Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) has announced it will launch a postgraduate programme to cater to the growing demand for highly-trained expertise in Asia’s asset and wealth management sectors.
The inaugural intake for the programme is January 2019, with a second cohort beginning in July 2019.
This is not the first time NTU has launched a university course specifically aimed at the wealth management sector.
In February, it partnered with Singapore’s DBS Bank to build a sustainable pool of wealth managers by rolling out an ‘applied wealth management track’ for undergraduates.
London & NY
The Masters programme will conduct its classes in Singapore, London and New York, in collaboration with Imperial College London’s Business School and New York University’s Stern School of Business.
The overseas modules, which last two weeks, will incorporate lectures from global experts and study visits to financial institutions, in order to expose participants to international thought leaders.
Offered through NTU’s Wealth Management Institute (WMI), the programme will feature two specialisation tracks – asset management and wealth management.
“This will provide the programme with the necessary breadth and depth to groom a core of talent that caters to Asia’s rising demand for asset management and wealth advisory services,” an NTU spokesperson said.
NTU provost and vice-president, professor Ling San said the new programme draws on WMI’s domain expertise in wealth management education.
“It is also timely to re-visit the skills and expertise required of wealth managers at this juncture when rapid technological disruptions are impacting financial services on all fronts.
“The Master’s degree will be cross-disciplinary, tapping NTU’s globally renowned strength in artificial intelligence, data science and computing technologies, as well as social science and psychology,” Ling said.
