The Finance Department at KEDGE Business School brings together a team of professor-researchers and practitioner-lecturers whose expertise cover the full range of contemporary finance.
Our areas of specialization fall along five main lines:
- Market finance, which deals with asset valuation, portfolio management and investment strategies
- Corporate finance, focused on strategic financial decisions, capital structure and value creation
- Financial analysis, which develops skills in financial diagnosis, company valuation and financial forecasting
- Sustainable finance and impact investing, which addresses ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues and the shift of financial practices toward greater responsibility
- Data science applied to finance and fintech, which integrates new technologies, artificial intelligence and financial innovation
This complementarity across disciplines allows the department to offer a complete and current view of careers in finance, in step with the evolution of the sector.
The department’s members provide training that is both theoretical and practical. Students build a solid academic foundation through the teaching of concepts, models and quantitative methods, complemented by an applied approach through case studies, company projects and the use of professional tools. This dual focus ensures that our students develop employability and the ability to adapt to a changing financial world.
Teaching Commitment
Our professors are involved in all of our programs, whether initial training or continuing education: the Grande Ecole Programme, KEDGE Bachelor, EBP International and International BBA.
The department offers one Master's degree: the MSc in Finance. The program is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles of finance, with a focus on sustainability and ethical responsibility, two crucial issues in the modern financial world. Students may also specialize in one of two tracks: financial markets (Bordeaux campus) or corporate finance (Marseille campus). Specialized courses in financial markets explore contemporary themes such as fintech, market risk management, and the use of Python and VBA, giving students valuable technical skills. Courses in corporate finance focus on topics such as mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and advanced valuation techniques, preparing students for careers in a rapidly changing business environment. The program is led by Pierre Casanova.
Research
The Finance Department holds two chairs:
- KEDGE-CANDRIAM Chair: Finance Reconsidered: Addressing Sustainable Economic Development: Chair Holder Christophe Revelli
- KEDGE-LCL Chair in Impact Finance: Chair Co-Holder Christophe Revelli.
The department's professors are active in KEDGE's various research centers and also publish case studies in the KEDGE–CCMP collection.
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