High-quality Australian programs of international standing
The Department of Finance offers world-class academic and professional programs in finance at the Bachelors, Masters and PhD level. The Department is one of the top three finance departments in Australia. The objective of the Department is to stay at the forefront of Finance education, with a commitment both to the needs of students and to the development of Finance as an academic discipline.
The Melbourne Seminar Series in Finance- Seminar Announcement
Balasignham Balachandran will be presenting Seasoned Equity Offerings, Quality Signalling, and Private Benefits of Control on Friday, 23 May from 11:00 am to 12:30pm in Commerce Theatre 1, ground floor, Economics and Commerce Building.
Copies of the paper are available from the Front Office, second floor, Economics and Commerce Building or by return email.
Interested in first-year Finance?
View the video, presented by Finance's Head of Department, Professor Paul Kofman
Finance subjects as breadth
The New Generation degrees allow students from other disciplines to enrol in Finance as breadth studies.
Full information is available on the Finance breadth webpage
Why study Finance anyway?
Download the Finance Presentation Slides from Academic Advice Day. The presentation includes undergraduate pathways, graduate salaries and resources for undergraduate students.
News
Media alert
Dr Les Coleman appeared on ABC TV's Business Day this morning talking about the resilience of the Chinese economy.
http://australianetwork.com/businesstoday
PhD Completion
Brett Shanahan (and his supervisors Professor Paul Kofman, Dr John Handley and Dr Roberto Raimondo) for successfully completing all requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with his thesis Multi Dimensional Stochastic Volatility and its Application to Option Pricing.
Publication alerts
Congratulations to Dr Harry Scheule whose paper “Rating Impact on CDO Evaluation” (co-authored with Daniel Roesch) was accepted for publication in the Global Finance Journal. The research project was partially funded by the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies.
Congratulations also to Professor Bruce Grundy whose paper “Combining Skill and Capital: Alternative Mechanisms for Achieving an Optimal Fund Size” was accepted for publication in the Pacific Basin Finance Journal.
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