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TRENTU.CA / Future Students / Undergraduate / Programs / Financial Analytics

Financial Analytics

Through this one-of-a-kind degree, you will combine skills in mathematics and business to learn the science behind investing, preparing you for a successful career in business finance, banking, investment, or another path.
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Canada’s financial industry has a growing demand for graduates who possess quantitative analytical skills beyond crunching numbers – skills that help guide businesses and individuals with their most important investment decisions. Combining mathematics, statistics, economics, business, and computing, this one-of-a-kind degree program will teach you to analyze investment industry trends and implement real-world data models, setting you up for an exciting career in an increasingly complex financial world.

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Degrees Offered:

  • B.Sc. (Honours)

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  • Peterborough

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  • Construct your own financial models based on real-world financial data
  • Work alongside leaders from Trent’s prestigious School of Business and the Departments of Mathematics and Economics
  • From computer labs and case analyses, to hands-on research projects, extend your knowledge beyond the classroom into career boosting experiences
  • Make fast-paced decisions participating in ‘virtual trading floor’ competitions
  • Experience using industry-standard software
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"The training that the graduates will receive from a program like this will prepare them for a wealth of careers across the public sector, the nonprofit sector, finance itself, the sub-areas of insurance and banking and so on, but also just a more general graduate school aim as well." 

Dr. Wesley Burr

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Finance and Commercial Affairs Analyst

Financial and investment analysts collect and analyze financial information such as economic forecasts, trading volumes and the movement of capital, financial backgrounds of companies, historical performances and future trends of stocks, bonds and other investment instruments to provide financial and investment or financing advice for their company or their company's clients. Their studies and evaluations cover areas such as takeover bids, private placements, mergers or acquisitions. Financial analysts are employed by a wide range of establishments throughout the private and public sector, such as banks, brokerage houses, insurance companies, investment companies, manufacturing firms, trust companies, utility companies and underwriting firms. Investment analysts are employed primarily by brokerage houses and fund management companies.

$21.63-$52.50/hr
Salary Range
63,800
Jobs in Canada
27,400
10YR Job Outlook
Source: Government of Canada

Career Opportunities

  • Business Intelligence Consultant
  • Brokerage Specialist
  • Credit Risk Analyst
  • Financial Reporter
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  • Financial Accounting
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  • Linear Programming
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Admission Requirements

Ontario Secondary School Requirements:

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
  • A minimum of six Grade 12 4U or 4M courses, including program specific prerequisites
  • A minimum 70% overall final average (unless otherwise specified below)
  • ENG 4U with a minimum of 60%

Program Requirements:

  • 75% overall average, MHF4U or MCV4U (MHF4U and MCV4U strongly recommended)
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  • Mathematical Physics
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