Fintech, Risk and Investment Analysis

On this Fintech, Risk and Investment Analysis degree offered at University of Sussex highly practical course, you’ll learn about investment management, risk management and FinTech. This will help you stand out when you start your career in the investment industry or investment-related risk management positions.

You’ll learn from academic staff who are globally renowned for their teaching excellence and extensive industry experience. You’ll:

• gain the theoretical and practical knowledge toadapt to changing regulatory environments

• learn to communicate both quantitative and qualitative informationeffectively

• develop skills in coding and automation

• use trading, risk assessment and portfolio management software.You have access to our Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab, supervised by academic and industry experts.

Careers

• The Fintech, Risk and Investment Analysis graduates from University of Sussex are well prepared to enter any employment involving quantitative finance, from large businesses to boutique finance and trading houses. Recruiters include banks, corporate treasury, hedge funds, investment trusts and any firm requiring an in-depth and practical education.
• To give you a significant head start in your future career, you’ll be paired with a mentor whose career path matches your own ambitions, who will share theirindustry expertise with you and give you career guidance.
• On successful completion of this MSc you are qualified to apply for graduate training positions as:

• a quantitative risk analyst
• a quantitative investment analyst
• an asset managerin a bank, corporation, hedge fund or insurance company.

Courses include:

• Blockchains and Cryptoassets
• Essential Quantitative Finance
• Financial Instruments
• Corporate Finance
• Data Science Research Methods
• Programming through Python