icmac bsc brochure 2011

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THE BUSINESS SCHOOL FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS

www.icmacentre.ac.uk

BSc Finance andInvestment BankingYOUR COURSE TO SUCCESS.

YOUR ICMA CENTRE.


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02 | ICMA CENTRE | BSC FINANCE AND INVESTMENT BANKING

I chose to study at the ICMA Centre due to its growing reputation withinthe industry and also the state o the art trading acilities which enable

practical experience o concepts taught in lectures. The degree is

industry specifc and provides a good understanding o the economic

drivers behind markets as well as an in depth knowledge o investment

fnance. Studying here opened my eyes to the fnance industry.Also the trading simulations were my main inspiration behind becoming

a trader and these sessions were viewed avourably by employers.

Andrew Coles | Class o 2010 | Futures Trader | Schneider Trading Associates

Welcome to the ICMA Centre 03Our Success / Dealing Rooms 04

The BSc 05

Scholarships and the Application Process 08

Careers and Alumni 09

Henley Business School 10

Lie at Reading 11

Welcome to the ICMA Centre

The ICMA Centre is a

CISI Centre o Excellence

Ranked second or graduate prospectsin The Times Good University Guide 2011


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BSC FINANCE AND INVESTMENT BANKING | ICMA CENTRE | 03

As part o Henley Business School, we are part o oneo the largest and most prestigious business schools in

Europe and this will urther our reputation and standing.

The ICMA Centre is itsel amongst the largest Schools

o Finance in Europe and our suite o Masters courses

both mainstream and more specialised and this

undergraduate degree are attracting a growing number

o students each year. In addition, we oer a range o

executive education programmes, both certied and

bespoke, as well as consultancy services.

In all, the ICMA Centre provides an excellent and

stimulating environment in which to study and oers

plenty o scope to apply theory to practice.

Our reputation, our collaborative links with industry,

and, not least, our 3,000 graduates rom 86 countries,demonstrate our ongoing ability to meet our objectives.

Proessor John Board

Director o the ICMA Centre

Dean o Henley Business School

Europes frst active collaborationbetween the securities industry and

a University fnance department

began twenty years ago when

the International Capital Market

Association (ICMA) established its

relationship with the University o

Reading to create the ICMA Centre

as the business school orfnancial markets. Our mission

was and continues to be to deliverteaching and research in fnance

o the highest standard and to

contribute actively to policy debate.

I very much hope that you nd our BSc Financeand Investment Banking to be o interest and I look

orward to welcoming you to the Centre in due course.


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Our Success


Part o the world ranked, tripleaccredited Henley Business School,

the ICMA Centre oers a range o

undergraduate, postgraduate andexecutive education programmes,

as well as proessional and policy

development research andconsultancy. The ICMA Centres

aim is to deliver the highest standard

in fnancial markets ocused teaching,learning and research.

The practical application o nance theory is oneo the ICMA Centres key advantages and is why

students and nancial institutions alike choose

the Centre or their education and training needs.

This integration o theory with pr actice is achieved

through the use o the Centres three state-o-the-art

dealing rooms. All equipped by Thomson Reuters,

the terminals run the latest industry simulation

sotware as well as the Centres own simulation

sotware platorm; ICTrader. In addition you will

benet rom teaching by the ICMA Centres aculty,which includes academics and industry practitioners

o high renown.

The ICMA Centre is known or its student-ocused

ethos, which contributes to both the high achievement

rates and the close relationships the Centre maintains

with its alumni ater graduation. With over 3000 alumni

around the globe, the networking opportunities or

students and alumni are enormous.

Our location in the Thames Valley is ideal or those

coming rom the City (just 25 minutes by train) or

either o the major London airports. The 320-acre

Whiteknights campus in Reading provides a

wonderul environment conducive or learning.

Dealing RoomsThe ICMA Centre was the rst business school in

Europe to have dealing rooms and is still the only

university with a acility on such a scale.

Our three dealing rooms, all equipped by Thomson

Reuters, have always been an integral part o our

teaching and learning style our technology and

acilities allow students to put theory into practice.

As part o their coursework they experience the thrilland pressures o a live market take positions,

quote two-way prices and manage the risk o a

$50-100 million trading book. Students also manage

multi-asset portolios using live prices and the latest

investment management technology. Having these

essential practical skills in todays competitive and

uncertain environment gives our students the edge

over more traditional nance degrees.

