Online Executive MBA in Financial Markets and Risk Management
- September 2024
- French
- 8900
- Online
Description of the Executive MBA
The Online Executive MBA in Financial Markets and Risk Management is structured around modules created to emphasize key concepts, which represent professional standards in trading rooms, management teams, analysis departments and risk management.
The objective is therefore to combine theoretical concepts with a pragmatic approach, specifically by applying them through exercises and real-life scenarios created by expert faculty. It is not a question of acquiring “knowledge for knowledge’s sake”, as is far too often the case, but teaching what is actually seen, done and practiced in the industry of financial markets. The course’s 340 hours are strongly rooted in the industry context, which is constantly innovating and becoming more complex. The program aims firstly to reflect the professional reality as closely as possible and secondly to place emphasis on operational aspects, to respond to the expectations of both students and professionals keen to surround themselves with qualified resources.
Why do an Online Executive MBA in Financial Markets and Risk Management?
The Online Executive MBA in Financial Markets and Risk Management combines theoretical concepts with real-life situations produced by faculty and high-level industry professionals.
A pragmatic, in-demand MBA offered as an executive education course
The advantage of this course is that it is strongly focused on the reality of activity in this sector, concerning financial markets and operations. It is taught in a blended-learning format, i.e., both in-person and online. Candidates, whether experienced professionals working in financial markets or newcomers to the sector in search of new skills, will progress with:
- Resources made available;
- Face-to-face classes;
- And independent study.
So, if you wish to change careers or deepen your skills in this area, choose this Online Executive MBA, which offers an innovative, very high-quality education.
An Executive MBA to work overseas
This Executive MBA teaches candidates to use all financial engineering resources and adapt to the globalization of capital. Provided online, it offers working professionals the opportunity to take the course at their own pace. This unique program tackles all major areas of finance:
- Capital markets;
- Use of derivatives;
- New regulations;
- International standards;
- Green finance;
- Private equity;
- And investment funds.
This Executive MBA strengthens skills already developed by working professionals.
Skills developed
- Understand industry challenges, by acquiring the fundamentals and tackling the new principles of the “Front-Middle-Back” structure
- Highlight management techniques - especially under pressure - and their consequences, trading techniques for different types of asset and hedging optimization
Executive MBA in Financial Markets and Risk Management 2024/2025 program
- Monitor economic data and trade in major geopolitical zones, with a view to anticipating medium - and long-term economic trends.
- Monitor financial products, currency and commodity markets on an ongoing basis, in order to supplement forward-looking economic models.
- Interpret economic and geopolitical analyses
- Study and understand the resulting discrepancies, so as to improve the quality of future forecasts, after taking into account the errors observed.
- Understand and know how to use a heuristic map, cognitive map, mind map, idea map, or even a heuristic diagram, which enables you to visually represent and follow the associative path of thought.
- Understanding the ASSET CLASS (group of financial instruments with the same characteristics) and SUB ASSET CLASS of assets invested in a portfolio (sub-segment of an asset class)
- Understanding new and traditional market management methods
- Managing capital or funds to generate income and capital gains over time
- Design and use mathematical models to enable the trader to control/adjust management parameters
- Advise financial institutions, companies and government departments on asset management, in line with financing requirements and investment timeframes.
- Take positions in the securities, currency and commodities markets with a view to optimizing forward returns while limiting the risks arising from market volatility and economic hazards.
- Ensure optimized and responsible management of corporate cash flow through reasoned short-term investment in financial markets, in compliance with financial legislation and stakeholder information obligations
- Design and use mathematical risk assessment models applicable to investments or financing requirements on financial markets
- Use standard market models (modern portfolio theory - CAPM (capital asset pricing model) - APT method (arbitrage pricing theory)
- Maintain financial databases
- Extract different securities (equities - bonds - derivatives) in order to obtain the best possible performance from managed portfolios.
- Maintain financial databases
- Extract different securities (agricultural and energy commodities and currency markets) in order to obtain the best possible performance from managed portfolios.
- Draw up and analyze trends in benchmark stock market indices, with a view to identifying medium- and long-term financial market trends and assessing the risks of different types of investment.
- Support forecasts with statistical and probabilistic studies adapted to investment durations.
