Majors and Minors

Accounting and Finance

(TEW/MBE)

September 25, 2017

‘Future selves’ of AFI students

‘Future selves’ of AFI students

CFO/ControllerAccounting and financial management

Banker/RegulatorFinancial markets, institutions, risk and

regulation

AFI Master education

Career outlook

- In the short run: financial analist, controller, auditor,

consultant, corporate finance expert

- In the long-run: CFO of a medium sized enterprise

Profile of CFO1

AFI Master education

Training in accountancy and finance

Accountancy: Auditing (NL/EN), International Accounting

(EN), Management Control and Cost management (NL/EN)

Finance: Strategic Financial management (NL/EN),

Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation (EN),

International Business Finance (EN)

Profile of CFO1

TEW/MBE

Major A&F

AFI Master education

Further specialization in

- Accountancy & Financial Management (courses Major A&F)

- Accountancy: Risk Management and Control, International

Auditing Standards, Reporting for Insurance Companies,

Reporting for Banks, Boekhoud- en jaarrekeningenrecht (TEW),

Deontologie van accountancy en revisoraat

(TEW)Vennootschapsrecht (TEW), Sociale Wetgeving (TEW)

- Finance: Trading and exchanges, Credit and banking, Business

finance, Risk management in financial institutions, Macro-finance,

Security Pricing and Portfolio Selection, The Economics of

Financial intermediation

Profile of CFO1

TEW/MBE

Minor A&F

AFI Master education

Masterpaper setup (15 stp)

- Research paper of 30 pages

- In groups of two students

- Defense during a poster session

- Research seminar (o.a. databases, methodology,

statistical software)

Profile of CFO1

AFI Master education

Masterpaper topics

- Audit committee replacement following opportunistic insider

trading

- Reputation in Managerial reporting: Honesty and Capability

- Audit partner rotation: evidence for the Belgian audit market

- Financial constraints and innovation

- The effect of the Notional Interest Rate Deduction on the

capital structure of Belgian firms

- The determinants of the choice between a formal liquidation

and a formal reorganization procedure

Profile of CFO1

Master’s Thesis – Faculty Website

English version: Current Students, Administration and regulations:

http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/leuven/students/administration-and-regulations-1

• Master's Thesis Regulations and submission procedure

• FAQ’s

• Master's Thesis coordinators

• Templates Master's Thesis

• Important dates

• Online submission tool

• Plagiarism

Master’s Thesis – Faculty Seminars

Faculty Master’s Thesis Seminars

I. General Information session - Algemene Informatiesessie

Mid-October 2017, To Be Decided (communicated via Toledo)

II.a Seminar Academic Writing (two seminars, two groups)

1st seminar:

- Tuesday 24th of October 2017: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 25th of October 2017: ILT 00.176 (Aud Bouckaert), 19u-21u

(group 2)

2nd seminar:

- Tuesday 20th February 2018: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 21st February 2018: VHI 01.29, 19h-21h (group 2)

II.b Seminaries Academisch schrijven (twee seminaries, twee

groepen)

1ste seminarie:

- Dinsdag 24 oktober 2017: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 25 oktober 2017: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 2)

2de seminarie:

- Dinsdag 20 februari 2018: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 21 februari 2018: AP 01.30 (Aud. Monnet) van 19u tot

21u (groep 2)

III.a Seminar Presentation Skills (one seminar, two groups)

- Tuesday 17th April 2018: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 18th April 2018: VHI 01.29, 19h-21h (group 2)

III.b Seminaries presentatietechnieken (één seminarie, twee

groepen)

- Dinsdag 17 april 2018: AP 01.30 (Aud. Jean Monnet) van 19u tot

21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 20 april 2018: MTC 02.10 van 19u tot 21u (groep 2)

AFI Master education

Career outlook

- In the short run: financial analist, consultant in financial

services, corporate banker, asset manager, trader,

asset and liability manager

- In the long-run: executive in a financial services

company/regulator, financial expert

Profile of banker/regulator2

AFI Master education

Training in financial economics

- Markets: Macro-finance, Security pricing and portfolio

selection

- Banking: Credit and banking

- Corporate finance: Business finance

Profile of banker/regulator2

MBEMajor FE

AFI Master education

Further specialization in:

- Accounting & Financial Management: International Accounting,

Management Control and Cost Management, Introduction to

Auditing and International Auditing Standards, International

Business Finance, Financial Statement Analysis and Security

Valuation, Strategic Financial Management

- Accounting: Risk Management and Control, Reporting for

Insurance Companies, Reporting for Banks,

- Finance: Macro-finance, The Economics of Financial

Intermediation, Security Pricing and Portfolio Selection, Trading

and Exchanges, Credit and Banking, Risk Management in

Financial Institutions, Business Finance

Profile of banker/regulator2

MBEMinor AF

AFI Master education

Masterpaper setup (15 stp)

- Research paper of 30 pages

- In groups of two students

- Defense during a poster session

- Research seminar (o.a. databases, methodology,

statistical software)

Profile of banker/regulator2

AFI Master education

Masterpaper topics

- Return predictability of Bitcoin/USD

- Liquidity risk and multiple venues

- Uncertainty and Systematic Risk in banking

- Business models of banks in the new regulatory context: the

ideal sweetspot for capital, liquidity and leverage?

- Stress tests and banks’ incentives for private information

disclosure

Profile of banker/regulator2

Master’s Thesis – Faculty Website

English version: Current Students, Administration and regulations:

http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/leuven/students/administration-and-regulations-1

• Master's Thesis Regulations and submission procedure

• FAQ’s

• Master's Thesis coordinators

• Templates Master's Thesis

• Important dates

• Online submission tool

• Plagiarism

Master’s Thesis – Faculty Seminars

Faculty Master’s Thesis Seminars

I. General Information session - Algemene Informatiesessie

Mid-October 2017, To Be Decided (communicated via Toledo)

II.a Seminar Academic Writing (two seminars, two groups)

1st seminar:

- Tuesday 24th of October 2017: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 25th of October 2017: ILT 00.176 (Aud Bouckaert), 19u-21u

(group 2)

2nd seminar:

- Tuesday 20th February 2018: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 21st February 2018: VHI 01.29, 19h-21h (group 2)

II.b Seminaries Academisch schrijven (twee seminaries, twee

groepen)

1ste seminarie:

- Dinsdag 24 oktober 2017: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 25 oktober 2017: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 2)

2de seminarie:

- Dinsdag 20 februari 2018: VHI 01.29 van 19u tot 21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 21 februari 2018: AP 01.30 (Aud. Monnet) van 19u tot

21u (groep 2)

III.a Seminar Presentation Skills (one seminar, two groups)

- Tuesday 17th April 2018: VHI 02.29, 19h-21h (group 1)

- Wednesday 18th April 2018: VHI 01.29, 19h-21h (group 2)

III.b Seminaries presentatietechnieken (één seminarie, twee

groepen)

- Dinsdag 17 april 2018: AP 01.30 (Aud. Jean Monnet) van 19u tot

21u (groep 1)

- Woensdag 20 april 2018: MTC 02.10 van 19u tot 21u (groep 2)