Finance at VSB is a community of exceptional thought leaders with a reputation for high-quality research, curricular innovation, and nationally-recognized technological resources. Finance faculty collaborate with academic colleagues, students, alumni, and corporate partners to ensure a dynamic and business-relevant learning environment.
Thought Leadership
VSB Finance faculty publish in journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, as well as other leading journals.
Curricular Innovation
Finance faculty frequently turn to corporate partners—including Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch – and even take site visits to their offices—to receive direct feedback on the efficacy of VSB finance curricula and real-time suggestions for improvement. As such, VSB finance courses are agile and reflect content that is relevant to the industry—day by day, and week by week.
The heart of VSB finance education is the dynamic VSB Applied Finance Lab, one of the first and best of its kind in the nation. The lab, which includes a simulated trading room, is designed to offer students the same real-time resources available to Wall Street traders.
Excellent data resources are provided, including CRSP/Compustat Merged, DRI/Global Insight, RiskMetrics, NYSE TAQ, SDC Platinum, OptionMetrics, Thomson 13F, Factset, Global Financial Data, Morningstar Direct, Argus, SNL Financial, IW Financial and other data resources. Most data are available via the WRDS portal. Additionally, our Applied Finance Lab houses 24 Bloomberg terminals. These resources are available to support faculty scholarship, teaching, and five student managed funds.
World-Class Degree Programs
Finance at VSB oversees two degree programs: a BBA with a major or minor concentration in finance, and a Master of Science in Finance. The Finance program helps students develop skills in analytical thinking, communication, quantitative analysis, ethics, and technology, all within a context of the global environment in which organizations operate.
