Overview

The Master’s specialisation in Financial Economics is ideal for students who want to understand the workings of global financial markets, from investments, asset pricing and risk management to monetary policy and financial regulation. You will learn about the possible implications of measures taken to regulate them. You are challenged to go further than simply understanding the concepts and to think creatively about groundbreaking ideas of how to regulate constantly developing financial markets and new financial instruments. It’s about trying to get financial markets to work more efficiently, without exuberant bubbles and catastrophic crashes, and in support of a prospering world economy.

Future career opportunities

Our alumni have the necessary knowledge and skills for a career at:

• Financial and accounting department in the industry
• Commercial banks
• Investment banks
• Financial exchanges
• Ministry of finance

• Government bodies of financial market oversight

Research

To indicate the type of research topics in this specialisation, a few examples:

• What are the influences of tariffs, interest rates changes etc. on asset prices, company finances and the financial industry?
• Does it make sense to tax financial transactions to reduce the dangers of bubbles and crashes?
• How do our psychological biases and emotions influence what we do in the markets?
• How do you implement a policy that gives people an incentive to save for their pension?

Accreditation

This programme is accredited by the NVAO (the Dutch-Flemish accreditation organisation) and AACSB (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).