We have over 100 terminals in three dealing rooms

equipped with Thomson Reuters 3000 Xtra Kobra,

Thomson 1 Banker, Thomson Datastream and

Bloomberg. The ICMA Centre has the most extensive

simulated dealing room acilities in the world. So

much so, that regular trading days are held in our

dealing rooms or graduate trainees and otherpersonnel o most o the major investment banks.

The brand new 40 station fagship dealing room is

equipped with all the latest trading technology giving it

the eel o a real trading foor. It has a state-o-the-art

37 oot 8 colour Daktronics ticker tape displaying up

to date market prices and our plasma screens with

the latest news and quotes, which allows students

to immerse themselves in a trading environment.

These rooms are not merely training centres ortraders o the uture; but they also enable academic

sta to combine theory and practice across a whole

range o activities, whether in derivatives trading,

portolio management, risk management, nancial

engineering or corporate nance.

Rotman International

Trading CompetitionWe are keen to oer our students a variety o

additional opportunities each year to add to their skill

set and CV. One o these is the Rotman International

Trading Competition in Toronto every year we enter

a team o students to compete in this event, which

is attended by universities rom all over the world.

The Centre is proud to have won and been the top

European business school in the past ve years;

beating the likes o MIT Sloan School o Management,

Harvard University and Cass Business School.

I you are interested in nding out more about team

selection visit www.icmacentre.ac.uk/rotman .


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The BSc


The BSc Finance and Investment Banking is athree-year honours degree that has been developed

to meet the needs o the global nance industry.

It will provide you with a thorough preparation or a

career in the nancial markets through a combination

o academic rigour and practical-skill building.

In the rst year, you will study the core subjects o

economics, accounting and nance and gain an

introduction to the computer simulation o securities

dealing and spreadsheet modelling. In the second

year, you will cover key areas o specialisation

including portolio management, debt markets

and instruments and corporate nance as well

as undertake practical market making and hedging

in the dealing rooms. The third year oers more

opportunity or specialisation in elds such as riskmanagement and nancial engineering.

Graduates o the course continue to be highly sought

ater by international securities houses, including

Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Merrill

Lynch. More inormation can be ound on page 9.

The great thing about the ICMA Centre is that many o the aculty workor have worked in industry meaning you are learning both the academic

and practical side o how the markets really work. Its been a greatexperience, I enjoyed every year at the ICMA Centre and I gainedreally valuable skills and experience.

Eva Sajbenova | Class o 2007 | PwC, London

I chose the degree largely because I knew I wanted to go into fnanceand the ICMA Centre looked more impressive than other universitiesI had visited. The degree defnitely contributed signifcantly to my career

i it werent or the Centres reputation in the City and the links

established with BNP Paribas, I wouldnt be where I am today.

Jake Smith | Class o 2010 | Fixed Income Derivatives Sales, UK Corporates | BNP Paribas


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Course Content


1 2FIRST YEARCompulsory ModulesIntroductory Securities and Markets

Introduces you to the key nancial markets,

exchange mechanisms and the investment

banks and investment management houses

that operate in these markets and their

various unctions.

Introductory Finance/Trading Simulation I

Provides you with a knowledge o the key concepts

that underlie the valuation o nancial assets,including an examination o the pricing o stocks,

bonds and options. The module also provides an

introduction to modern portolio theory, a discussion

o how to measure risk and return, and an analysis o

whether nancial markets are ecient. The trading

simulation part o the module will introduce you

to computer simulation o securities dealing and

spreadsheet modelling. You will be taught the

relevant theory and will experience how this

theory works in a virtual dealing environment.

Introductory Financial Accounting

Examines the principal nancial statements

produced by companies. You will cover many

areas including: the concepts o prot and capital;

the balance sheet and prot and loss account;

company accounts; and cash fow statements

all are essential ingredients in corporate valuation.

Principles o Macroeconomics

Introduces students to the major concepts; growth,

infation, unemployment and interest rates, and the

interrelationships between these macroeconomic

variables. In addition students will also obtain a

better understanding o i) determination o

national income, ii) aggregate demand and the

impact o scal policy, iii) money and the role

o monetary policy in a closed economy, iv)

aggregate supply and iv) unemployment,

infation and the Phillips curve.

