HONG KONG'S FINANCIAL industry is widely recognised as part of the backbone of the economy and a sector that offers a wealth of career opportunities.
The industry has high expectations of its professional staff and expects them continually to upgrade their skills, talents, knowledge and creativity.
Michael Wong, an associate professor in the department of economics and finance at the City University of Hong Kong and the director of MSc programmes in banking, finance and financial engineering, said professionals would find it hard to succeed in an evolving market without up-to-date training.
City University offers three MSc programmes: MSc (Finance), MSc (Banking) and MSc (Financial Engineering).
In addition to teaching traditional banking and financial skills, the programmes are designed to support the fast-growing markets of financial derivatives and structured finance in Asia, and to train the next generation of quantitative analysts for investment banking.
Programmes are aimed at bankers and financial professionals with an average of seven years' experience.