Scholarship
What attributes do you have that would make you a worthy candidate for this award? What contributions would you make to the university community? (up to 100 words)
Why have you chosen to pursue this specific academic programme? (up to 100 words)?
Why have you chosen to study at The University of Nottingham (up to 100 words)?
How will your chosen degree support your future ambitions? (up to 150 words)
What is your proudest academic achievement in your school career to date? Your answers will be reviewed by the scholarship panel alongside your academic profile (up to 100 words)
On completion of your postgraduate course, what do you plan to do? Please select from: (Work in UK) (Work in home country) (Further studies in UK) (Further studies in home country) (Other)
How will your masters’ studies at the University of Nottingham enable you to make a developmental impact on your home country, in line with the criteria of the Scholarship? (up to 300 words)
How will your University of Nottingham degree support your future career objectives? (up to 100 words)
This Program will help me achieve long term goal: instituting a Fintech firm based on computational strategies in robo advisory domain. Short term goal to work as a product manager for Bloomberg.
My experience at NGEN Research as a product manager for Financial analytics, further accelerated my interest in pursuing Financial technology Masters.
My Interest in Finance , Data science and Decision making has been very aligned with the curriculum of the program
This program is a interdisciplinary hybrid program with modules in finance and technology, this will strengthen my fintech foundations academically and professionally for my career goals
Professor meryem duygun
The University of Nottingham’s Inclusive Financial Technology Hub. (INFINITY)
university of nottingham Fintech Club, also biggest society of UON Nottingham economics and finance society (NEFS)
Location as a student friendly city and I wanted to study in a lovely campus based university.
I have deep interest in big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and machine learning with inclusion of finance.
Society
The Ingenuity Lab is where students and alumni of the University of Nottingham can explore their business ideas and start their own enterprises. We are based at the Ingenuity Centre on the University of Nottingham Innovation Park on Jubilee Campus.
Business competitions
The Ingenuity Programme was established in 2016, to develop the quality and impact of business ideas created by our students and graduates. The programme is delivered via an online insight and learning platform, Challenge Summits and a national business plan competition with significant investment and support.
Enactus Nottingham is our championship, multi award-winning team of student entrepreneurs. The Enactus Nottingham team is made up of students from across the university, using the power of business to transform the lives of people in need.
Being a student ambassador, and helping prospective students to understand the university and its culture.
NEFS nottingham
Nottingham Fintech society
I intend to join the Technology Division at NEFS
The key attributes i have is to innovate, come up with new Ideas. i have been the key innovator to develop automated portfolio strategies at my job which has benefited several big banks and capital firms in India. I strive to bring new ideas and innovation which would benefit university of Nottingham in several dimension. I am interested in join Ingenuity Lab and furthermore I am keen to take part as a key member for Enactus Nottingham.
Digital professional Skills, Microsoft and SAP , I am interested especially for Microsoft Azure AI certification
The Global Centre for Banking and Financial Innovation
Key research areas include:
Fintech (professor Meryem duygun)
My experiance in Financial technolgy and my interatctions with Several Asset managers in India, has given me a unique knowlegde which i would impart in the community and share my Ideas.
Work in Uk
Work in Home country
UONs innovative teaching methods blend technology and classroom teaching, with guest lectures from experts working in the City regularly providing practical industry insights.
Expertise in banking, risk, financial technologies (FinTech) and Insurtech
Dr Huamao Wang
I would to discuss one of my key research topic "Decision Analytics for Portfolio Management" . As he is the Msc course director, and also
His research interests are Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Financial Market, Options and Stocks, Portfolio Investments, Risk Management, Financial Intermediaries, Financial Technology, and Machine/Deep Learning
Aviva Chairperson
i will start Fintech Firm based on Computational Strategies to improve financial inclusion for seamless Investment management for Banks, Capital firms and even NGO Treasuries. The fintech company specializes in providing AI and machine learning-based active investment strategies to clients through our robo-advisory platform. By leveraging advanced data analytics and algorithmic trading models, we can help clients build customized portfolios based on their risk appetite and investment goals. Our platform offers a user-friendly interface that allows clients to easily monitor their portfolios and make changes as needed. We also provide regular updates on investment performance and market trends to help clients stay informed and make informed decisions. Our focus on AI and machine learning-based strategies allows us to offer both passive and active investment options that are tailored to each client's unique needs. Our goal is to help clients achieve their financial goals by providing personalized investment advice and strategies that are backed by cutting-edge technology
Automated portfolio Strategies based on MSCI risk-weighted methodology and i would like to develop my own methodology at Nottingham. I have been an Inventor of Portfolio strategies at NGEN Research as a product manager (my previous employment), which as impacted more than 30,000 client portfolios reducing their risk and helping financial Advisors and portfolio managers in selecting better assets.
With my previous experience as a product manager at NGEN research, I have also been a volunteer at VSM NGO where I assisted the treasury team in proper research of Government securities and developed a risk assessment tool to take effective decision in their financial planning. This has helped the NGO to plan for starting a new hostel in the next 5 years.
The technology firm will focus on key areas Robo Advisory, Digital Asset Management, Impact Investing and access to capital which will benefit and impact several institutions including governmental and private. As automated investment management can reduce significant amount of biased risk and also helps in better rebalancing of portfolios which facilitates in achieving financial goals.
