LMD academic program

Master’s Degree (M2) in Finance, Track: Financial Markets and Risk Evaluation (FiRE)

Master’s Degree (M2) in Finance, Track: Financial Markets and Risk Evaluation (FiRE)
Logo France Compétences

Accéder aux sections de la fiche

Call to actions

Details

Internship

Mandatory internship
Internship(s)
At the end of the programme, students will undertake a compulsory 6 month internship.

International

*
*
The programme is taught entirely in English.

Introduction

Photo
Photo

The Master “Financial Market and Risk Evaluation” (FiRE) offers theoretical and practical insights on financial markets.

Theoretical insights are all the more needed after the great financial crisis of 2008 that has shown that blind applications of valuation and risk management models could prove unproductive. These theoretical insights are acquired by students with the instruction offered by world-class academics who have contributed to building them. 

Practical insights are also offered to ensure that students are accustomed to the functioning and vocabulary of financial markets, the strategies of investors and the pricing of financial assets, with a particular emphasis on risk measurement and evaluation.

Objectives

Students pursuing the Financial Markets and Risk Evaluation track will also learn to:

  • Use modelling and computational tools to price financial assets ;
  • Understand the functioning of financial markets ;
  • Identify and manage operational and financial risks.

Institution

Person in charge of the academic program

Partnership

The FiRE Master benefits from the vibrant scientific environment of the University Toulouse Capitole.

Faculty members teaching in the programme are renowned researchers from TSM Research (UMR CNRS 5303), IDEI (Institut d’Economie Industrielle), and TSE (Toulouse School of Economics). The seminars and conferences organized in these research centers are an integral part of the curriculum.
This Master is a programme in partnership with Toulouse School of Management (TSM) and Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
Since 2002, the following organizations have taken part in the curriculum and / or provided internships:

Airbus, Alcatel Space, Astrium, Atos, Banexi Ventures Partners, Banque de France, Banque Courtois, BNP Paribas, BPCE, Caisse des dépôts et Consignations, Calyon, Cap Gemini, Crédit Agricole, CIC, Crédit Mutuel, Dassault System, Dexia Asset Management, EADS, EDF, HSBC, LCL, EuroMTS, Euronext, Eurosport International, Finance Conseil, Lipton Informatique Conseil, KPMG, Logica, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, Natixis, Murex, Omnium Finance, Pierre Fabre, Renault, Société Générale, SGAM, Siemens VDO Automotive, Sopra Group, Steria, Talan, Thales Avionique, Valuego…

Admission

Prerequisite

Prerequisites for enrolment

Bac + 4

Prerequisites training

The FiRE Master welcomes students with management, economics and engineering backgrounds.

Students mainly come from the Master 1 Finance, Master 1 TSE, and INSA engineering school.

Application

Conditions of admission / Conditions of successful application

Prerequisites for all candidates:

  • Successful completion of 240 ECTS
  • An English language test for non-English speakers (B2 required). List of the English language certificates accepted here.
  • Examination of candidate’s application and possible interview
Please note that candidate swho have completed the TSM M1 in Finance are given priority.

Program

Semester 3

UE1 - Asset pricing
UE2 - Corporate Finance
UE3 - Information Technology for Finance
UE4 - Financial Econometrics
UE5 - Derivatives

Semester 2

UE6 - Economics for finance
UE7 - Asset management and trading
UE8 - Psychology for finance
UE9 - Risk management
UE10 - Machine Learning for Finance using Python
UE11 - Internship or entrepreneurial project

At the end of the programme, students will undertake a compulsory 6 month internship.

What's next ?

Level of education obtained after completion

Year of highschool graduation

Unknown label

Target skills

Target activities / attested skills


By the end of the Master in Finance, students will be able to:
  • know basic institutional and regulatory framework of finance in organisations and markets
  • understand the conceptual foundations and analytical methods in finance
  • apply analytical methods in finance to solve practical problems encountered by corporations, financial institutions and markets
  • critically assess the drivers of contemporary financial issues
  • incorporate ethical dimension and implications for sustainability in financial decisions
  • communicate effectively in oral and written form
  • work in team
  • solve complex problems

Students pursuing the track Financial Markets and Risk Evaluation (FiRE) will also learn to:
  • use modeling and computational tools to price financial assets
  • understand the functioning of financial markets
  • identify and manage operational and financial risks
     

Job opening

Business sector or job

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
  • Risk analysis, Brokerage,
  • Asset management,
  • Trading,
  • Middle Office,
  • Design of structured products,
  • Private equity,
  • Consulting.

PREFERRED SECTORS
  • senior financial management and general management committees of groups,
  • banks and financial institutions,
  • private equity and venture capital firms and consultancies,
  • international corporations.
 

Submission

Conditions of submission

Find all the information (dates and procedures) on the applications for the Master’s Degree (M2) in Finance, Track: Financial Markets and Risk Evaluation (FiRE) on the Toulouse School of Management website.