This module will introduce you to relevant concepts in corporate and behavioural finance. Learn about the workings of the equity and bond markets, develop quantitative skills to price stocks and bonds, and study techniques to understand the trade-off between risk and return to an optimal effect. You would also develop a critical understanding of theories and empirics of asset pricing models and market efficiency hypothesis and gain an awareness of key financial decisions taken by firms.

This module aims to give you a theoretical and practical understanding of investor psychology and decision-making so you can critically evaluate how investment decisions are affected by cognitive errors, psychological biases and emotions.

This module covers the basics of financial theory and how they are applied in the real world. There will be structured opportunities to develop your quantitative and analytical skills in preparation for more advanced studies in finance.