- Appréhender les plateformes de gestion des ordres et plateformes financières du marché (OMS- EMS- PMS)- (Trad Web – TSQX)
- Appréhender les pricers (courbes de taux , options…)
- Comprendre et utiliser Bloomberg
- Être en mesure d’utiliser de manière optimale Excel
- VBA –SQL – Python
- Ensure the compliance of procedures and positions taken on financial markets, in order to guarantee the security of transactions for all stakeholders.
- Provide a platform for monitoring traders on the trading floor, in order to evaluate their positions in real time and report any breaches of authorized limits.
- Advise financial institutions and companies on the compliance of their financial procedures, with a view to maintaining the necessary level of confidence with international customers, as well as a favorable assessment by rating agencies.
- Learn how to consistently implement a control plan
- Present research work orally
- Know how to convince
- Expand your network
Executive MBA objectives
- Perform monitoring
- Know how to use a mind map
- Understand the different types of financial and management instruments
- Design mathematical models
- Model and value financial assets and management tracking indicators
- Build databases
- Extract key values and know how to interpret them
- Advise financial establishments
Pedagogical method
ESLSCA orients its methodology around developing students’ skills, knowledge and abilities. We promote flexible, instant communication and focus on efficient discussion, favoring team work and facilitating interaction between all participants: students, faculty and professionals.
The experience of shared learning
One of the essential aspects of courses at ESLSCA is the value of shared learning, where students and participants are at the center. On our Blackboard virtual campus, you can access all pedagogical materials, have discussions with faculty and interact with people from different sectors. The range of approaches, abilities and experiences to a single situation will offer you a broader perspective.
Practical and active participation
Our methodology is based on combining practical and theoretical learning, requiring the active participation of students with their opinions and points of view. Using reference documents, the case studies and simulations offered each day will generate a rich learning experience, in close connection with reality.
The experience of studying at ESLSCA Business School
The relationship of our students with ESLSCA is based on a large network of people, including professionals, experts, teachers, businesspeople and entrepreneurs defining themselves as active, hands-on, and open to questions and answers. They are proactive individuals, highly involved in the environment and social milieu where they work.
Pace
Total hours: 340 hours
Frequency: One 40-hour module/month
Modules include:
- Online classes
- Podcast classes
- Exercises and case studies (individual and group)
- Readings - Resources to be consulted
- Forums (faculty/students)
Final module: 1 week of end-of-year seminars with conferences and field trips organized + thesis defense
Evaluation methods
Internal assessments:
- Reports / Individual written analyses for each module
- Written evaluation of simulations and real-life cases
- Individual and group oral presentations
- End-of-studies thesis: thesis examining a financial engineering subject to be defended in front of a panel of research faculty and professionals
Advantages of the course
In this program, objectives are achieved and skills developed thanks to three major resources offered by the school:
- ESLSCA: recognition in the finance sector and more specifically trading, with excellent pedagogical abilities
- THE “BLACKBOARD” ONLINE PLATFORM: one of the most powerful and robust platforms on the market, with tools that facilitate learning and communication between students and faculty
- METHODOLOGY AND EXPERIENCE in online teaching:
- Quality teaching guaranteed
- Achieve objectives and develop skills
Course funding
The “FNE Formation” program
As part of the French government’s Covid-19 measures, a funding program was offered for permanent part-time employees to facilitate their access to training and skills development. Contact one of our advisors to find out if you are eligible for this program and how it is set up.
France’s professional development system,“Mon Compte Formation” (CPF):
Through the “Compte Personnel de Formation” (CPF) or personal training account, all employed French people can accumulate training credit that can be used all throughout their career, from their entry into the job market until retirement.
The aim of the CPF is to help maintain your employability and secure your career, under your own initiative. On the official website moncompteformation.gouv.fr, everyone has a secure personal space where they can log in to their personal training account.
Enrollment is open all year round and closes once the number of students has been reached (limited places per class).
Prerequisites
- Master’s year 1 completed or currently underway, ideally in banking or finance
- Bachelor’s degree with at least two years of experience in banking and/or asset management.
Diploma Recognition
Establishment diploma preparing for the professional qualification of "Expert in financial markets and instruments", a professional qualification registered with the RNCP on 19/07/2024 under number 39400 for a period of 5 years, code NSF 313, awarded by the "Ecole supérieure libre des sciences commerciales appliquées", a qualification accessible via the VAE system.
Career prospects
This course aims to give graduates access to careers in:
- Investment banking (market making, market operators, structuring, etc.)
- Financial markets (traditional management, alternative management, etc.)
- Custody
- Consulting in CIB and management, etc.
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