Investment and Financial Risk Management, BSc (Hons), with industry placement

The BSc (Hons) in Investment and Financial Risk Management, offered by Bayes Business School (part of City, University of London and ranked among the UK's top six business schools), provides comprehensive training in global investment portfolios, asset trading, equity markets, bond trading, risk management, derivatives, and hedging. Students benefit from the school's Centre for Asset Management Research, which connects academic expertise with industry consulting, and gain practical skills through professional experience modules, work placements, or study abroad opportunities at institutions like the University of Virginia or Bocconi University. This prepares graduates for careers in portfolio management, trading, and financial analysis.The program includes core modules across three years, starting with foundational finance topics such as banking, economics, and mathematics, progressing to advanced areas like asset management, derivatives, and portfolio theory. Assessment combines exams (around 70% in early years) and coursework, with the final year emphasizing electives in fixed income, international finance, and regulation, ensuring a balance of theory and real-world application.

The first year provides students with a strong foundation in all of the core areas of finance. Within these modules there is a focus on developing an understanding of relevant tools and then applying them to solving practical problems encountered by those working in the finance industry. Year one Core modules:

• Banking and financial institutions

• Business skills

• Finance and investment

• Introductory financial accounting

• Macroeconomics

• Mathematics for finance

• Microeconomics

• Statistics for finance.

Year two Core modules:

• Asset management

• Corporate finance and valuation

• Derivatives

• Financial econometrics

• Intermediate financial accounting 1

• Portfolio theory and investment valuation

Elective modules:

• Bank risk management

• International banking

• Company valuation

• Introduction to business law

• Corporate risk management

• Economics for business 2

• Intermediate financial accounting 2

• Introduction to real estate investment

• Fundementals of Management accounting

• Risk analysis and modelling

• Machine Learning for Finance

Year three: You will spend the third year on placement gaining valuable experience, developing your skills and creating a network in the industry. Year four: you will return to Bayes for your final year. Core modules:

• Fixed income portfolio management

• Asset liability management.

Elective modules:

• Final year project

• Banking regulation

• Financial services regulation

• Monetary economics

• International finance

• Advanced financial accounting: theory and practice

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Bank strategy and management

• Corporate restructuring

• Corporate social responsibility

• Emerging markets

Modules are subject to change.