Modern finance is closely related to mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Advanced quantitative finance techniques, such as quantitative risk management, asset allocation, and pricing and hedging of financial derivatives, have been widely employed by financial institutions.

Recently, the digitalisation of financial industry is thriving globally and promotes the transition towards a data driven environment, evidenced by innovative analytics-based products and technologies such as Fintech, Blockchains, and Regtech. The increasing need for understanding the on-going evolution in financial industry has driven growing development of AI empowered solutions, launch of educational programs and academic-academic/industry collaborations.