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Finance
 Finance

Description

Finance is the study of financial and capital markets. It is concerned with decision making within those markets, and how values or prices of financial assets are determined. It is also concerned with investment decisions, financing decisions of a firm, and the development of risk-hedging strategies so as to minimise the damaging effects of adverse movements in share prices, interest rates, exchange rates, and other uncertainties.

Global financial market integration has led to the emergence of multinational corporations. The discipline of finance focuses upon the financial management of these corporations and their financial and investment strategies in the international market, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The increasing expansion of insurance services and funds management are also studied.

Depending on the program of study selected, Finance provides training for a wide range of vocations including: multinational financial managers, multinational bank and insurance managers, multinational funds managers, venture capital and private equity specialists, corporate financial managers or treasurers, portfolio managers for trust funds, superannuation funds and insurance companies, investment analysts and financial researchers in stockbroking firms, merchant banks, trading banks and government departments, management consultants and takeover specialists in corporate advisory divisions of merchant banks, public accounting firms, and management consulting firms.

Studying Finance at UNSW

The study of Finance at UNSW is primarily through the School of Banking and Finance (http://banking.web.unsw.edu.au/). Please refer to the table below for a complete list of postgraduate programs available.



Finance can be studied as 

Specialisation At the Level of Plan
Banking Specialisation FINSDS8417
Finance Specialisation FINSAS8417
Funds Management Specialisation FINSES8417
International Finance Specialisation FINSFS8417
   

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