Bachelor of Business Management
MBA – Master of Business Administration
MSc in Applied Finance
MSc in Applied Finance (China)
MSc in Finance
MSc in Management
MSc in Operations Management
MSc in Wealth Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University
50 Stamford Road
Singapore 178899
Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
Simulated Trading Room
The Simulated Trading Room (STR) is located at the Concourse within the SMU main campus, near the Computer Centre and other academic laboratories. The stand-alone terminals at the STR can be linked to a dedicated computer server for interactive trading in securities or investment simulation.
The main purpose of the STR is to allow faculty members 11 August, 2006data to contextualise market conditions. Up-to-the minute financial data can be flashed on a projector screen, the upfront LCD screen, and each of the computer terminals. This infrastructure allows students to monitor news, observe actual market price movements, and make investment decisions as events unfold.
Appropriate software may be pre-installed for portfolio optimisation or share trading. SMU has acquired a number of databases, including Thomson, University of Chicago ’s Centre for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), and hedge fund commercial data. From these data sources, faculty members and students can extract financial information for learning and research.
The STR will be useful for computer-based learning or computer-aided teaching. It is well-equipped to facilitate e-Learning and host investment simulation games, such as the “Financial Game Challenge”, for stock selection and “The Bourse Game”, for foreign exchange trading.
Students may use the STR for their assignments, term papers and investment games while faculty members may use the STR for their research and teaching. .
Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
The Behavioural Lab
The Behavioural Lab, a 3,000 square feet facility, is dedicated to academic behavioural research and is currently under the charge of the Marketing Faculty of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business. It has proven to be a very critical and useful resource for faculty whose research involves human subjects, providing both the space and the equipment crucial to such research. The type of research conducted in the Lab runs the gamut from investigations into the psychological processes involved in memory, consumer surveys, to studies in decision theory. The Lab is partitioned into five separate spaces, with each optimised for different data collection methods. For instance, one of these spaces consists of computer-equipped and sound-insulated cubicles that are ideal for experiments which involve individual subjects or those for which precision is required in measuring subjects’ response times. The Lab also has a space equipped for conducting focus group studies, comprising two rooms adjoined by a one-way mirror as well as the necessary audio equipment to allow observers to observe focus group discussions. The remaining spaces in the Lab can be utilised for pen-and-paper studies and computer-administered studies. In all, it has a dozen computers and equipment for video, audio and slide presentations.
Software and application developers, lab technicians, and research associates work closely with faculty to prepare and run experiments in this state-of-the-art lab.
Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
Language Labs
SMU’s foreign language provision has gradually expanded since its first language course offering in the academic year 2001-02. It now offers Basic one-semester courses in Mandarin, Malay, Spanish, Japanese, and most recently, French.
Cultural and language proficiency helps our students benefit from the occupational and personal opportunities open to them in the global market, and our Language Labs provide some of the necessary resources to help our graduates to enhance their language learning experience.
The Language Labs serve a dual purpose - they act as classrooms for foreign language courses and also double as a self-access language centre to supplement regular weekly classroom instruction.
More specifically, the aims of the language labs are to:
Serve as both a self-access learning centre and also as regular language classrooms
Serve as forums where students can interact with best-of-the-class TAs and invited native speakers of Japanese, Spanish, etc (e.g. foreign exchange students), using them as conversation partners
Provide students with resources to improve foreign language proficiency (particularly speaking and listening)
Serve as a forum in which students can interact in their language of study or engage in area studies of the respective languages (e.g. BSMs)
Enable language instructors to remain at the cutting edge of language pedagogy
Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
Fees
The fees (inclusive of GST) for the programme are:
Application fee
S$50 (online); S$75 (by mail) (Non-refundable)
Registration Fee
S$400 (Singaporean / P.R.) ; S$500 (Foreigners)
(Non-refundable)
Amount payable upon acceptance to the programme. The registration fee includes matriculation, examination fees, orientation activities, library & computer account
Tuition Fee
S$48,000, payable in three instalments
First Instalment is payable prior to Module 1: S$28,000
Second Instalment is payable prior to Module 2: S$10,000
Third Instalment is payable prior to Module 3: S$10,000
Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
Programme Participants
The MSc in Wealth Management is ideal for practicing wealth managers who provide investment advice to high net worth individuals and institutions. It is especially useful to private bankers, priority banking officers, and independent financial advisors who wish to deepen their investment and marketing knowledge and/or strategic developments in the industry.
