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Students interested in pursuing further studies in the area of finance are in luck as the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus is in the process of rolling out an MSc in Finance soon.

This was revealed by the Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, Professor Eudine Barriteau, at the signing of the 2018-2020 Memorandum of Understanding and the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate 15 years of partnership with the CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank yesterday, at the Solutions Centre, UWI.

She said that their partnership with CIBC FirstCaribbean goes back a long way and that indeed their graduates in financial and other business-related programmes have gone on to secure employment at that Bank.

“The university’s engagement with the banking community and support for that sector is well established. Our graduates in Investment and Wealth Management; Financial Management; Banking and Finance; and Financial and Business Economics leave the UWI Cave Hill as candidates well equipped for careers in the financial sector. As a major pillar in the development of education, the university understands that commercial banks and other financial institutions rely very heavily on us for the training and development of human resources for the financial sector.”

She stated that this programme has already been approved by the Chartered Financial Analytics (CFA).

“In this regard, I can disclose that we are currently preparing to roll out the MSc in Finance that is approved by the Chartered Financial Analytics. This CFA approval, which shows that the course work covers at least 70 per cent of the CFA programme requirements, will enable students on graduating to take the CFA exams for career advancement.

“In recent weeks, the Cave Hill Campus has implemented training in finance in the Eastern Caribbean and is in negotiation to conduct similar training for the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) over the summer.”

Barriteau added, “I am happy to note that under this new MOU, which carries a value of BDS $660 000 for the coming three years, CIBC FirstCaribbean International is not only reaffirming its commitment to the key objectives…but that it is also placing special emphasis on support to students, research, projects and activities that relate to ICT.”

Training in other areas such as architecture and information/cyber security will also be covered under this agreement, she explained.

“This will relate specifically to architecture, information/cyber security, analytics, artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data analytics and cloud. I am particularly pleased that in light of our Smart Campus Initiative and as special support to this priority area, an annual grant of BDS $10 000 will be provided to fund one or more mutually agreed and jointly executed projects.”