1. Welcome to the M.Sc. Finance School of Economics and Finance Queen Mary University of London 25 th of September 2015

2. People Academic Staff: Francis Breedon (Director of the Programme) Sujoy Mukerji (Head of the School) Admin Staff: Sarah Riley (Postgraduate Manager) Stanley Babukutty (Student Support Manager) Raj Sidhu (Careers Consultant) Lipsheon Jhand(Internship Co-Ordinator

3. First Semester ECOM065 Investments (L. Ventimiglia) ECOM015 Corporate Finance (R. Nikolowa) ECOM052 Financial Statements(G. Spungin) ECOM072 Econometrics for Finance(H. Mumtaz) ECOM094 Eviews* * Not assessed for CFA pathway (D. Maimone)

4. Second Semester Three options to be chosen from the following list: ECOM026 Financial Derivatives † ECOM035 International Finance ECOM038 Behavioural Finance ECOM042 Empirical Finance ECOM055 Risk Management for Banking ECOM057 Asset Management ECOM058 Principles of Accounting ECOM059 Applied Risk Management 2 ECOM064 Applied Futures and Options † 1 ECOM069 Banking Regulations ECOM070 Cases in Business Finance ECOM071 Topics in Applied Finance 3 ECOM074 Bond Market Strategies ECOM076 Alternative Investments † ECOM077 Valuation and Private Equity ECOM078 Actuarial Finance and Insurance ECOM091 Credit Rating ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions Islamic Finance in Practice Strategic Asset Allocation † 1 Portfolio Construction Theory 2 Advanced Behavioural Finance Applied Wealth Management 3 * CFA pathway not assessed on this module ECOM044 Advanced Asset Pricing 2 (Nick Baltas) ECOM094 Data Analysis*

5. Additional Optional Elements (to be confirmed): Portfolio Management Technical Analysis Investment Club Finance Trading Programme E-trading City CV Gauss Matlab Computational Finance (VBA, Excel) C ++ for Finance

6. Modules Graded modules are typically taught via the weekly lecture and the support class for 11 weeks. The grade for each module comes from the exam, typically worth 75% of the mark and the coursework component, typically worth 25% of the mark (to be held during the module). Lectures For each lecture one handout and some exercises can be found and downloaded from the QMPLUS one day prior to the scheduled lecture. Classes You are allocated to a weekly one-hour support class where you will have the opportunity to work through exercises with the Teaching Assistant. Books We provide you with e-books for all compulsory modules.

7. Revision Revision lectures for all modules Exams Held centrally, can be in consecutive days!

8. Dissertation (third term) You have to write a dissertation. Details will be given during a presentation at the beginning of semester B You cannot leave for a prolonged period of time during the third term. CFA Training aiming for December Exam Resits (early August) The exam period for students failing modules.

9. Grade for the MScs Your MSc is a total of 180 credits Each module is typically worth 15 credits and taught over one semester Eviews and Data analysis is 30 credits and taught over two semesters A and B* Dissertation is worth 30 credits over the third semester (semester) * CFA pathway assessed on CFA training instead

10. What to do next? A. Module registration (deadline 9 th October) B. Download e-books (you will receive an email) C. Always use institutional email D. Wait for details on optional elements E. Get to know each other

11. Registration of modules 1. Go to: https://mysis.qmul.ac.ukhttps://mysis.qmul.ac.uk 2. Log in using college username and password; 3.Choose the modules (as for slides 5 and 6); 4.Choose on the basis of your tastes only. I will let you change at the beginning of semester 2 after the first introductory lectures. 5.“Enter” your diet. Once you have “entered” it, I will check and confirm your selection. 6. Do this today! (deadline 9 th October)

12. e-book Collection As part of a innovative project and with the intention to become “greener”, the School of Economics and Finance provides you with e-books for compulsory modules. The e-books run on the same platform (Kortex) and have the same functionalities (you will be able to read them on and off- line, take notes, print parts of them). Details will be given to you during the *second week of October* when you will be able to access them. You will receive an email with the instructions to access them. You will also have a dedicated customer care.

13. Thank you for choosing our School We wish you an exciting, challenging and rewarding experience good luck