Introductory description

The aim of this module is provide training and tools required to conduct research in Finance. In particular, to provide students with the foundations, topics and current research in market microstructure, banking, financial institutions, financial innovation, and financial crises.

Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Topics covering market Microstructure: Order Flow and Liquidity, Inventory Risk, Price Discovery, Limit Order Markets, OTC markets
Topics covering recent research in banking, financial institutions, financial innovation, and financial crises.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Deep and advanced knowledge of the latest work in the main areas of Finance
• The ability to review critically current research papers and put forward interesting research questions.

Indicative reading list

Reading lists can be found in Talis

Subject specific skills

A good and advanced understanding of methodologies which are currently used in the main areas of Finance.

Transferable skills

The ability to critically understand the key ideas and tools in research papers in the main areas of Finance, communicate their results both orally and in written form, and identify gaps in the papers which may lead to papers written by students themselves.
Communication, problem solving.