I am very honoured to be appointed as the founding academic director of the MSc in Wealth Management Programme.

Wealth management is all about managing investment returns and risk for well-endowed clients (both individual and institutions) with investible funds.

Wealth management is both an art and science. It involves understanding the client very well. It requires the wealth manager to have both breadth and depth about the financial markets, the instruments, the players as well as the environment. Thus, a wealth manager has to possess the skills of a generalist and a specialist to perform his or her role very well. Having a group of peers to share with, and a curriculum facilitated by senior industry experts and professors of finance add up to a worthwhile personal investment with positive net present value.

The curriculum has been designed collectively by a group of academic professors and industry professionals – including private bankers, asset managers, investment analysts, priority bankers and investment consultants. The programme will seamlessly weave in both theory and practice.

For the select group who will be participating in this comprehensive programme, we promise an enriching experience. The array of learning activities will include seminars, assignments, projects, field trips, industry talks, Asian case studies and interaction with industry professionals. A two-week stint at the Swiss Finance Institute in Zurich will allow participants to interact with counterparts from around the world. There will be ample opportunities for exposure and immersion in the real world of global investing.

The MSc in Wealth Management is the progressive way to stay at the frontier of global investing.

Join us if you have the passion for a career in wealth management.

Yours truly,

Dr Francis Koh
Practice Professor of Finance
Programme Director
MSc in Wealth Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business