Asset Pricing

What’s it all about?

The specialisation in Asset Pricing is about understanding the factors that affect price formation of financial assets, including what drives returns, risks and correlations. In volatile global markets, one can invest in an enormous variety of financial assets with differing risk properties. You'll learn:

• what determines the price of financial assets
• how to allocate investments in a way that optimises returns and minimises risk
• how various factors affect price formation of financial assets, including what drives returns, risks and correlations

What you’ll actually do:

• translate complex financial problems into guidelines for daily investment decisions
• learn how well-functioning financial systems work within economies
• offer solutions using economic, financial and econometric skills to make optimal investments