IWEMBA: Answer to the modern Needs of Wealth Management 

The International Wealth Management Executive MBA is a tailored academic program for high-potential executives in wealth management. The program awards a MBA degree from a leading Swiss university, the University of Geneva, and an Executive MBA Certificate from one of the highest-rated universities in the USA, the Carnegie Mellon University. Further academic resources can be drawn from the co-operating partners, the Universities of Lausanne, St. Gallen and Zurich. The Swiss Finance Institute in Zurich, with its many years' experience in executive training in banking and finance, is responsible for the execution of the program. This wide support guarantees access to a large pool of leading academics as well as access to the senior practitioners in the field of wealth management.

Top degree course without leaving your job

The modular structure of the International Wealth Management Executive MBA means that participants can complete the course without having to renounce their organizational responsibilities. The program requires 15 weeks of physical presence spread over two years. It is split into three blocks of three weeks each, taking place in Switzerland, and two blocks of three weeks in the USA. The program is ideally suited for senior advisors and managers be it from globally operating banks or specialised niche players. It is also particularly well suited to the stewards of family wealth, be it the owners themselves or representatives from their family office. 

Your experience is important

Because of the specific focus on wealth management, all participants bring extensive experience from this business field and can therefore greatly benefit from each other. Participants have been subjected to a rigorous selection process to ensure a consistent international mix of enthusiastic high potential executives.

Curriculum focused on Wealth Management

The interdisciplinary curriculum of the International Wealth Management Executive MBA is geared entirely towards the requirements of wealth management.

• A core group of topics focuses on the major functional issues of wealth management, ranging from finance to law and integrative wealth management practice.

• A second aspect addresses the interpersonal skills so crucial to this business.

• And a third group of courses deals with general management issues of wealth management, such as marketing, leadership, strategy and technology.

The residential blocks are used for presentation of the more advanced concepts, for case discussions and for group work. Preparatory readings are assigned in between these blocks, supported by a state-of-the-art internet-based learning platform for improved efficiency.