Major Finance and Extended Major Banking & Finance

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1 Major Finance and Extended Major Banking & Finance (Vertiefungsrichtung Banking & Finance) Prof. Dr. Carsten Peuckert Major Finance - Contents 1. Why Major Finance? 2. Subject Areas 3. Teaching Concept 4. New: Extended Major Banking & Finance 5. Organizational Concept 6. Requirements 7. Assessments 8. Questions, Contact and Registration 2 1

2 Why Major Finance? For the last 20 years, Finance has become more and more important in the way of economic thinking Various Nobel price winners Shareholder value concept Value based management New financial products Wide range of job opportunities Commercial Banking / Investment Banking Private Banking / Financial Planning Consulting / Pension Funds Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sector with high importance in Switzerland Required for some MSc at Universities 3 Bachelor & Master Programs in Finance Work Experience MAS EMBA 3 Sem. part-time FH Major Finance BSc MSc 6 Sem. 3 Sem. Uni BSc MSc PhD 6 Sem. 4 Sem. PhD = Doktorat 4 2

3 Master Programs in Banking & Finance Zürcher Fachhochschule in cooperation with Fachhochschule Luzern MSc in 4 semesters / part-time Major Finance FHNW FH Nordwestschweiz MSc International Management Elective International Finance 3 or 4 semesters / full-time or part-time Universität Liechtenstein Master and PhD Programs MSc in 4 semesters / part-time Other Universities in Switzerland and abroad (Take note to the different admission requirements!) 5 Major Finance Subject Areas Major Finance 1 (6 ECTS) - Finance Theory - Bank Management Major Finance 2 (9 ECTS) - Shares + Bonds - Derivatives - Alternative Investments - Portfolio Theory Selected Topics: Capital Markets Efficient Markets Portfolio Management Analysis of Shares Derivatives (Futures/Options) Hedge Funds Behavioral Finance Asset & Liability Management Commercial Banking Private Banking 6 3

4 Teaching Concept Finance Theory Lectures and Discussions Exercises and Case Studies To apply and consolidate the theory with specific samples, problems, exercises and case studies Business Outlook Students and lecturers discuss market developments that have an influence on the value of companies and investments 7 Extended Major Banking & Finance Bachelor Betriebsökonomie (d) Full-time General Management Extended Major Banking & Finance Aufbau- und Vertiefungsstufe Vertiefungsrichtung Banking & Finance (60 ECTS) Assessment-Stufe Assessment-Stufe 4

5 Extended Major Banking & Finance Semester 1 Financial Analysis Management 2 (Accounting 2) Semester 2 Corporate Finance 1 Management 4 = Compulsory Subjects = Minor + Electives = Major = Courses in German (Subject to change) Semester 3 Monetary Policy Economics 3 (Macro 1) Semester 4 Corporate Finance 2 Tax Law Group Statement Analysis Management 8 Economics & Law 4 Management 8 (Accounting 4) Semester 5 Financial Markets Major Finance 1 Special Areas in Economics Finance Theory Bank Management Business Project & Credit Management Project Work Minor 1 Financial Planning Regulations and Compliance (Context Module) Semester 6 Risk Management Major Finance 2 Special Topics of Management Equity & Fixed Income Derivatives Banking Management Game Alternative Investments Management Game Portfolio Theory Bachelor Thesis Minor 2 Financial Planning Organizational Concept Currently the Major Finance is held in Brugg (German), Basel (German) and in Olten (English) - Subject to change - depends on the number of registrations FHNW Lecturers: Carsten Peuckert, Prof. Dr. Simone Westerfeld, Prof. Dr. Galia Kondova, Dr. oec. Urs Dreier, CFA, FRM Matthias Härri, MAS Banking & Finance Beatrix Wullschleger, MA HSG Lecturers from the banking sector: BLKB, BKB, Coop Bank, Credit Suisse, Bank Dreyfus, UBS 10 5

6 Requirements Finance is open to all students not only for the participants in Vertiefungsrichtung Banking & Finance Experience in banking is not necessary opportunity for sector change Good English knowledge for Major in English Pleasure in integrated and conceptual thinking Women bias 11 Assessments Autumn semester (6 Credits) Module Examination Spring semester (9 Credits) Module Examination 12 6

7 Questions and Contact Questions? Prof. Dr. Carsten Peuckert Matthias Härri Registration Registration Major Finance: Major Finance Registration Vertiefung Banking & Finance: Vertiefung B+F + Major Finance + Electives 13 7