules:

Quantitative Methods for Finance – Learn the industry-standard methods and modern techniques essential to understanding financial data and approaching issues facing banks today.

Investments - Gain a strong understanding of the end-to-end investment management process and modern investment techniques.

Commercial & Investment Banking – Discover modern financial markets, intermediaries, financial crises and the role of regulation in the financial sector.

Financial Statement Analysis – Study the analysis used by financial institutions to identify suitable investments and learn from current industry practitioners.

Financial Derivatives – Learn the theory and practice of pricing & hedging derivative securities.

You’ll also have the chance to shape your degree to reflect the career you want through our extensive range of elective modules:

Asset Pricing – Explore the core principles of asset pricing theory and understand the risks & premiums of financial assets.

Empirical Finance – Compare the effectiveness of alternative financial theories using real world data.

Applied Risk Management for Banking – Build your understanding of the risks that financial institutions are exposed to and the key tools used to manage them.

Financial Econometrics – Examine the relevant econometric techniques applied to key problems in finance.

Corporate Finance – Learn the methods used to value investments, make corporate financing decisions and evaluate policies corporates undertake to make cash returns or dividend decisions to stakeholders.

Career prospects

Graduates from programmes run previously by the programme directors are highly sought after by investment banks, corporate risk management units, insurance companies, fund management institutions, financial regulatory bodies, brokerage firms and trading companies. Recent employers of these graduates include Capital Investment, Credit Suisse, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, Fitch Ratings, HSBC and Morgan & Stanley. Some graduates have pursued research degrees in financial mathematics.

Career destinations

• Capital Investment
• Credit Suisse
• European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
• Fitch Ratings
• HSBC
• Morgan & Stanley