Its broad curriculum gives equal attention to corporate finance and capital markets and allows participants to develop expertise in corporate financial strategy, investment banking, financial accounting, reporting and analysis, risk management; and equity and fixed income portfolio management.  CFA curriculum textbooks are used as core programme readings to maximize participants' industry readiness. It is a CFA programme partner, covering the CFA Level 1 at 100%.

Programme contents impart students with a thorough understanding of the nature and operation of international financial markets and institutions and develop the analytical skills essential to structuring deals and designing financial instruments, pricing financial products and valuing companies, designing and managing investment portfolios and managing risk for financial institutions and multinational corporations.

Learning methods blend traditional seminars and pro-active approaches to knowledge acquisition and skill building.  Projects using Matlab and VBA software (widely used in the finance industry) and the simulations in the School's virtual trading floor,sponsored by  FININFO are key components of the pedagogical approach.

The course's multicultural participant body, learning methods, and unique managerial competencies workshops, concur to foster participants' abilities to efficiently function as team members and group leaders in an international environment.

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