FINS2624 Portfolio Management (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.7/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.0/5 across 35 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
FINS2624 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Banking and Finance. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 投资组合管理
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Banking and Finance
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
All investors – from the largest wealth funds to the smallest individual investors – face common concerns in investing: how to decide where to invest, and how much risk to take on. This course will serve as a primer in learning how to think about and address these investment questions.
FINS2624 has 35 scored reviews: overall 2.7/5 · usefulness 3.8 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (2.0/5 overall); 4 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.8 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.6/5).
On Reddit: "Lmao, more like last 2 questions. Dedicating 20/60 short answer marks to a topic we didn't even get to have a tutorial on because trimesters have clusterfucked every course was just fucking stupid."
On Reddit: "**CVEN3202: Soil Mechanics** - Great course content. I flopped the second quiz pretty hard, but still enjoyed the course. The lab reports sucked though, don't try to be a hero and solo it, talk to your lab partners and learn to use excel. Favourite course of this semester. **CVE…"
The course panel on UNSW Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is FINS2624 hard?
A: Students rate FINS2624's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is FINS2624 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 35 reviews: would-recommend 2.0/5, usefulness 3.8/5, overall 2.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches FINS2624, and when is it offered?
A: FINS2624 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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