Finance professionals are skilled in navigating the complex world of markets, banks and laws, and provide optimal advice about growing wealth. Actuaries relate numbers to real life and focus on risk management and protecting against loss. Having skills across both fields is highly desirable in today’s economy. With the skills you’ll gain in this double degree – the ability to help organisations create value, invest wisely and control risk, and the ability to apply knowledge and concepts to problems in insurance, banking, finance and superannuation – you’ll find yourself in demand across the globe. This double degree is designed to give you practical financial skills and an understanding of the actuarial process. By combining applied finance with actuarial studies you'll deepen your understanding of the financial, mathematical, statistical and economic analysis needed in long-term financial management. In this double degree you'll study economics, accounting and current financial theory. You will learn mathematical techniques particularly useful to actuaries such as probability and statistics. The program has a focus on applying these skills to real financial organisations, markets and instruments.

Career Opportunities: Banking and finance Energy and environment General and health insurance Investment Life insurance Management Non-traditional areas such as IT, e-commerce, climate change Public Sector: Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Australian Taxation Office Risk management Superannuation Wealth management