Courses - Faculty of Business And Economics
Business Finance
Postgraduate 700 Level Courses
Business Accounting and Finance
Examines the use of accounting information for business decision-making and the application of ethical decision-making models. Analyses general-purpose financial statements and critically evaluates innovations in financial reporting aimed at incorporating sustainability and governance. Evaluates and applies cost and budget information used to support planning and control. Evaluates and applies financial information used in the assessment of financing and investment decisions.
Economics for Financial Analysts
Applies micro-and macro-economic concepts with a focus on companies and their relationships to the wider economy from an applied finance perspective. Explores the impact of consumers, firms, markets, and institutions on the macro-economy. Analyses economic data to evaluate the impact of contextual factors on business.
Financial Markets Law
Develops a critical awareness of company regulatory legislation in the New Zealand environment including ethical and social considerations. Evaluates legal issues and their impact on capital decision-making in the wider economic environment. Considers the wider regulatory environment including Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi.
Corporate Finance
Assesses the role and relationships of a financial manager with both internal and external stakeholders in different types of organisations. Develops analytical skills to apply models and frameworks to evaluate, propose and justify solutions for corporate finance issues in areas such as valuation of a firm, cost of capital, capital budgeting, and capital structure.
Investment Decision-making
Analyses the investment decision-making process from the perspective of an investor. Evaluates the role of the equity market and concepts of risk and return in investment decision-making. Develops and applies analytical skills and models to implement effective investment strategies including diversification, optimal portfolio formation, and the management of fixed income securities.
Financial Risk Management
Analyses the impact of a company's exposure to financial risks, including exchange rate risk, interest rate risk, and other financial price risks. Develops skills and strategies to mitigate potential financial risk exposure, including the use of hedging policies that contain derivative instruments. Considers the impact of environmental and social factors in the development of corporate risk management strategies.
Advanced Financial Management - Level 9
Critically evaluates the function of corporate financial management in a variety of organisation types from a range of stakeholder perspectives. Develops skills to address advanced financial management challenges in areas such as capital budgeting, valuation, capital structure, and mergers and acquisitions and applies these in strategic financial decision-making.
Consultancy Practice
Focuses on the responsibilities and challenges of working in collaborative projects. Develops the skills required to engage in consultancy work. Engages students in problem framing, identifying and employing appropriate methodologies, and developing and presenting solutions to specific problems. Considers the dynamics of client-consultant relationships.
Financial Modelling Techniques
Examines challenges in modelling uncertain financial outcomes and critically evaluates practitioner modelling tools available to financial analysts. Develops practical skills in designing and applying Excel-based financial models to solving common analytical problems in corporate finance and investment analysis.
Financial Analytics Applications
Critically examines how advanced modelling features can be applied to obtain enhanced analytical insights from spreadsheet-based financial models. Develops skills in applying both non-programming (e.g., PowerBi, Alteryx) and programming (e.g., R, Python) based tools to real-world financial challenges. Applies these tools both to obtain analytical insight and communicate information effectively.
Sustainable Finance
Examines the intersection between sustainability and finance. Appraises sustainability risks, social challenges, and the implications for companies. Develops analytical skills in the integration of economic, social, and governance (ESG) factors in corporate finance and investment applications.
Climate Finance
Investigates the key debates in climate finance related to climate change. Evaluates the financial impact of climate change and climate-related risks. Critically evaluates strategies and modelling techniques used by financial market participants in the assessment of the impact of climate change.
FinTech Applications
Explores the characteristics of the FinTech market and potential opportunities for the use of FinTech applications in finance. Develops and appraises FinTech strategies for informing and addressing finance issues related to corporate finance and addressing investment management.
FinTech and Financial Intermediation
Investigates emerging FinTech trends in financial intermediation and evaluates strategies and tactics for financial intermediaries in the banking, real estate and insurance sectors. Critically examines current practices in FinTech from the multiple perspectives of a consultant, regulator, incumbent financial institutions and entrepreneur.
Financial Analytics Industry Project - Level 9
Team-based applied finance consultancy project for a real-life client. Application of financial analysis tools and modelling techniques to construct and justify solutions that have an appreciation of ethical, regulatory, cultural and social issues. Written, visual and oral presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Prerequisite: BUSFIN 706, 710
Corequisite: BUSFIN 707
Sustainable Finance Industry Project - Level 9
Team-based applied finance consultancy project for a real-life client. Application of financial analysis tools and modelling techniques to construct and justify solutions that have an appreciation of ethical, regulatory, cultural and social issues. Written, visual and oral presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Prerequisite: BUSFIN 706, 712
Corequisite: BUSFIN 707
FinTech Industry Project - Level 9
Team-based applied finance consultancy project for a real-life client. Application of financial analysis tools and modelling techniques to construct and justify solutions that have an appreciation of ethical, regulatory, cultural and social issues. Written, visual and oral presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Prerequisite: BUSFIN 706, 714
Corequisite: BUSFIN 707
Financial Analytics Project - Level 9
Individual applied finance consultancy project for a real-life client. Application of financial analysis tools and modelling techniques to construct and justify solutions that have an appreciation of ethical, regulatory, cultural and social issues. Written, visual and oral presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Prerequisite: BUSFIN 706, 710
Corequisite: BUSFIN 707
Sustainable Finance Project - Level 9
Individual applied finance consultancy project for a real-life client. Application of financial analysis tools and modelling techniques to construct and justify solutions that have an appreciation of ethical, regulatory, cultural and social issues. Written, visual and oral presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Prerequisite: BUSFIN 706, 712
Corequisite: BUSFIN 707
FinTech Project - Level 9
Individual applied finance consultancy project for a real-life client. Application of financial analysis tools and modelling techniques to construct and justify solutions that have an appreciation of ethical, regulatory, cultural and social issues. Written, visual and oral presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Prerequisite: BUSFIN 706, 714
Corequisite: BUSFIN 707