FACULTY MEMBERS

 Interview with the Director

Francesco Saita
Dean of the Graduate School

One of the peculiar characteristics of the M.Sc. in Finance has always been the effort to combine academic rigor with the relevance for the real world of the topics we teach. In my course on derivatives I have been combining theoretical derivation of pricing formulas with a business game on option trading and a PC-based exercise session on an introduction to Monte Carlo pricing for exotic options. A few selected guest lectures by practitioners from major banks in London (where a large number of former Finance students are working) contribute to give to the class the sense of the practical relevance and applications of the topics we discuss. While the course is challenging, it has always been an exciting experience for me as a professor, thanks also to the quality and motivation of Finance students that was very good since the first year but has continued to improve through time.

Andrea Sironi
Professor of Banking and Finance

The Bocconi Finance MSc is a highly selective and intensive finance program, which combines academic rigour with a strong professional orientation. It is widely considered as one of the "crown jewel" programs of our University.
Teaching at this Master is always a challenging and exciting experience given the very high quality of the students, the high level of professor-student interaction, and the continuing team work with the faculty involved.

Stefano Gatti
Director of Bachelor in Economics and Finance

Why a Master of Science in Finance? Simply because it is the MSc that prepares motivated students to succesfully enter the multi-faceted world of financial markets and financial institutions. During the past few years the financial infrastructure of worldwide markets has undergone a massive transformation and this obviously requires updated competencies and skills to a MSc student willing to specialize in either capital markets or investment banking or fixed income and derivatives. The MSc in Finance is just the way to obtain that, i.e. a degree enabling students to getting strongly acquainted with all finance subjects at large. The knowledge of core issues in finance, problem solving and team working are the key competencies and abilities developed by students during the two years: exactly what is needed to be a highly-demanded candidate for a brilliant career in finance.

Carlo Favero
Full Professor of Financial Econometrics

In my course on financial econometrics at the MSc in Finance I teach my students how to use econometric models to measure risk. The emphasis of the course is not only on learning methods but also on working with actual data, writing computer programs and formatting output for presentation. The idea is to learn econometrics by putting it at work to be ready to give answers to common questions in the financial and banking sectors.