Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Investment and Financial Risk Management] From City, University of London

At this BSc Investment and Financial Risk Management (Hons) degree from City, University of LondonÊyouÕll study every aspect of the discipline, from managing global investment portfolios to asset trading.Ê

All within a broad sweep of rigorous academic learning encompassing equity markets, bond trading, risk management, derivatives, hedging, investment banking and many other broad areas of risk and investments.

You will learn:

• Formulate, examine and test hypotheses using all scientific risk management/investment tool

• Learn how to apply academic and vocational skills to investment and risk management problems.

• Comprehend the role and functions of modern financial intermediaries and investment markets.

• Understand the practice of applied investment and risk analysis.

• Fully grasp the risk management process and the associated tools.

• Appreciate the importance of hedging and the role of derivatives/spot trading.

Careers

The majority of graduates from this course enter challenging and rewarding careers in the investment and risk management field as well as in the fund management industry.

Graduates keen to transfer their specialist quantitative modelling techniques take up front-office roles such as trading, bonds and stocks, while others are employed in market risk management and fund management or with regulators such as the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority.