CAMPUS MADRID

Master’s Degree in Banking and Financial Regulation 

Provides future professionals with in-depth knowledge of the new environment in which banking business is conducted and the skills to assess the risks inherent in financial activity.

ÁREA ECONOMÍA Y EMPRESA AREA Of ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

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The Master’s Degree in Banking and Financial Regulation offers a global perspective on the banking sector, its business model and other issues relating to new regulations and other changes. All the participants on this Master’s program have found work with major companies in the financial sector. Arturo Eguidazu

CreditS90 ECTS

dUrAtion1 year

CAMPUSMadrid

LAngUAge80% English 20% Spanish

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CoSt€ 18,540

The masTer’s degree

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Student pRoFileEconomics and Business Administration graduates.

Students with sound quantitative knowledge in fields such as engineering, mathematics and physics.

Students who wish to work for the central departments of financial institutions.

puRpoSe oF tHe MaSteRThe objetive of this Master’s degree program is to train expert professionals who are qualified both academically and ethically to work in the 21st century banking world.

Studying at tHe univeRSity oF navaRRaQualiTy faculTy

The master’s degree faculty is made up of academics with doctoral degrees from the world’s best universities and professionals of renowned prestige in the fields of banking and financial regulation who complement the more applied training with their day-to-day experience in the industry.

MaSteR’S degRee in Banking and Financial Regulation 

MetHodology Theory courses are supplemented with the case-study method and the analysis of real situations in banking, drawing on information from the financial and banking sectors. This approach is complemented with seminars, conferences and round-tables on current issues in the banking world.

Following the period of taught courses, students carry out an internship and complete a Final Project. The School of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Navarra has established partnership agreements with such companies as BBVA, Banco Santander, La Caixa, Caja Rural, Banco Popular, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, KPMG and Indra, facilitating the selection process whereby students may work in-house as interns.

In addition, to further education and training and to be awarded an international Master’s Degree qualification, students may avail of the extensive network of exchange agreements signed by the School of Economics and Business Administration with universities in other countries to undertake an optional semester of study overseas.

During the Master’s Degree program, students may also opt to prepare for Levels I and II of the CFA® (Chartered Financial Analyst) qualification.

vision Towards

The fuTure

The economic, financial and regulatory environment in which the banking industry operates has undergone a profound transformation at international level. Thus, the program seeks to:

Provide advanced knowledge of the new environment in which the banking industry operates.

Prepare students to work in the international and innovative environments inherent to the future of banking.

Educate students about the different financial and banking products and their relevance.

Equip students with appropriate techniques to quantify and assess the different risks inherent in the banking industry.

Develop consciousness around creating and maintaining corporate responsibility and ethical conduct.

professional areas

This Master’s Degree program prepares financial sector professionals to take positions of responsibility in the following professional areas:

· Credit risk analysis.

· Financial consultancy services.

· Fund management companies.

· Insurance companies.

· Credit institutions.

· Financial departments of large companies.

The masTer’s degree

faculTy is made up

of professionals of

renowned presTige in The

field and academics wiTh

docToral degrees.

cuRRiculuMeconomeTrics applied To

banking 

· Advanced statistical issues in banking.· Generalized model of moments.· Panel data.· Logit and probit models.· ARMA models. Non-linear models.

Volatility models.· Integrated processes.

advanced banking

accounTancy

· IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) for banking executives.

· Analysis of banking finance states. · Financial instruments.· Solvency analysis.· Accounting for bank restructuring

and the tax implications.· Balanced scorecard.· Performance evaluation measures in

banking.

corporaTe finance and

risk managemenT

· Asset assessment model. Interest-type models.

· Financial products. Structured products.

· Derivatives. Futures.· Coverage and sensitivity.· Credit, liquidity and market risks.· Risk management and financial

regulation.

sas programming

· Introduction to SAS.· SAS applications for banking.· The role of SAS in banking

accountancy and econometrics.· SAS programming for research.· Regression analysis with SAS.· Panel data. STATA and SAS.

economic environmenTs

· Banking system supports.· Importance of the pro-cyclical

financial system.· International financial structures.· Solvency ratings. State debt ratings.· Financial and banking crises.· Risk analysis (by country). Sovereign

funds.

financial eThics and

corporaTe social

responsibiliTy

· Lessons from the financial crisis. Why ethics matter.

· Integrity of capital markets.· Duties to clients and financial

regulation.· The morality of investment: socially

responsible investing.· Transparency: CSR reports.· Sustainability in the financial sector.

financial regulaTion

· Regulation of private financial activity.

· Regulation of bank solvency at international level.

· Macroprudential analysis.· Basel Accords II and III.· Central bank statements.· Analysis and evaluation of regulatory

guidelines for the next 10 years.

sysTems of informaTion

managemenT in banking

· Retail banking.· Transactional banking.· Asset management and private

banking.· Wholesale and investment banking.· Strategy in the banking sector.· The role of technology in banking.

inTernships

· BBVA· Banco Santander· Caja Rural· PricewaterhouseCoopers · Deloitte· KPMG· Indra

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