Principles o Microeconomics

Introduces students to the economic analysis

o decision-making, how markets work, and

why they sometimes ail. It ocuses on making

rational decisions (demand and supply, the

market mechanism, elasticity, market eciency

and market ailure) and business behaviour

(production, cost, perect competition andprot maximisation, pricing in pure and

oligopoly, barriers to entry and competition,

market structure, prices and economic policy,

comparative advantage and international

trade, strategic interactions).

Introductory Quantitative Techniques

Gives you the ability to undertake quantitative

problem solving in economic, management

and nancial applications, including the use

o spreadsheets.

SECOND YEARCompulsory Modules

Portolio Management

Examines the issues involved in understanding

the investment market and the process o nancial

intermediation, constructing an optimum investment

portolio, evaluating the perormance o that portolio,

and adjusting its composition through time to ensure

that its perormance remains optimal.

Corporate Finance

Explores corporate nancial decision-making,ocusing on the analysis o investment, nancing

and payout decisions when rms ace capital

market imperections such as taxes, conficts

o interest and inormational problems.

Financial Modelling/Trading Simulation II/CMS

Financial Modelling and Trading Simulation II:Provides a rapid introduction to using MS Excel

to solve a variety o practical problems related to

nance. Many careers in banking and nance

now require candidates to possess a strong

grounding in spreadsheet modelling and a working

knowledge o Visual Basic or Applications (VBA).

The module also extends and builds upon the

computer simulation o securities dealing that

was examined in the Part I module Introductory

Finance/Trading Simulation I.

Career Management Skills: Provides you withthe opportunity to develop sel-awareness in

the context o career decision making, extends

knowledge o the career opportunities that

are available to you, and the skills to make

eective applications.

Debt Markets and Instruments

There are two overall objectives to this module.

First, to develop an appreciation o the xed income

market by exploring traditional and innovative debt

instruments and methods o pricing. Secondly,

moving to a portolio context, you will explore how

dierent nancial institutions use portolios o debt

instruments to achieve stated objectives.

Introductory Econometrics

Designed to give you a sound intuitive grasp o the

application o statistical techniques to solve problems

in nance. Upon completion, you will be able to

speciy, estimate and evaluate statistical models.

Optional ModulesYou may choose one o the two modules below:

Mathematics or Economists

Provides you with a solid oundation o mathematical

techniques. You will gain an understanding o

economic theory that makes use o basic

mathematical techniques and lear n how

to solve a range o economic problems.

Institution Wide Language Programme (IWLP)

Choose rom a variety o oreign languages

(rom levels 1 - 4).

For more inormation regarding the

languages available please visit

www.reading.ac.uk/iwlp/intro.htm


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THIRD YEARCompulsory Modules

Derivative Securities/Trading Simulation III

Designed to combine the theoretical and practical

approaches to derivatives pricing and trading. You will

gain an overview o derivative securities and markets

and a thorough understanding o derivatives pricing

and trading. You will also be guided on the use o

derivatives data and shown how to apply theoretical

models and strategies presented in class through a

number o case simulations in the dealing room. The

trading cases involve both discrete and continuoustime models and will require you to both trade and

build hedging portolios using put and call options.

Financial Engineering

Designed to combine theoretical and practical

approaches to exotic derivatives in dierent markets:

equity, FX, interest rates and credit. The objectives o

the module include providing you with an overview o

the exotic products in dierent markets, amiliarising

you with the dierent pricing approaches and

models, highlighting the importance o engineering

and innovations in nancial products and showing

how to apply the theoretical models and engineering

strategies presented in class through a number

o assignments.

Management o Risk

Introduces you to the latest techniques or measuring

and managing market, credit and operational risk

in nancial institutions. Banks and other nancial

intermediaries invest considerable human and

capital resources in trying to assess the risks in

their day-to-day business and to increase the

awareness o such risks among their employees

and business associates. This module will help you

to develop critical risk management skills that are

now considered indispensable or anyone wanting

to undertake a career in the nancial sector.

Optional ModulesFor the remaining modules you may choose any

three rom the ollowing:

Research Project

The aim o the dissertation is to allow students to

dene and execute a piece o research in nance

on a topic o their choice, with direction rom an

academic supervisor.

