Overview

What you'll learn in The Mechanics of Derivatives and Financial Products course at Middlesex University

The rationale, mechanics and risks/rewards for investors in a variety of financial instruments
These include options, futures, swaps, structured products, exchange traded funds and other collective investment vehicles - considered from the perspectives of the hedger, the speculator and, on the sell side, from the perspective of the originators and structurers
How these instruments function, the markets and platforms upon which they trade, and the motivations behind the selection of such instruments in constructing an investment portfolio

Postgraduate certificate option

You have the option to receive a postgraduate certificate validated by Middlesex University Business School.

You will need to submit an additional marked assignment of 5000 words, based on a continuing case study that runs throughout the duration of the course.

Programme Structure

Modules include:

Equities, Global Equity Markets and Indices

Fixed Income Securities

Money Market Securities, Foreign Exchange and Settlement

Exchange Traded Funds and Collective Investment Schemes

Exchange Traded Derivatives: Futures and Options

Key Elements of Swaps

Risk Management with Derivatives

Trading Derivatives, Hedging and Investment Strategies

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 4 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-04-24 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-10-02 00:00:00

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Language

English

Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Economics Finance View 33 other Masters in Economics in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

If you want to study for the postgraduate certificate, you will need to have a degree or equivalent qualification (or relevant work experience).

Tuition Fee

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International

1980 GBP/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1980 GBP for the full programme during 4 months.
National

1980 GBP/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1980 GBP for the full programme during 4 months.

Funding

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