Finance
Faculty members in the Finance group at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business received their doctorates from leading research universities and have published actively in prestigious finance journals. For example, in the UT Dallas rankings based on publications in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies for the 2017-2020 period, SMU is ranked 42nd worldwide, 2nd in Asia, and 1st in Singapore (see PDF file). The finance group hosts an annual summer research camp, an active research seminar series, and visits by distinguished finance scholars. The finance group also has a PhD programme with high quality students and good recent placements.
In teaching, the finance group offers both undergraduate and graduate courses, such as Analysis of Equity Securities, Analysis of Fixed Income Securities, Analysis of Derivative Securities, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Innovation, International Finance, Investment Banking, Advanced Portfolio Management, Real Estate Investments and Finance, and Wealth Management and Advisory. Undergraduates who major in finance also have the opportunity to choose a track to specialise in. Tracks in the finance major include Banking, International Trading, Wealth Management, Finance Analytics, and Real Estate.
Our programmes have received industry certification and are highly ranked. In particular, our BBM (with Finance major), MSc in Applied Finance (MAF), and MSc in Wealth Management (MWM) degrees have achieved CFA Program Partner status and we are one of the qualified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association Academic partners. In terms of rankings, our MWM has been recognised as one of the top three finance Masters programmes in the world by the Financial Times (FT) Masters in Finance Post-experience Ranking 2020, and the MAF program is ranked 5th among Asian business schools and 40th in the world in the FT Masters in Finance Pre-experience Ranking 2020. And in 2018, SMU is ranked 30th in Financial Times for MBAs for Finance. We also have a Global Master of Finance dual-degree programme which offers the opportunity to study in two world-class universities: Singapore Management University in Singapore and Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
