I am planning to make a career change from IT to Finance but not ready for the initial pay cut. In this regard i recently completed Grad. Diploma in Financial Management from Univ Singapore Institute of Management and now plan to pursue MBA specialisation in Finance/Master of finance. Can any one suggest me good unversity in Australia which would give a help in getting a good break in the finance industry. And further iam little confused between Master of Finance / MBA specialisation in Finance. I would appreciate your sincere help.
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Posted Jun 12, 2007 05:35
Posted Jun 12, 2007 18:05
I am planning to make a career change from IT to Finance but not ready for the initial pay cut. In this regard i recently completed Grad. Diploma in Financial Management from Univ Singapore Institute of Management and now plan to pursue MBA specialisation in Finance/Master of finance. Can any one suggest me good unversity in Australia which would give a help in getting a good break in the finance industry. And further iam little confused between Master of Finance / MBA specialisation in Finance. I would appreciate your sincere help.
Why do you want to go to school in Australia??
The best Finance MBA with Asian focus is the HONG KONG UST B-School. They also have the best Msc Finance programs. Msc Investment Management, and brand new Msc Global Finance in collaboration with NYU.
http://www.mba.ust.hk/
http://www.bm.ust.hk/~fina/
Why do you want to go to school in Australia??
The best Finance MBA with Asian focus is the HONG KONG UST B-School. They also have the best Msc Finance programs. Msc Investment Management, and brand new Msc Global Finance in collaboration with NYU.
http://www.mba.ust.hk/
http://www.bm.ust.hk/~fina/
Posted Jun 13, 2007 07:27
Presently I am in Singapore and plan to immigrate to Australia by yesr end so i plan to pursue MBA finance from Austrlia preferably from Melbourne, this is the plan i plan to settle. Btw does HONG KONG UST B-School have any center in singapore or can you suggest any other option. Lastly pls comment on my decision to make mid-career change to Finance industry.
Posted Jun 13, 2007 14:53
Presently I am in Singapore and plan to immigrate to Australia by yesr end so i plan to pursue MBA finance from Austrlia preferably from Melbourne, this is the plan i plan to settle. Btw does HONG KONG UST B-School have any center in singapore or can you suggest any other option. Lastly pls comment on my decision to make mid-career change to Finance industry.
Finance is a hot are right now and will continue to be so for the foreseable future, I think you are definitely making the right decision.
You can go to HONG KONG UST get their prestigious Finance MBA and if you want you can exchange to another school for 4 months be it in Singapore, Australia, or best schools in Europe or the US.
Finance is a hot are right now and will continue to be so for the foreseable future, I think you are definitely making the right decision.
You can go to HONG KONG UST get their prestigious Finance MBA and if you want you can exchange to another school for 4 months be it in Singapore, Australia, or best schools in Europe or the US.
Posted Jun 19, 2007 10:20
augurswell:
If you are looking to switch career, taking an MBA at a good school, with concentration in finance, will be the better option. Almost all investment banking companies have special career track that value MBA graduates. Look up websites of IB companies (e.g. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, CSFB, Morgan Stanley, Macquarie Group, Citigroup, etc.).
In addition, as MBA graduate you're valued more due to your exposure to other business knowledge (strategy, marketing, org behaviour/structure, etc.) that you study at the MBA program. Even if you're not interested in banking, but say in corp finance area in an industrial company, MBA will give you better value.
Again, in Australia AGSM and MBS are the best schools. I know graduates from these schools are highly sought after by finance companies.
If you are looking to switch career, taking an MBA at a good school, with concentration in finance, will be the better option. Almost all investment banking companies have special career track that value MBA graduates. Look up websites of IB companies (e.g. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, CSFB, Morgan Stanley, Macquarie Group, Citigroup, etc.).
In addition, as MBA graduate you're valued more due to your exposure to other business knowledge (strategy, marketing, org behaviour/structure, etc.) that you study at the MBA program. Even if you're not interested in banking, but say in corp finance area in an industrial company, MBA will give you better value.
Again, in Australia AGSM and MBS are the best schools. I know graduates from these schools are highly sought after by finance companies.
Posted Jun 19, 2007 10:28
augurswell: care to elaborate what you mean by mid-career change? How long have you been working at IT?
I don't think it might be a big problem, I know some people with IT, engineering, marketing background who've made career change to IB (investment banking).
I don't think it might be a big problem, I know some people with IT, engineering, marketing background who've made career change to IB (investment banking).
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