Finance professionals are concerned with the management of assets to create wealth for investors or companies. The finance discipline examines how individuals, businesses and institutions raise funds to implement investment strategies and how they allocate these funds to a variety of investment opportunities.
News
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The Numbers Game
Kavleen Kaur first came to Melbourne to study in the Bachelor of Commerce. Now, she’s nearing the end of her studies in the Master of Finance and is preparing for her next step into the working world.
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Retail investors are buying while professionals are selling
While institutional investors are selling stocks, retail investors are buying. They may not understand the risks.
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The impact of COVID-19 on Australia's housing market
As the world faces one of the fastest and largest global economic contractions in living memory, Australia’s house prices are likely to fall for months – possibly years
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Ethics in the time of COVID-19
In the wake of last year's banking royal commission, this situation is a chance for banks to redeem their reputations and rebuild trust.
UPCOMING PHD COMPLETION SEMINARS
Ryan Anderson
Date: July 27th, 2020 (Monday)
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Thesis title: Essays on Perfect Foresight in Asset Pricing
Abstract:
My thesis presents three essays which build on theoretical and experimental applications of the perfect foresight approach to modelling equilibrium. The first essay contrasts different strains of information aggregation research and contains a detailed description of the pilot studies conducted to develop the experimental study presented in the second essay. The second essay also introduces two new stability concepts to the analysis of rational expectations equilibrium models. The third essay examines the use of perfect foresight when modelling disagreement in financial markets.
Events
Our academics are active collaborators in multi-partner centres which bring together researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines and industries.
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Brain, Mind and Markets Laboratory
The Brain, Mind and Markets Laboratory study risk decisions all the way from the brain to markets, integrating knowledge from...
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Decision Neuroscience Laboratory
The Decision Neuroscience Lab is aimed at investigating the neural and cognitive basis of decision-making, preference formation, belief updating, and...
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Financial Integrity Research Network
The Financial Integrity Research Network is a formal network of Australia's major universities and data collection/research institute - SIRCA. FIRN...
Subjects
View all subjects in the handbook.
Undergraduate
The finance major in the Bachelor of Commerce is the study of money management. You will learn how to raise funds, choose investments and grow wealth.
Honours
The honours program has an outstanding reputation and is highly regarded by private and public sector firms, major corporations, investment banks and management consulting firms. Graduates have also gone on to pursue further academic studies including MBA and PhD degrees at top Australian and international universities.
The ever popular one-day sponsored Finance Honours Retreat gives new students the opportunity to get to know more about each other, the academics, the Honours curriculum, the Honours research essay and a prestigious employer in preparation for a challenging year ahead.
Postgraduate
Visit the Melbourne Business School website to browse the suite of postgraduate study options in finance.
Graduate Research
The Doctoral Program in Finance has the largest and most well-developed set of doctoral subjects on offer in Australia.
We also offer the innovative and cross-disciplinary Doctoral Program in Decision Risk and Financial Sciences.
The Finance Keystones
View a series of videos that provide a description of some of the concepts and decisions that are at the very foundation of the finance discipline.
Accreditation
A variety of professional accreditations, memberships and subject exemptions are available for finance students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
