1. School of Economics and Finance

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

3. #1 in London #4 in UK #10th for Research Power
About the School…
#1 in London
#4 in UK
#10th for Research Power

4. About the School…

5. City Professionals- Visiting Professors
Bring practical insights and experience into the classroom.
Sir Nicholas Macpherson Permanent Secretary to the Treasury
Dr Martin Weale Member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England
Gerry Perez Director Interactive Brokers (IB)
Dr Ibrahim Stevens
Senior Economist in the Monetary Analysis area of the Bank of England

6. City Professionals- Visiting Professors
Dr Giles Spungin Global Head of Model Risk Audit, Senior Manager HSBC
Konstantinos Maratos
Director UBP (Union Bancaire Privée)
Jesse McDougall
Co-Founder Palomar (Hedge Fund)
Nick Baltas
Director of Quantitative Equity Research Group UBS AG, London
…and many more!

7. Postgraduate Taught LOW LEVEL OF MATHEMATICS REQUIRED
RESEARCH
Economics MSc
INVESTMENT BANKING
Finance and Econometrics MSc
Banking MSc
Wealth Management MSc
Banking and Finance MSc
ECONOMICS
TRADING
LOW LEVEL OF MATHEMATICS REQUIRED
Investment and Finance MSc
HIGH LEVEL OF MATHEMATICSREQUIRED
Business Finance MSc
CORPORATE FINANCE
ACCOUNTING
Finance MSc
Accounting and Finance MSc
Law and Finance MSc
FINANCE
LAW
Mathematical Finance MSc
Law and Economics LLM

8. People Academic Staff: Luigi Ventimiglia (Director of the Programme)
Teaching Assistant:
Fadime Sahin (Teaching Assistant)
Admin Staff:
Stanley Babukutty (Postgraduate Student Support Manager)
Sarah Riley (Finance MScs Programme Manager)
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9. MSc Advisory Flowchart
Claudio Vallar
MSc Banking and Finance
Giovanni Nappi
Tiziana Maida
Monika Schüllerová
MSc Banking  
Raffaella Esposito
MSc Finance
Nunzia Riccio
MSc Investment and Finance
Luigi Ventimiglia
MSc Co-ordinator
Alfonsina Iona
MSc Business Finance
Francis Breedon
(CFA Path)
Yioryos Makedonis
MSc Banking / Wealth Management
Our programmes
Asen Ivanov
MSc Behavioural Finance
Fadime Sahin
MSc Business Finance
Anish Augustine
Behavioural Finance/Wealth Management
You will find your assigned Teaching Assistant Advisor on your Personal details page on MySis. Please check on QMPLUS Postgraduate shared area for your TA Advisor’s office hour.
Examples of academic advice are: advising on module selection, concerns and questions about a specific module, guidance with planning academic life.

10. Term Dates First Semester: 21 September-18 December 2015
5 October 2015: Teaching starts
Reading week November
Second Semester: 11 January-1 April 2016
Reading week February 2016
Bank holidays: 25 and 28 March 2016
Revision Week: April-29 April Unless stated otherwise by individual lecturers
Exams: May-10 June 2016
Dissertation: th June to 5th August 2016 (TBC)
Resits: st August to 10th August 2016 (TBC)
Graduation Ceremony: December 2016

11. First Semester Modules:
ECOM049 Commercial and Investment Banking
(Y. Makedonis)
ECOM050 Investment Management
(A. Iona)
ECOM051 Business Finance
(G. Spungin)
ECOM053 Quantitative Methods in Finance
ECOM Eviews (starts on 12th of October)
(L. Leonida) (D. Maimone) 11

12. Second Semester Two compulsory modules: ECOM094 Data Analysis for Research ECOM070 Cases in Business Finance 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 ECOM064 Applied Futures and Options ECOM069 Banking Regulations ECOM071  Topics in Financial Econometrics ECOM074 Bond Market Strategies ECOM076 Alternative Investments ECOM077 Valuation and Private Equity ECOM078 Topics in Actuarial Finance and Insurance ECOM091 Credit Ratings ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions ECOM098 Islamic Finance in Practice ECOM100 Strategic Asset Allocation ECOM097 Portfolio Construction Theory 12

13. Optional Elements (Semesters A & B)
We offer an unparalleled set of optional courses.
Designed to equip students with further practical training and key technical skills.
These include:
Risk Management and Investments
VBA for Finance
C++ for Finance
Matlab
Applied Portfolio Management
Finance Trading
Data Analysis for Research and City CV.

14. Outside the classroom QUMMIF The Economics Society
Student managed investment fund- currently £30,000 to invest!
The Economics Society
Trading and Investment Society
…..and much more
£1000 Cash Prizes for Best QUMMIF Investment Reports
£1000 Cash Prizes QUMMIF Trading Tournament
Multiple QUMMIF Corporate events
7 City Exams / Certificates presentation (CFA, CISI, IMC etc.)
Bloomberg External Events and Bloomberg Certificates
Portfolio Manager Course taught on campus
Bloomberg and VBA Automatic Trading Integration Workshop with Training Traders Partnership (Technical implementation of trading strategies

15. Professional accreditations and exemptions
The School has got Investment Management Certificate (IMC) accreditation
from the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) UK for the BSc Economics and Finance and BSc Economics, Finance and Management degrees
Students can either undertake the MSc Investment & Finance: CISI specialist pathway to obtain the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) Masters in Wealth Management or students on the programmes MSc Investment & Finance, MSc Banking & Finance, MSc Banking, MSc Business Finance and MSc Law & Finance can apply for an exemption from the first module, Financial Markets. Students need only pass an exam in two further modules to gain the overall CISI Masters in Wealth Management.
The Chartered Banker Institute (CBI) has recognised the School’s master’s programmes for advanced standing for the Chartered Banker Diploma by offering module exemptions.

16. Modules Lectures Classes Books
Graded modules are typically taught via the weekly lecture and the support class for 10 weeks. The grade for each module come from the exam, typically worth 80% of the mark and the coursework component, typically worth 20% of the mark (to be held during the module). There is a prize for best coursework for each module (£500).
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. 16

17. Revision Revision lectures for all modules Exams Held centrally, can be in consecutive days!17

18. Dissertation (13/6/2016 – 5/8/2016, TBC) You have to write a dissertation that consists of a paper on applied finance or a literature review. How to use data, structure and requirements are discussed in Data Analysis for Research at the beginning of the Second Semester.
Resits (August TBC 1/8/ /8/2016) The exam period is done again for students failing modules. !Can happen in the same day! 18

19. What to do next? Modules registration
B. Download e-books (you will receive an )
C. Always use institutional

20. Registration of modules
In the postgraduate shared area you will also be able to find the module syllabus for semester A and B modules. There are also a number of module presentations.
Teaching Assistant Academic Advisor: their office hours are advertised on the postgraduate shared area in the ‘study support and academic advisors’ section.
Go to:
2. Log in using college username and password;
Choose the modules (3 options);
Choose on the basis of your tastes only. I will let you change at the beginning of semester 2 after the first introductory lectures.
“Enter” your diet. Once you have “entered” it, I will check and confirm your selection.
6. Deadline to enter your selections: 9th October 2016

21. 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 with the instructions to access them. You will also have a dedicated customer care.

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

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