Managing Investment Funds II

Catalog description

Managing Investment Funds is a two-semester class in which students will gain hands- on experience with all aspects of portfolio management. The class is collectively responsible for managing the Michael Price Student Investment Fund (MPSIF), an endowment fund with AUM close to $3mm. This class will be the flagship course of the finance department’s new initiative on hedge funds, which is part of a broader program focused on enhancing career opportunities for students at alternative investment firms. This course is practitioner-based, demanding and rigorous. In the spring semester, students will continue the process of managing their investment funds and will focus on their portfolio management deliverables. By the end of the semester these will be fully implemented, and students will document their investments, PM contributions, and the performance of the overall fund and the various sub-funds in an Annual Report, delivered to the Advisory Board of the Fund.