Foreign Exchange and Money Markets

The key aim o this module is to equip students with

a rm understanding o the structure and operation

o the oreign exchange and short-term interest rate

markets. This will not only provide the technical

knowledge required to trade in or use those markets,

but will also introduce and illustrate a number o

key nancial concepts such as balance sheet

constraints, liquidity, unding issues, no-arbitragepricing and arbitrage. The module has a strong

practical favour. Students will be given the

opportunity to trade various money market

instruments on simulated electronic markets.

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Introduces the characteristics o private equity as an

alternative asset class and the dierent strategies or

establishing a private equity or venture capital und.

Students will learn how to prepare a business plan

or the purpose o raising nance and to appraise it

as an investment executive. Topics include selecting

and approaching private equity and venture capital

rms; venture capital and the venture capital

investment process; management buyouts; the due

diligence process; dierent strategies or investment;

exit routes, including IPOs and trade sales.

Topics in Finance

Provides students with an understanding o nance

and the ability to place nancial innovations within

a contemporary and historical ramework. Modules

will vary rom year to year but may include: the

history o nance; annuities; commodities; current

issues in nance; asset pricing; corporate nance;

and risk management.

Institution Wide Language Programme (IWLP)*

Choose rom a variety o oreign languages

(rom levels 1 - 4).

For more inormation regarding the

languages available please visit

www.reading.ac.uk/iwlp/intro.htm

Practice o Entrepreneurship*

This dynamic and interactive module aims to inspire

students and provide them with the entrepreneurial

skills and condence needed to put plans into action.

Students will learn rom the experience o successul

entrepreneurs and are given a solid understanding

o the realities o a business start-up. Topics include

entrepreneurial orms and behaviour, creativity and

innovation, idea development and easibility testing,

understanding market dynamics and satisying

customers, raising nance, intellectual property,

networking, writing a business plan and pitching

to investors.

Please note that the inormation in this brochure was correct at the

time o going to print (Nov 2010). However we may oer additional

or vary modules each year or most up-to-date inormation

please visit the website.

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*Please note that you cannot choose both a Language and thePractice o Entrepreneurship.


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Scholarships and the Application Process

How to ApplyAll applications, whether UK, EU or international,

must go through the Universities and Colleges

Admissions Services (UCAS). Our programme

code is N302.

Academic Entry RequirementsGCSE: Mathematics grade B or above and English.

A and AS Levels: A total o 360 points rom either

3 A-levels and 1 AS-levels or a total o 340 points

rom 3 A-levels or 2 A-levels and 2 AS-levels.

Subjects must include a minimum 50 points

(B) grade in AS level Mathematics.

International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma

and achieve 6,6,6 in three higher level subjects.

Must also include grade 6 in standard

level Mathematics.

Other Qualifcations

We welcome students with other qualications

e.g. Scottish Highers, Irish Highers, BTEC National

Diploma, etc. You will be expected to attain an

equivalent standard to an A Level applicant.

International Foundation ProgrammeOverall average o Distinction level results.

(Please note that the oundation programme

must contain a core element o Mathematics).

English RequirementsProciency is required or international students.

TOEFL: (Test o English as a Foreign Language)

score o 570, with TWE o 5 or the paper-based

version o the test, 230 or the computer-based

and 88 or the Internet based test.

IELTS: (British Council International English Language

Test) score o 6.5 overall with no signicant

weaknesses in any component o the test.

Examinations and AssessmentThe majority o units are examined with an element

o coursework. You must pass your rst year

examinations in order to proceed to the second

year, but these results do not count towards your

nal degree. The results o your second and third

year examinations are combined to orm your nal

degree classication; these are weighted a third

and two thirds accordingly.

Scholarships and AwardsUndergraduate Entrance Scholarships

The University oer an Entrance Scholarship o

1,000 to BSc Finance and Investment Banking

applicants who hold Readings oer as Firm

choice through UCAS. Students must achieve

three A levels with grades AAA.

For urther inormation please visit

www.reading.ac.uk/lie/lie-entrance-scholar-

eligibility.aspx#ICMA.

ICMA Centre Undergraduate Academic

Achievement Prize

Each year the Centre awards a prize o 500 to the

nal year BSc student who achieves the highestmark or their degree.


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Careers and After Graduation

Career Development UnitThe mission o the ICMA Centres Career

Development Unit is to ensure that our graduates

possess the practical career management skills to

underpin the theoretical knowledge essential to

succeed in todays global investment banking and

securities markets.

