Finance department

Ranked in the top 150 in the world, the Finance department is part of the AUT Business School. The department was recently recognised as the premiere finance department in all of New Zealand by the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities. This ranking puts the AUT Finance department alongside top international universities in Australia, the US, the Netherlands, Canada and the UK.

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 Trading Room houses real-time databases – helping our accounting and finance students better understand economic events and the factors that affect them.

Databases include Thomson Reuters EIKON, Thomson Reuters Datastream, Thomson Reuters Tick History, Morningstar Direct, Standard & Poor’s Compustat Global and Audit Analytics.

Trading room at AUT Business School

Ryan Li
Jessica Lee
Lourdaiz Ah Chong
Veer Khanna
Emilly Liang
Ryan Li
Great graduatesRyan LiFinancial Instruments Valuation Analyst, PwC New ZealandMaster of Applied FinanceHis passion for finance drove him to enrol in the Master of Applied Finance at AUT, says business alumnus Ryan Li who came to AUT as a student from China.His passion for finance drove him to enrol in the Master of Applied Finance at AUT, says business alumnus Ryan Li who came to AUT as an international student from China. Deciding to study at AUT was easy, says Ryan who achieved a grade point average of 8.75 throughout his studies. Since graduating in 2019, Ryan now works as financial instruments valuation analyst at PwC New Zealand.
Jessica Lee
Great graduatesJessica LeeFinancial Analyst, Guardian TrustBachelor 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. Now working as a financial analyst for the New Zealand Guardian Trust, Jessica constantly draws on the skills she developed at AUT. She enjoys the challenges of dealing with different kinds of investment schemes.
Lourdaiz Ah Chong
Great graduatesLourdaiz Ah ChongWealth Management Associate, Forsyth Barr LimitedBachelor of BusinessDeciding to study business at AUT was easy, says Lourdaiz Ah Chong who recently accepted a job offer from Forsyth Barr to join their Wealth Management division.Deciding to study a Bachelor of Business at AUT was easy, says Lourdaiz Ah Chong who recently accepted a job offer from Forsyth Barr to join their Wealth Management division, which covers over $15 billion of clients’ investments. Lourdaiz says he appreciates how AUT incorporates employer and business thinking into its education framework.
Veer Khanna
Great graduatesVeer KhannaBachelor of BusinessAccounting is the language of business, says Veer Khanna who is currently in the final year of his Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Finance at AUT.Accounting is the language of business, says Veer Khanna who is currently in the final year of his Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Finance at AUT. Veer already has a good idea of what he will do when he finishes his studies – he will join EY as an audit and assurance associate once he graduates from AUT. He was offered the role while he was interning at EY for the workplace experience component of his degree.
Emilly Liang
Great graduatesEmilly LiangBachelor of BusinessAUT has many opportunities and student services that help students make the most of their degree, says final-year Bachelor of Business student Emilly Liang.AUT has many opportunities and student services that help students make the most of their degree, says Emilly Liang who is in the final year of a Bachelor of Business in Finance, with minors in Accounting and Information Systems. Going on a one-semester student exchange to Hong Kong has been the highlight of her studies so far, says Emilly.

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

Associate Professor Aaron Gilbert
Head of Department
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 5706

agilbert@aut.ac.nz

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