Finance department

Ranked in the top 150 in the world, the Finance department is part of the AUT Business School.

Finance is one of the most dynamic business areas and the financial system is at the heart of the modern global economy. AUT's world-class Finance department focuses on research projects that are contemporary and relevant to business, and is proud of its close ties with international universities and research institutes.

Research in finance

Our academics have research strengths in corporate finance and governance, financial markets and institutions, fund management, investments, market microstructure and international finance.

More about our research

Applied Finance Letters open access journal

Applied Finance Letters is an open access journal publishing mainly empirical research for industry and academia. It aims to encourage high quality contributions that foster discussion.

Applied Finance Letters on Tuwhera

Use real-time accounting and finance data

Get hands-on experience by using the same technology as global finance professionals. Our Business School’s Database Resource Centre houses real-time databases – helping our accounting and finance students better understand economic events and the factors that affect them.

Databases include Bloomberg Professional, Bureau Van Dijk, Morningstar Direct, SIRCA, Standard & Poor’s Research Insight and Thomson Reuters Datastream; and software Eviews, R, SAS, Stata and Matlab.

Alex Medland-Slater
Jessica Lee
Lucian Simmons
Tom Heywood
Alex Medland-Slater
Great graduatesAlex Medland-SlaterFinancial Research Officer, Auckland Centre for Financial ResearchBachelor of Business
Bachelor of Business (Honours)Alex Medland-Slater's career goal is to become a financial analyst so he studied an honours degree after completing a Bachelor of Business in Finance at AUT.Completing an honours degree helps your CV stand out, says AUT business alumnus Alex Medland-Slater. He enjoyed that the financial topics covered in the honours degree were at a more advanced level than undergraduate study. It was also a great opportunity to research an area of his interest. Joining AUT as an international student from England, Alex says he was attracted by AUT’s strong industry links and focus on creating career-ready graduates.
Jessica Lee
Great graduatesJessica LeeInvestment Analyst, Auckland TransportBachelor of Business
Bachelor of Business (Honours)Business touches on pretty much every aspect of modern society, says business alumna Jessica Lee who came to AUT as an international student from Hong Kong.Business touches on pretty much every aspect of modern society, says business and economics alumna Jessica Lee who came to AUT as an international student from Hong Kong. Since graduating from AUT, Jessica now works as an investment analyst for Auckland Transport. She says she loves being able to contribute towards improving Auckland’s transport system.
Lucian Simmons
Great graduatesLucian SimmonsAssociate - Financial Institutions, Global Client Experience, Westpac Institutional Bank, Hong KongBachelor of BusinessThe opportunity to intern at Westpac Institutional Bank in New York was just one of many opportunities for Bachelor of Business alumnus Lucian Simmons.The opportunity to intern at Westpac Institutional Bank in New York was just one of many opportunities for Bachelor of Business alumnus Lucian Simmons. Another highlight was being able to complete his final-year workplace experience at the Hong Kong Financial Services Business Continuity Management Forum, an industry-led forum for professionals in business continuity areas of financial institutions.
Tom Heywood
Great graduatesTom HeywoodProduct Development Engineer in Magnetics, Fisher & Paykel AppliancesMaster of Applied FinanceDespite having a successful engineering career underway, Tom Heywood sought to change direction and apply his skillset to a new discipline: finance.Despite having a successful engineering career underway, Tom Heywood sought to change direction and apply his skillset to a new discipline: finance. He chose the Master of Applied Finance because it covered the topics he was interested in, and looked to provide a solid footing for his future career. He says he would highly recommend the programme to other students.

Contact us

Tracy Skolmen
Department Coordinator
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 6939

tracy.skolmen@aut.ac.nz

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Key academic contact

Professor Bart Frijns

Professor Bart Frijns
Head of Department
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 5706

bart.frijns@aut.ac.nz

News
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