All Master of Finance students choose between two specialty areas of asset management.

Alternative Investments

This specialty prepares students for creating and growing wealth, and managing risk across a broad array of asset classes such as hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, commodities, and more.

Real Estate

This area of specialty includes practical, industry-relevant training to help prepare students for possible careers in Capital Markets, Development, Investment, Asset Management, Debt Lending, Advisory, Brokerage, and Corporate Services.

Isenberg's academic partnerships with the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association, and the Journal of Alternative Investments, extend the degree experience beyond the classroom, creating access to industry thought leaders and executives, conferences, research opportunities, and more. 

Students also have access to unparalleled resources including multiple Bloomberg terminals, the Morningstar CISDM Hedge Fund/CTA database, CRSP database for historical stock prices, Compustat, OptionMetrics, Morningstar Direct, and Thomson Financials 13F institutional holdings data.