Modules for Dual-Degree Executive MBA Program in Asset and Wealth Management Begin in Switzerland
Modules for Dual-Degree Executive MBA Program in Asset and Wealth Management Begin in Switzerland
International Program Led by Faculty of the Tepper School of Business and HEC Lausanne.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 8, 2011
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Increasing complexity and uncertainty in international financial markets and heightened demands from financial service clients continue to create new challenges for asset and wealth managers. A diverse class of professionals is now learning how to address these issues through a unique international dual degree executive MBA curriculum offered through the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University; HEC Lausanne, the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne; and the Swiss Finance Institute.
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The first two-week module of the Dual-Degree Executive MBA in Asset and Wealth Management Program convened in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a diverse and impressive class of experienced private and institutional investment managers from around the world.
The overall curriculum consists of six two-week modules covering both executive level management courses and advanced asset and wealth management courses focused on the latest financial models taught in the context of today's market challenges. Taught at the host institutions in the United States and Switzerland, the program is spread over 20 months, allowing the professional students to remain connected to the marketplace and to apply concepts introduced through the coursework.
"The amount of information needed today to be effective in international asset and wealth management is substantial," said Robert M. Dammon, dean, Tepper School of Business. "This program was created to meet the needs of practicing professionals by engaging world-class faculty to teach cutting-edge material and research that not only has direct application in today's global marketplace, but also provides an analytical framework for addressing future market needs and innovations."
Graduates of this new program will receive an executive MBA degree in asset and wealth management from the Tepper School of Business and an executive MBA degree in asset and wealth management from HEC Lausanne, the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne.
"For me, the course has been a great experience as outstanding professors have challenged me to understand the fundamental truths of finance in the midst of a rapidly changing global economic environment," said David Loesser, president and founder of the Real Estate Planners Group and member of the inaugural class. "The international experience also adds an important element that I have enjoyed as my foreign classmates share their investing and financial workplace experiences. This experience with seasoned finance professionals has proven to be invaluable."
The students in the inaugural class will be coming to the Tepper School of Business for coursework in August 2011, and graduate from the program in spring 2013. Applications for the next class of the program, which will begin in May 2012, are now being accepted.
Detailed information about the program is available online at: www.awemba.org.
About the Tepper School of Business - Founded in 1949, the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University (www.tepper.cmu.edu) is a pioneer in the field of management science and analytical-decision making. The school's notable contributions to the intellectual community include eight Nobel laureates. The school is among those institutions with the highest rate of academic citations in the fields of finance, operations research, organizational behavior and production/operations. The academic offerings of the Tepper School include undergraduate studies in business and economics, graduate studies in business administration and financial engineering, and doctoral studies.
About the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI): Created in 2006 by the Swiss Banks, the Swiss Stock Exchange, six leading Swiss Universities and the Swiss Federal Government, the SFI (www.SwissFinanceInstitute.ch) is a unique undertaking merging the experience of a centuries old financial center with the innovative drive of a frontier research institution. Its goal is to change the research and teaching landscape in areas relevant to banks and financial institutions. With 50 full-time professors and more than 100 Ph.D. students, the Swiss Finance Institute represents the premier concentration of expertise in banking and finance across the European continent.
About HEC Lausanne: For close to a century, excellence and consistency have been the watchwords of HEC Lausanne, the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland (www.hec.unil.ch). Following in the footsteps of its renowned economists, Walras and Pareto, the faculty maintains its research and teaching in the field of business and economics at the very highest level. It was first in Switzerland in the University of Texas at Dallas ranking and ninth in Europe. This ranking is based on the excellence of academic publications. The mission of HEC Lausanne is to train the managers of tomorrow, offering them programs based on high-level research and the values of excellence, internationalism and professionalism. With its modern campus on the shores of Lake Geneva, HEC Lausanne is situated in a region at the heart of Europe.
SOURCE Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University
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