Exclusive PhD in Finance programme expands in Asia

EDHEC-Risk Institute today announced the extension of its PhD in Finance to Asia where it will be offered from Singapore.
The three-year programme helps individuals acquire the background and skills required to conduct research that will yield original insights and lead to innovative finance solutions. It welcomes both recent university graduates, who join the Institute as research assistants, and seasoned practitioners, who keep their full-time jobs.
The programme faculty consists of world-class specialists in economics and finance. It brings together senior EDHEC-Risk Institute scholars and outstanding affiliate professors from institutions such as the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and Princeton University.
“Drawing its faculty from the world’s best research institutions and enjoying the support of leading centre for applied financial research, the EDHEC-Risk Institute PhD in Finance creates an extraordinary platform for professional development and industry innovation,” says Professor René Garcia, the programme’s Academic Director.
The programme, until now on offer only in Europe, attracts top students from twenty-six countries. Participants on its “executive track” have an average of sixteen years of professional experience and live in Europe (46%), Asia (29%), and North America (25%).
“The programme’s geographic expansion will allow us to better serve demand from the Asia-Pacific region, provide all candidates with more options, and strengthen the programme’s global positioning,” says Mr Frédéric Ducoulombier, Director of Executive Education at EDHEC-Risk Institute.
Although those joining the programme in Singapore in February 2011 will be able to take all of their courses locally, they will also have the opportunity to take elective seminars in Europe. Likewise, those joining in Europe in October 2010 will have the option to attend electives offered in Singapore. Moreover, all participants will have on-demand multimedia access to all courses and presentations given in Singapore, Nice, and London.
“Our commitment to offering the EDHEC-Risk Institute PhD in Finance to Singapore is grounded on the
position of the city-state as a thriving hub for research and education in Asia and on the support which, since 2006, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has been providing to our graduate degree courses with its Finance and Doctoral Scholarship Programmes,” explains Mr Olivier Oger, Dean of EDHEC Business School.
"As a key international financial centre, it is important for Singapore to continue to build a pool of
professionals with the finance background and research skills to support innovation. EDHEC-Risk Institute’s choice of Singapore as the Asian home for its PhD in Finance is a key initiative that will accelerate the development of strong research and development capabilities within Singapore’s finance industry,” says Mr Ong Chong Tee, Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Programme information sessions will be held in Singapore on November 19 and Hong Kong on November 24.
To participate, please contact Ms Maud Gauchon at maud.gauchon@edhec-risk.com or on +33 493 183 267.

Contact:
For further information, please contact:
Maud Gauchon, EDHEC Risk Institute
Tel: +33 493 183 267
E-mail: maud.gauchon@edhec-risk.com

About EDHEC-Risk Institute
EDHEC-Risk Institute is an offshoot of EDHEC Business School. With 126 permanent professors and
researchers and over 5,000 students following degree courses, EDHEC is one of the leading business schools in Europe. Founded in 1906, it has earned the triple crown of international academic accreditations (AACSB, EQUIS, and Association of MBAs accreditations).
EDHEC-Risk Institute does world-class academic research and highlights its applications to the investment management industry. Its team of forty-six researchers carries out six industry-sponsored programmes focusing on asset allocation and risk management in the traditional and alternative investment universes. EDHEC-Risk Institute systematically seeks to validate the academic quality of its research through publications in leading scholarly journals and has a policy of optimising exchanges with the industry. It maintains a website (www.edhec-risk.com) devoted to asset management research for professionals, circulates a monthly newsletter to over 375,000 practitioners, conducts regular industry surveys and consultations, organises research conferences for the industry, delivers executive education programmes to hundreds of institutions yearly, and offers an innovative PhD in Finance.