ECON3107 Economics of Finance (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.3/5 overall across 12 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ECON3107 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 金融经济学
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Economics
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Insurance is the oldest and most widespread form of financial risk management. Life insurers and annuity providers play a central role in modern financial markets by pooling longevity, mortality, and investment risks.
ECON3107 has 12 scored reviews: overall 3.3/5 · usefulness 4.3 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.3 stars); 9 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.9/5).
On Reddit: "I did ECON3107 last term, and it goes over the topics of atomic prices, discount factors, put-call parity, Lagrange utility functions, risk-neutral probabilities, and mean-variance analysis. You will need basic python skills for this course, and you will need to know matrix mult…"
On Reddit: "ECON3107 definitely has more mathematics than FINS3616. 3107 involves finding prices in time states and also modern portfolio theory (CAPM and portfolio optimisation in terms of utility) which involves some matrix algebra and calculus up to simple partial derivation. 3616 on the…"
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Q: Is ECON3107 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 12 reviews: usefulness 4.3/5, overall 3.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON3107, and when is it offered?
A: ECON3107 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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