About the Programme
After businesses make money, they need to know the best avenues to invest it. Launch a bankable career in finance with an MSc. Finance and Investments degree! This programme will give you a sound understanding of the complexities and dynamism of the local and international financial markets and build your expertise in the application of cutting-edge investment techniques and tools to deliver winning money management strategies to your clients or company.
What Will I Study?
- Techniques for performing sound financial analysis and modelling.
- How to identify trends and opportunities for investment in international markets.
- How to manage risk and investments across international markets.
- Real time stock market and investment data using Bloomberg- an analytics and trading tool. Bloomberg is a gateway to practical, real-time investment experience.
- How to maximise on the opportunities associated with equity and fixed income securities.
- How private markets work, how to value private market assets and execute private market investment strategies.
Facilities and Resources
Graduate Studies Lab - This new Graduate Studies Lab equips students with hands-on experience in using data analytic and research tools and technologies to improve the practical experience and the real-world feel of their programme curriculum. The Lab is equipped with several Bloomberg terminals.
Textbook Package - Textbooks (printed or electronic) are provided for all registered students. This fee is included in the programme cost, and students are allowed to keep all of the course materials on completion of the course of study.
Research
Our Faculty conducts research in a wide cross-section of areas related to Accounting and Finance. These areas include ethics, taxation and accounting information systems.
Professor C. Justin Robinson has published extensively on banking, finance and investments in the emerging market context. His research included investigations on stock price behaviour, dividend policy and monetary integration in the Caribbean. Professor Robinson also serves on the Board of Directors for the Central Bank of Barbados.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities include:
- Securities Manager
- Investment Banker
- Financial Manager
- Stock Broker
- Corporate Banker
- Corporate Financial Specialist
- Private Equity Specialist
- Tax Manager
Apply now if these career paths interest you!
We accept applications from November 1 to June 30. However, expressions of interest are accepted throughout the year.
Why Study in Barbados
The MSc. Finance and Investments is not offered at any of the other UWI campuses and will be the only one of its kind offered in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
Save thousands on your education while living in paradise! Cave Hill Campus offers affordable tuition while delivering a world class education in just 18 months. We welcome local, international and regional students.
Additional Information
The MSc. Finance and Investments programme aligns itself with the content of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute in an effort to better prepare students to succeed in this evolving field. More importantly, the MSc. Finance and Investments programme includes a significant portion of the CFA Program’s Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) in its curriculum.