We recognise the importance o career development

and have integrated specialist career management

assistance in the programme. The Career

Development Unit is staed by nancial sector

proessionals with specialist experience o graduate

recruitment and development. We maintain close

links with the investment banking community and

students are able to attend presentations by market

practitioners and alumni working within the banking

and securities industries.

Working with the Unit, you will develop your own

career strategy, including CV preparation, writing

winning applications, assessment centre exercises

and interview skills.

InternshipsWith our strong connection to rms in the industry

and our excellent placement record (ranked

second or graduate prospects in The Times Good

University Guide 2011), we are in a strong position

to help students seeking to arrange an internship

during the summer vacation.

Students are encouraged to nd summer

internships between Year 2 and 3, which may, in

turn, lead to the oer o a ull-time position (subject

to the successul completion o the degree).

AlumniOnce you graduate, you become a member o our

Alumni Association. Reunions are held throughout

the year and with more than 80 nationalities

represented within the organisation, the ability

to network on a global basis is one o the key

benets o study at the Centre.

Alumni benet rom:

Website, which includes all the latest news,jobs board, orums, photos, proles

ICMag newsletter and weekly bi-weekly updatesNetworking opportunitiesReunion events held around the worldOptional membership o Henley Finance Club.

Graduate DestinationsOur statistics show that typically, more than 90% o graduates are in employment or urther study

within 6 months o graduating:

Graduate Destinations (2009) %

General Banking Management 18

Risk Management/Compliance, Regulation & Control 16

General Management (including Financial Management) 15

Financial Markets (Trading, Sales, Origination) 13

Asset Management

Research 9

Higher Education & Doctoral Research 8

Corporate Finance 5

Operations Management/IT 5

Proessional Services (including Management Consultancy, Accountancy) 2

Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital, HSBC, WestLB, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank are among

the international securities houses and investment banks that have recruited our graduates.


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Founded in 1945, by businessor business, Henley was the frst

business school in the UK and

is one o the oldest and mostrespected schools in Europe.

Henley Business School

Our impressive ull-service portolio includes a

range o undergraduate degrees and Postgraduate

degrees in Accountancy, Business, Management,

Finance, Real Estate, Planning, Inormatics, and

Coaching. We oer a world-class DBA and have

a dynamic community o PhD students on

postgraduate research degrees. Henley has an

impressive track record o growing leaders and

developing managers to make the right choices

or their organisations and or the society they

live in which are delivered through our executive

education programme, the Henley Partnership

and the Henley MBA.

One o the very ew business schools worldwide

to hold triple-accredited status rom the major

UK, European and US awarding bodies (AMBA,EQUIS, AACSB), we are also the worlds third

largest provider o MBA education and home

to the world-ranked Henley MBA.

Alongside the ICMA Centre, Henley Business

School comprises three other distinctive units:

School o ManagementThe largest constituent part o Henley Business

School, with around 60 ull-time aculty working

across two campuses. Alongside the MBA, the

School is home to an established portolio o

undergraduate degrees and postgraduate masters

programmes. It also attracts high quality PhD

candidates rom all over the world and is the

largest producer o DBA graduates in Europe.

Expertise within the School spans all major

areas in the eld o business management,

rom leadership and strategic management to

entrepreneurship and innovation, rom human

resource management and sustainability to

international business and marketing.

School o Real Estate & PlanningThe School o Real Estate & Planning was

established in 1968 and is now the largest centre

in the UK or research and teaching in real estate

and planning. The Schools comprehensive range

o undergraduate and postgraduate degree

programmes are accredited by the Royal Institution

o Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and its planning

courses are also ully accredited by the Royal Town

Planning Institute (RTPI). An impressive 98% o

students enter graduate level jobs. The School

enjoys a worldwide reputation or research

excellence and has a strong record o collaborative

research with both the private and public sectors.

Executive EducationHenley Business School is a global leader

in executive education, providing impactul

and innovative learning to individuals and

organisations. Its programmes are designed

to build leadership capability and enhancemanagement perormance. As the UKs oldest

business school, and one o the oldest in Europe,

Henley has over 60 years experience and expertise

in developing leaders o, and or, the uture.

For urther inormation on Henley Business

School at the University o Reading please visit

www.henley.reading.ac.uk


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Life at Reading

Youve ound out about our degree,now fnd out more about the

University and the town o Reading.The University o Reading is ranked as one o the

UKs 20 most research-intensive universities and

as one o the top 200 universities in the world.

