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A Program Jointly Offered by School of Science and School of Business & Management Our Team A Program jointly offered by School of Science and School of Business & Management Our Team Program Directorship (from AY2019-20) Professor Yue Kuen KWOK ([email protected]) • Professor of Mathematics • Director of BSc MAEC • Specialties: Financial Mathematics; Derivatives Pricing and Credit Risk Modeling Professor Kam Wing SIU ([email protected]) • Assistant Professor of Business Education • Director of BSc MAEC • Specialties: Industrial organization; Health economics; Chinese economy 2 Agenda Why Mathematics and Economics Career Prospects Curriculum Structure Admission routes and criteria Why choose Mathematics and Economics? * Synergy between Mathematics & Economics Nobel Laureates in Economics The research for Nobel Laureates in Economics heavily require mathematics. Mathematician John Nash Jr., whose work on the game theory changed modern economics, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994. Nash equilibrium: Prisoner’s Dilemma. Mathematician Leonid Kantorovich, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources, and regarded as the founder of linear programming, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1975. 5 Nobel Awards on Matching Schemes • 2012 Nobel Awards in Economics go to Shapley and Roth on their works on matching schemes 6 Nobel Laureates in Economics • 21 out of 45 Laureates awarded in the last 25 years have degree(s) in Mathematics 2016 Oliver Hart B.A. Math 2016 Bengt Holmström B.S. Math, M.Sc. Operations Research 2013 Lars Hansen B.S. Math, Political Science 2012 Alvin Roth B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Operations Research 2012 Lloyd Shapley A.B. Math, Ph.D. in Mathematics 2011 Christopher Sims A.B. Math 2010 Peter Diamond B.A. Math 2007 Eric Maskin A.B. Math, Ph.D. Applied Math 2005 Robert Aumann B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Math 2004 Edward Prescott B.A. Math, M.S. Operations Research 2003 Clive Granger B.A. Math, Ph.D. Statistics 2002 Daniel Kahneman B.A. Math, Psychology 2001 Michael Spence B.A., M.A. Math 2001 Joseph Stiglitz B.A. Math, Economics 2000 James Heckman B.A. Math x 1997 Robert Merton B.S. Engineering Math, M.S. Applied Math 1996 William Vickrey B.S. Math 1996 James Mirrlees M.A. Math 1994 John Nash B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Math 1994 Reinhard Selten M.S., Ph.D. Math 7 1992 Gary Becker B.A. Math Paul Krugman - Nobel Laureate • “The mathematical grinding serves an essential function — that of clarifying thought.” • “After the mathematics, I was able to express most of those ideas in plain English. It really took the mathematics to get there, and you still cannot quite get it all without the equations.” Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2008 8 Career Prospects Career Prospects • Promising opportunities in the banking & finance industry for those who are capable of applying mathematical tools to financial markets and economic forecasting • Interdisciplinary training highly valued by employers: more diverse career options than those majoring in Mathematics or Economics alone • Sufficient academic preparation for entry into top PhD / Master’s / professional programs in economics, statistics, financial mathematics, and other business- related fields. Recent placements include: • Chicago, Columbia, LSE, Stanford, and Yale 10 2018 Graduates • Average monthly salary: $29,930 •Max: $87,500/month • Examples: Job Title Job Nature Monthly Salary (Rounded) Investment Banking Banking / Finance $87,500 Analyst Investment Banking Banking / Finance $68,300 Analyst Quantitative Trader Banking / Finance $46,700 Risk Analyst Banking / Finance $23,300 Associate Administration / $21,000 Consultant Management Actuarial Assistant Economic, Statistical $20,400 & Mathematical Work 11 MAEC Graduates – Career Prospects Graduation Year Position / Company Vice President, Index Structurer, Citi 2010 Fixed Income Indices 2011 Senior Analyst, ANREV Managing Director, Aron Capital 2011 Management Co Ltd 2011 Director of Finance, MetLife 2011 Data Scientist, Goggle 2011 Senior Associate, KPMG 12 MAEC Graduates – Career Prospects Graduation Year Position / Company 2012 Solution Sales Rep, HK & Taiwan, Promethean 2012 Investment Manager, Sichuan Tianfu Bank 2012 Associate Director, Temasek 2012 Economist, Amazon 2012 Software Engineer, Amobee 2012 Private Banker, China Minsheng Banking Corp 2013 Senior Manager, Agricultural Bank of China 2013 Trader, BosValen Asset Management Ltd 13 MAEC Graduates – Career Prospects Graduation Position / Company Year Analyst, Asian Special Situations Group 2014 Strategies, Goldman Sachs Junior Quantitative Portfolio Manager, 2014 Merck Finck Privatbankiers AG 2014 Senior Quantitative Analyst, S&P Global 2014 Sr. Legal Executive, Nicky Chen & Partners 2015 Senior Executive, Public