The Finance group undertakes rigorous theoretical and empirical research in asset pricing, corporate finance and banking. Our faculty have access to excellent research facilities and weekly seminar and brown bag series. Our research is published in leading scientific journals and discussed at national and international conferences. Further information about research interests can be found on the profile pages of the Finance faculty. We engage with government and business entities and offer rigorous, state-of-the-art programs in finance for undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. students.
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Top publication
Antje Berndt and Yichao Zhu published their paper “The Decline of Too Big to Fail” in the American Economic Review - one of the world’s most premiere journals.
Best Discussant award
Phong Ngo won the Best Discussant award at the 2025 Finance Down Under Conference, hosted by The University of Melbourne.
Upcoming conference
The Financial Research Network (FIRN) sponsored Banking and Financial Stability Meeting will be held 30th September - 1st October, 2025. Sascha Steffen (DWS Senior Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management) will be the keynote speaker.