MSc Financial Forecasting and Investment
Full time 1 Year
Adam Smith Business School
Programme Description
This programme provides you with training in the key areas of financial analysis, forecasting and financial investment. It will provide you with an enhanced understanding of the underlying forces which drive financial markets and the relevant analytical tools you need to forecast time series and implement advanced trading strategies.
本课程提供财务分析、预测和财务投资等关键领域的培训。它将使你更好地理解推动金融市场的基本力量，以及你需要的相关分析工具来预测时间序列和执行先进的交易策略。
Financial Forecasting & Investment will provide you with a detailed understanding of:
财务预测和投资将为您提供以下内容的详细理解：
the theory of optimal portfolios
最优投资组合理论
how to exploit available information to forecast future behaviour of stocks, interest and exchange rates
如何利用现有信息来预测股票、利率和汇率的未来行为
theoretical models of time series and their empirical counterparts using data from real-world equity and derivatives markets
基于真实股票和衍生品市场数据的时间序列理论模型及其经验模型
how to determine fair values of financial products
如何确定金融产品的公允价值
the mechanics of the price discovery process in stock exchanges.
证券交易所价格发现过程的机制
You will gain skills necessary to conduct advanced empirical analysis on equities and derivatives markets, which will enable you to manage portfolios to optimise clients' objectives.
您将获得对股票和衍生品市场进行高级实证分析所必需的技能，这将使您能够管理投资组合，以优化客户的目标。
The Adam Smith Business School has a range of financial databases and computer labs. You will have access to a Bloomberg trading room to gain a practical experience of forecasting financial time series for the implementation of profitable trading strategies.
亚当·史密斯商学院拥有一系列金融数据库和计算机实验室。您将有机会进入彭博社的交易室，以获得预测金融时间序列的实践经验，以执行盈利的交易战略。
Programme Structure
Core modules核心课程
Financial markets, securities and derivatives
Modelling and forecasting financial markets
Portfolio analysis and investment.
Optional courses may include 选修课程
Advanced portfolio analysis
Applied computational finance
Behavioural economics: theory and applications
C++ in finance (Mathematical finance is a co-requisite for this course)
Corporate finance and investment
Economic fundamentals and financial markets
Empirical asset pricing
Financial derivatives (Mathematical finance is a co-requisite for this course)
Financial market micro structure
Foreign direct investment and development
Game theory with applications in economics and finance
Hedge fund risk management
International finance and money
Investment, finance and asset prices
Mathematical finance.
\Academic Requirements
2.1 Honours degree or non-UK equivalent in mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, or other subjects with a substantial mathematics component.
2等1 荣誉学位，或者非英国同等学位；数学、统计学、工程、物理或者其他专业，有大量数学内容。
English Language Requirements
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training):
overall score 6.5 雅思总分6.5
two sub-tests no less than 6.5, no sub-test less than 6.0
两项不低于6.5 全部4项不低于6.0
or equivalent scores in another recognised qualification:
Common equivalent English language qualifications
All stated English tests are acceptable for admission for both home/EU and international students for this programme:
ibTOEFL: 90; no sub-test less than: 托福总分90
Reading: 20
Listening: 19
Speaking: 19
Writing: 23
CAE (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English): 176 overall; no sub-test less than 169
CPE (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English): 176 overall; no sub-test less than 169
PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English, Academic test): 60; no sub-test less than 59
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English: ISEII at Distinction with Distinction in all sub-tests
Fees and cost
Tuition fees per year 2019/20
UK/EU: £11,250 full-time
International: £27,670 full-time
