This course is tailored for both aspiring and established quantitative finance professionals seeking to navigate the evolving financial landscape marked by accelerated financial innovation, the emergence of new risks, and major regulatory changes.

Through this course, you will obtain core competencies in financial instruments, derivative securities, quantitative risk management, quantitative portfolio analysis and interest rate and credit risk modelling, underpinned by a strong foundation in probability theory, stochastic analysis, financial econometrics, and numerical and computational methods.

Through a capstone project, you’ll apply your theoretical learning to an industry-relevant problem on financial valuation, risk management, portfolio optimisation and model implementation or validation. Learning occurs through a combination of current, industry-relevant subjects and hands-on experience, ensuring you stay abreast of market demands and gain the competencies needed for a cutting-edge career in quantitative finance.