My ultimate aim is to establish a FinTech startup that utilizes computational strategies to offer investment management solutions to NGOs, retail banks, and investment management companies. The proposed solution will facilitate the treasury departments of NGOs in selecting appropriate securities based on the risk profile of their respective goals. Furthermore, the advanced computations will enable the automation and review of the portfolios, ensuring optimal performance. The idea of founding such a company was ignited when I was volunteering with VSM NGO. During my stint, I had the privilege of collaborating with the NGO's treasury department and aided them in identifying government bonds that could generate suitable returns for their objective of setting up a hostel for underprivileged children. In addition to this, my proposed financial technology company could potentially help in providing socially responsible investment (SRI) options to various stakeholders. By offering SRI options, my company would empower investors to direct their funds towards ethical and sustainable initiatives that align with their values. Another benefit of this innovative approach is the potential to leverage technology to democratize access to investment opportunities. Currently, high net worth individuals and institutional investors have more access to specialized investment opportunities, but the proposed solution could potentially level the playing field by making these opportunities more accessible to a wider range of investors.
Dr Huamao Wang is teaching 'Data Analytics and Machine Learning for FinTech' for the degree of MSc Financial Technology. He is the module convener of 'MSc Financial Technology Dissertation'
The subject and Dr. Huamao Wang's expertise will propel my research and project and make a perfect foundation for instituting a Financial technology Firm
I would further like to take Inputs and learn form Dr.Meryem Duygun founded the University’s Fintech Network, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which gave rise to the creation of INFINITY. INFINITY researchers collaborate with industry, policymakers and the third sector to undertake research which promotes financial inclusive and social good in doing so embracing diverse talent and communities to create the future of financial services. Research undertaken by the centre focuses on three key themes: Inclusive analytics, which seeks to take frontier data methods and apply these to financial technology. This work focuses on translating the latest innovations in data science to applications in financial technology, leading to improved product design, decisions and consumer outcomes. Inclusive financial services focuses on how society can increase financial inclusion and use the power of financial technology for good. This work embraces new opportunities to create products for under-served markets, and works with policymakers on key challenges in consumer protection. This work also seeks to make the financial services sector by harnessing the power of data to promote equality, diversity and inclusion within the sector. Inclusive risk creates future models for responsible risk measurement and management. Arising from INFINITY’s work with the UK government during the coronavirus pandemic, this work develops new models of complex risks, such as pandemic, climate and political risk. This work is giving rise to new risk products, helping the economy to measure, evaluate and mitigate emerging risks.
INFINITY Hub will be pivotal for my development of research and create methodologies and strategies to automate investment strategies for a large set of poupulation like India.
Dr Huamao Wang
Fintech startup
Course Modules such as 'Data Analytics and Machine Learning for FinTech' , 'Quantitative method for Finance and Investment' will provide me with perfect foundation to facilitate my research on "Automation of portfolio strategies"
As my ambitions are instituting a business, the ingenuity programme by nottingham will help me bootstrap my business idea. The Ingenuity Lab is where students and alumni of the University of Nottingham can explore their business ideas and start their own enterprises. We are based at the Ingenuity Centre on the University of Nottingham Innovation Park on Jubilee Campus
during my bachelors i worked on a fintech based final year project called "Decision Analytics for Asset Management" which was a combination of Finance , technology and Operation research (Decision science). This program is quantitative and has good element of investment finance, which suits my career ambitions and become a Interdisciplinary expert.
MSc Financial Technology provides progressive learning towards the frontiers of knowledge in finance, information technology, and how the two intertwine. You will study modern finance theory
My Senior Mr Arunabh Mukherjee (NGEN Research CTO) has recommended me to choose nottingham, He has worked as a fund manager at Morgan Stanley and Millennium Partners in Uk and his collegues where from university of nottingham which further gave me a personalised view on this univerisity and also solidified my decision as university of nottingham can provide a rich alumni network working in various big banks and corporations which is very important for my future Ambitions.
Ms Kanchi Thakkar : Course Representative of MSc Financial Technology. - I have connected with her got specific insights about the course and culture of Nottingham University, which furthermore gave me a geniune feedback and helped me to solidfy my decision to study at university of Nottingham.
Overall I feel like nottingham offers me with a holistic experience of become a future leader of pioneering technology.
Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) is committed to high-quality teaching and research. Staff and registered students can access a range of databases which provide detailed historical and current information on companies and financial markets. Below is the list of databases that NUBS currently subscribe to - Bloomberg , thomson one, The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS)
Being a campus based and student friendly university and city of Nottingham, this will help me to connect with individual with similar interest and ambitions
This course also focusses on practical output such as business project summer module (The module is intended for you to apply knowledge, concepts, skills, and techniques, acquired during the taught stage of your programme to real-world, business scenarios. You will be presented with real-word business problems for which you are required to review relevant literature, conduct research, analyse data, and formulate viable solutions.)
University of Nottingham's emphasis on sports has also intrigued me, as a mountain climbing enthusiast, i was intrigueged by climbing society (i plan on pursuing my interest of climbing and playing football at nottingham,
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