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.
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SA-born academic and renowned Wall Street quant, Professor Emanuel Derman from Columbia University delivered a special seminar to AIFMRM students at UCT.
Read more "A Stylized History of Quantitative Finance – Emanuel Derman comes home"
AIFMRM’s annual careers evening highlighted the wide range of opportunities for graduates of the Institute’s three specialised Master’s degrees.
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UCT has launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the rise of fintech and fintech regulation in emerging markets that will broaden the number of people able to access knowledge and expertise in this fast-growing new field.
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