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The insurance sector is increasingly using data analytics and companies are pushing into asset management – opening up careers for MBA graduates.

High-ranking business schools are launching cyber security MBA programs, as the threat of cyber crime becomes a focus for company executives.

Wealth management companies and units at banks have increased global recruitment significantly, as wealth managers grapple with new technologies and regulatory changes.

GWU School of Business, based in Washington, benefits from close links to political and business establishments. International study opportunities are plentiful.

Financial services companies are looking for new recruits with expertise in regulatory areas, for roles in risk management, compliance and M&A units.

US business schools maintained their lead in the top-10, but European and Asian MBA programs are growing in international appeal.

The finance industry is tightly regulated, less global and more capitalized. But innovation in areas such as payments and trading has opened up new career paths.

As innovations in healthcare create new solutions with the potential to reduce disease and extend lives, more managers are needed to steer their drive to market.

Cybersecurity has gained a new focus at business schools in the UK and the US, as companies invest to keep their data safe.

While business schools scramble to increase the provision of analytics training delivered in MBA programs, those students who can master the skill early will have an advantage in the jobs market.