The Programme will greatly benefit investment managers who carry out asset allocations, risk management, security analysis and other related functions. This group of professionals would also include research analysts, managers of mutual funds and closed-end funds.
Candidates aspiring to be wealth managers will find this an excellent post-graduate degree to hone their skills in and enhance their knowledge of wealth management.
In short, the target audience includes:
Private Bankers
Asset Managers
Fund Managers
Investment Professionals
Graduates who aspire to be wealth manager
Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
Programme Duration
The MSc in Wealth Management programme is an intensive and structured programme with 5 modules. Each module requires a residential study period of 2 full weeks. Over 12 months, participants will complete 21 courses including an Advanced Study Project (ASP), to meet the academic requirements of the MSc in Wealth Management Degree awarded by the Singapore Management University.
In brief,
Total programme duration: 12 months
5 modules with duration of 2 weeks each
Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
Programme Features
Specialization in global wealth management with curriculum customised for a global perspective with an Asian focus
Modular structure which allows participants to meet their professional and personal obligations while pursuing an academic interest
Residential programme with 5 Study Blocks or modules, each of 2 weeks duration (with a preparatory module)
Each module has 3 to 6 courses, with a total of 21 courses for the whole programme
One module will be conducted at the Swiss Finance Institute in Switzerland; other modules in Singapore
A Master’s degree awarded by SMU, and a Certificate awarded by Swiss Finance Institute
Academically rigorous programme with strong professional content
Experienced faculty drawn from senior academics with industry experience, and successful wealth professionals with academic exposure
The pedagogy delivery modes include Asian case studies, team activities, pre-course assignments, computer-aided learning, simulations, evening talks, site visits, field trips to complement classroom learning
An individually-supervised project for participants to do a longitudinal study of a subject of interest
Cross-cultural interaction with international faculty and senior industry professionals
Opportunities for long or short internships with professional wealth managers
Scholarships based on merit for selected participants
Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
The Singapore Management University (SMU), in collaboration with the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) and Swiss Finance Institute (SFI) offers the Master of Science in Wealth Management degree (MSc in Wealth Management).
In recent years, the proliferation of investment products and innovative financial services has contributed to the steady growth of wealth management as an attractive and lucrative service sector within the financial industry around the world. At the same time, rapid product development and technology advancement, changing needs of the clients and globalization of businesses are posing new challenges for professionals in wealth management. There is an ever-growing need for professional education and training programmes to enhance the level of knowledge and professional services in wealth management, especially in the Asia Pacific region. The MSc in Wealth Management programme has been developed to cater to this need.
This unique graduate programme built upon a structure of professional and theoretical knowledge, leveraging on the experience of the three participating organizations, and using relevant case studies and current industry practices as learning supplements in the specialized field of wealth management.
The programme will meet the needs of aspiring and seasoned wealth managers, who wish to deepen their skills, knowledge and expertise. It will comprehensively cover the whole spectrum of processes, services and products related to wealth management. It also provides participants an opportunity to gain practical experience through structured internships with leading industry players, while benefiting from academic rigour of the programme.
The programme will be facilitated by a team of specially selected faculty from two branches: senior academics with industry experience, and successful wealth managers with academic exposure. The combined faculty will have the authority of theory and practice to deliver the demanding curriculum.
The MSc in Wealth Management programme will bring together global participants, reputed practitioners and eminent SMU and SFI faculty to provide a rich forum to discuss past and recent advances in the industry and profession. It is a programme intended for those who have long-term interests in wealth management as a profession.