I'd say useful if you learn something actually useful for employment in Arts, such as languages. If you do something like Ancient History or Greek Literature, then I'm not so sure.
Just do Applied Finance and ace it with high marks. Don't bother with Acct unless you want to do accounting or not confident you can get top marks in Finance.
Comm Law only if you like Law enough. Otherwise you'll do much better with straight Comm with high marks.
Don't worry about actuarial, just do Finance. You'll kill your marks with Actuarial and the banks do care a lot about marks.
It is true. However prop trading is often classified under Investment Banking Division which covers Trading which was what I was thinking. Prop shops excluded.
Things like prop trading needs a lot of prior preparation for a job so they often attract very specialised people so it's not as...
If still in doubt, UNSW is the answer to your questions.
Don't feel forced to go to UNSW if USyd is really a lot more convenient for you to go. Otherwise, pick UNSW.
The question is what is a "financial analyst"? Some person working in say a Big 4 Bank? Or someone working in Goldman Sachs Research?
Basically anything but investment banking is not considered super competitive for Finance roles.