We enjoy a world-class reputation or teaching,

research and enterprise. Established over 100

years ago, it is situated within its own 320 acre

landscaped campus near the centre o Reading

and remains one o the UKs largest, best-known

and successul campus-based universities.

At Reading we pursue an ambitious and innovative

enterprise agenda. Over the last ve years we have

enjoyed considerable success in collaborativeresearch partnerships, delivering over 1200

projects. Other services in demand are

consultancy, technology transer and intellectual

property licensing. Enterprise also taps into our

expertise via government assisted Knowledge

Transer Partnerships (KTPs). Our close links with

business and industry are evident right across the

University. Collaborative research projects, the

creation o spin-out companies and graduate

placement schemes are just some o the many

ways we interact with enterprise day-to-day.

Established as a leading orce in British higher

education, we continue to build on our success.

Our ambitious multi-million pound investment

programme is delivering twenty-rst century

acilities, strengthening our international reputation

or quality teaching, research and enterprise.

Campus acilitiesOur main Whiteknights site is set in 130 hectares

o beautiul parkland. This is the heart o university

lie and provides a special sense o community.

With its lake and green open spaces it is an

exceptional environment in which to study, live

and relax. Everything you need is here or withinwalking distance.

The University oers excellent sports acilities

and at the hub o Whiteknights is the very popular

Reading University Students Union (RUSU). A hive

o activity day and night, it provides easy access

to services, shopping and a ready-made social lie.

Its state-o-the-art award-winning entertainment

venue, 3Sixty, is a prime example o the Universitys

ongoing investment in rst-class acilities.

Excellent transport linksThe University is conveniently located or centralLondon with high speed trains rom Reading to

London Paddington with a journey time o only 25

minutes. A regular coach service also connects

the campus with the City and Heathrow Airport.

AccommodationThe University o Reading has extensive acilities

and provides accommodation or a much higher

proportion o students than many other universities.

Over 96% o new rst year students who request

a place will be oered university accommodation.

No two Halls o Residence are the same; each has

its own character, oering you a welcoming and

secure environment in which to study and relax.

There are a variety o options open to you

including ully catered, sel-catering and bedrooms

with en suite bathroom acilities. You can use your

own computer and printer in most Halls and will

have a telephone with voicemail as well as

broadband internet connection.

For more inormation please visit

www.reading.ac.uk/accommodation

The town o ReadingAt the heart o the beautiul Thames Valley, betweenWindsor and Oxord, Reading has quickly become

one o the astest growing centres or business,

shopping, transport and leisure. It combines over

a thousand years o history with all the assets o a

thriving, modern town. The town has its sights rmly

set on the international business world, becoming

the silicon valley and hi-tech centre o the UK and

attracting several major international computer

companies, including Microsot, Compaq and

The Oracle Corporation.


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Postgraduate Courses at the ICMA Centre

Further inormation regarding all o our programmes can be ound on ourwebsite where you can request brochures which are o interest to you.

MSc Capital Markets, Regulation and Compliance

MSc Corporate Finance

MSc Financial Engineering

MSc Financial Research

MSc Financial Risk Management

MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking

MSc International Shipping and Finance

MSc Investment Banking and Islamic Finance

MSc Investment Management

PhD Programme

ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University o Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6BA, UK

T: +44 (0)118 378 8239 F: +44 (0)118 931 4741 E: [email protected]

www.icmacentre.ac.uk

Designed

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BSc Taster DayThese usually take place in June and October

to coincide with the Universitys Open Days.

They are designed to give students an enjoyable

and inormative introduction to the exciting eld

o world nance and the opportunity to get a real

eel or the ICMA Centre, the University and our

innovative BSc degree.

The schedule also includes a talk on careers as

well as the opportunity to take part in an exciting

interactive dealing room session.

Visit www.icmacentre.ac.uk/open_days

to register.

University Open DaysThe University runs undergraduate Open Days in

June and October. Please contact the Student

Recruitment and Schools Liaison Oce on

+44 (0)118 378 8619 or inormation about these

or visit www.reading.ac.uk/lie/lie-visit.aspx

Independent VisitWe welcome visitors to the Centre throughout the

year, but please contact us in advance to arrange

an appointment.

Student Case Studies

See our video case studies online atwww.icmacentre.ac.uk/student_case_studies

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