Mutual Berhad 2015 Credit Strategist, Goldman Sachs 2015 Associate, JP Morgan 2015 Software Engineer, Microsoft 14 MAEC Graduates – Career Prospects Graduation Position / Company Year 2016 Private Equity Associate, Bain Capital 2016 Investment Analyst, AQUMON (Magnum Research) Business Analyst, CJC Ltd - Technical and Commercial Market 2016 Data Managed Services Senior Investment Manager, Hong Kong International 2016 Investment 2016 Research Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economics and Policy Research 2016 Financial Analyst, Telstra International Group 2016 Global Markets Analyst, Bank of America Merrill Lynch 15 MAEC Graduates – Career Prospects Graduation Position / Company Year 2017 Business Development & UX Manager, FeedMe Guru 2017 Macro Research Analyst, Nomura 2017 Fuji Xerox (Hong Kong) Consulting Executive - Global Services Business 2017 Management Trainee, Commercial Banking, Hang Seng Bank 2017 Risk Assurance Associate, PWC Hong Kong and Mainland China 2017 IT Consultant, FDM Group 2017 Tech risk management Analyst, UBS 16 Global Economics Research Economist Morgan Stanley Responsibilities Math training Econ training Business Eng. Communication • Maintain and create data files training • Analyze data • Data commentary Econometrics course • Prepare presentations • Undertake research for medium-term projects and regional comparative studies Specifications / Qualifications • Postgraduate Degree in Economics or Statistics / Econometrics or equivalent • Strong background in macroeconomics required • Experience in financial services industry • Business fluent in English MAEC training • Good knowledge of empirical methods and proficiency in using Eviews • Excellent IT skills related to data manipulation and interpretation • Statistical proficiency and practical experience in time series analysis • Strong capabilities to communicate clearly both in written work and in verbal presentations • Capable of solving problems independently and to question conventional wisdom MRMA, Commodities Market Risk Goldman Sachs Responsibilities Math training Econ training BSc MAEC • Developing appropriate measures of market risk • Using these measures to monitor the market risk the firm is exposed to and, subject to certain limitations, recommending appropriate market-risk limits to the Firm-wide Risk Committee • Reporting on market risk, including compliance with market-risk limits, to the firm’s senior managers and regulatory authorities Business Eng. Communication Specifications / Qualifications training • Graduate in a quantitative discipline or finance major double : - Quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics or Engineering or - Finance double: Econometrics, Economics + Mathematics or Accounting + Mathematics • Market risk analysis covering linear and nonlinear products • Covering commodity markets in particular U.S natural gas, U.S power and oil products • Dealing with regulators and revenue divisions on market risk issues • Comfortable explaining complicated risks in an intuitive way 18 Fixed Income Analyst BOCHK Asset Management Responsibilities Math training Econ training Business Eng. Communication • Providing China, Asia and Global macroeconomic analysis training • Performing currency and interest rate market analysis Applied Statistics • Maintaining different in-house macroeconomic models course • Presenting with investment ideas and sifting through the relevant information and using his/her judgment to recommend currency and interest rate investment strategies • Assisting the establishment of macro investment strategy, implementing and maintaining strategic asset allocation Specifications / Qualifications • Macroeconomic analysis experiences preferred • Strong skills to analyze currency, interest rate markets and/or sovereign credits • Good quantitative skills to handle and analyze large volumes of data; statistical skills are required • High standard Excel’s skills including programming • Handling multi-tasks under stressful environment • Good attention to details for high accuracy • Strong communication skills 19 Recent Graduates – Further Study 2017 Graduates • PhD in Statistics (University of Wisconsin, Madison) • PhD in Biostatistics (University of Washington) • MPhil in Economics (Oxford University) • MPhil in Economics (HKUST) • MPhil in Computer Science and Engineering (HKUST) • MPhil in Mathematics (HKUST) • MSc in Operations Research (Columbia University) • MSc in Finance (Johns Hopkins University) • MA in Mathematics of Finance (Columbia University) • MSc in Finance (MIT) • MSc in Financial Engineering (Columbia University/New York University) 20 Recent Graduates – Further Study 2018 Graduates • PhD in Economics (Johns Hopkins University) • PhD in Economics (Washington University) • MPhil in Economics (University of Cambridge) • MSc in Financial Engineering (Columbia University) • MSc in
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