Consumer debt has increased dramatically in recent years leading to calls for better controls on how retail risk is measured and managed. The recent introduction of tighter regulations has required financial institutions to adopt sophisticated risk assessment models.
The Mathematics in Banking and Finance programme of Imperial’s Institute for Mathematical Science specialises in research in the consumer financial services sector, and in the development of statistical, data mining, and machine learning techniques applied in this area, in particular.
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Imperial harnesses some of the greatest minds in the country to ponder this question.
- We host events such as the recent Innovation Summit, where leading financial experts spoke about the challenges faced by the economy.
- The Business School runs courses in finance for postgraduates, including an MSc in Finance, as well as a recently created MSc in Risk Management and Financial Engineering.
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