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Investment Management Concentration

Overview

The concentration in Investment Management (IM) is designed to prepare students for leadership positions on both the buy and sell sides of securities markets, including:

  • Security analysis and portfolio management,
  • Capital markets,
  • Sales and trading, and
  • Private wealth management

IM courses and workshops are structured to give students a thorough preparation for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program. Many students choose to apply to the Applied Investment Management course. In this course, students manage real portfolios of financial assets.

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Concentration Requirements

Finance and Accounting Courses Required for IM Concentrators

  • Investments (required in first year) [details]
  • Quantitative Methods in Finance (required in first year) [details]
  • Portfolio Management (required in first year) [details]
  • Derivative Securities [details]
  • Fixed Income [details]
  • Advanced Derivative Securities [details] or Advanced Fixed
        Income [details] (both are recommended)
  • Alternative Investments [details] or Risk Management [details]
        (both are recommended)
  • Current Topics in Fixed Income [details] or Hedge Fund
        Strategies [details] (both are recommended)
  • Other Suggested Electives

  • Applied Investment Management [details] (highly recommended)
  • Financial Statement Analysis [details] (highly recommended)
  • Global Financial Markets [details]
  • Topics in Advanced Financial Reporting [details]
  • Complex Deals [details]
  • Applied Corporate Finance [details]
  • Fundamental Principles of Corporate Finance [details]
  • Mergers and Acquisitions [details]
  • Private Equity [details]
  • Real Estate Capital Markets [details]
  • Taxes in Finance [details]
  • Financing Deals and M&A
  • > Year One Curriculum detail

    Who's Teaching

    Gregory Brown
    Bob Connolly
    Diego Garcia
    Mustafa Gültekin
    Michael Hussey
    Anh Le
    Günter Strobl

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