JSE CEO discusses recent trends in financial markets

Posted on August 11, 2016

Ms Nicky Newton-King, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), addressed students and staff of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences on 4 August 2016, as part of the EMS Talk series.

Avanade 15 for 15 Scholarship opens up a world of opportunities

Posted on June 13, 2016

Ms Sharné Werner, a second year Financial Science student at the University of Pretoria, is one of the University's five recipients of Avanade's 15 for 15 Scholarship.

Financial Management students compete in international competition

Posted on June 10, 2016

Two teams from the Department of Financial Management in UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences advanced to the second round of the CFO Case Study Competition.

UP Financial Science student benefits from Avanade's 15 for 15 Scholarship Programme

Posted on May 25, 2016

Ms Lerato Tlokane is a second-year BCom (Financial Science) student at the University of Pretoria and one of the University's five recipients of Avanade's 15 for 15 Scholarship.

EMS honours student part of transformative leadership in Africa

Posted on September 02, 2015

Goitse Boikanyo, a BComHons Financial Management student in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, recently attended the third MasterCard Foundation Tertiary Scholars Program Convening in California, USA.

Financial management experts attend international conference in USA

Posted on June 25, 2015

Prof Frans Vermaak and Ms Elize Kirsten of the Department of Financial Management recently attended the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference in Dallas, Texas, where they presented a research report entitled ‘Management of an Accounting...

Can financial advice act as a substitute for financial literacy?

Posted on June 23, 2015

Dr Michelle Reyers from the Department of Financial Management was invited to present a poster at the 2015 Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making, which took place in Colorado, USA, from 31 May to 2 June.

Ernst & Young collaborates with students on Project Platinum

Posted on January 13, 2015

Project Platinum is an Accounting Sciences communication and public speaking project, sponsored by Ernst & Young, that focuses on improving the communication skills of accounting students through the first-year Communication Management Skills for Business and the Professions course. This is a...