Student managed investments
- Student managed investments
A student managed investment fund is a pool of money which business students invest as a learning experience. As of 2008, more than 200 universities have student-run funds, which vary in size from several hundred thousand dollars to millions of dollars. [Trejos, Nancy, "U-Md. Students Bring their Real-Money Fund Home to a Surprising Finish, " Washington Post 2008-05-11 Page F1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051000197.html?hpid=sec-business]
The objective of a student managed fund is to enrich student education through active participation in financial markets. Students assist in stock selection and management of a real portfolio, thus gaining hands-on money management experience. The students learn to deal with the uncertainty inherent in the process of estimating stock value and contrasting it to stock price. The process helps students to develop their intuition and their competitive drive as applied to investment decisions.
The funds to be managed come from various sources: large specific gifts from one or several individuals, gifts from corporations or from corporate foundations, gifts from many small donors, gifts from university foundations or other foundations, and from carve-outs of university endowment or foundation assets. Some student manged investm4ent funds such as the University of Texas at Austin manage funds for private clients, who are accredited investors under U.S. securities laws. Another special case is the loan that proves the funds at Cameron University. [A Survey of Student Managed Funds]
The business students managing the fund typically take a for-credit course in conjunction with their management duties. Many of these programs belong to the Association of Studnet Managed Investment Programs.
External Links
* [http://home.millsaps.edu/neelywp/Survey%20SMF%202nd%20draft%200603.doc A Survey of Student Managed Funds]
* [http://investing.business.uconn.edu/documents/prospectus.pdf Prospectus for Univ. of Connecticut Student Managed Fund]
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