Four of AIFMRM’s PhD students submitted their theses and graduated in 2018 – the first PhD graduates since AIFMRM’s inception in 2014. We caught up with them to find out more about their journeys and their reflections on the PhD process.
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AIFMRM invites applications for two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. The application deadline is 31 May 2019 and appointments are for 1 October 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter. The tenure of the fellowship is up to two years, conditional on evidence of satisfactory academic progress after one year.
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Producing graduates for the world of finance is an expensive, specialised and time-consuming business. Can universities keep pace with the requirements of a rapidly changing industry?
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A study tour to the US confirmed two things for six AIFMRM fintech master’s candidates: a burgeoning of disruptive fintech technologies, driven by artificial intelligence, blockchain and big data – and that UCT’s degrees and students can hold their own globally.
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It’s not often that two sets of brothers who are close friends graduate from the same two faculties – and each with the title of doctor. The two older brothers, 28-year-olds Mario Giuricich and Alex Backwell, graduated with their PhDs in Quantitative Finance through AIFMRM younger brothers, 24-year-olds Alessio Giuricich and David Backwell, graduated MBChB through the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Read more "Four doctors, two families make it a double"