Student-Run Fund

Experience the real world and gain experience investing real dollars.

Students enrolled in the Portfolio Management course have the unique opportunity to manage part of the University Endowment for up to one year. This is all done in an institutional investment firm setting, while utilizing the state-of-the-art real-world tools through the Bloomberg Finance Lab. At over $4 million, our student-run fund is one of the largest such funds in the country. 

 

The Set-Up:

• Millions of dollars of real money
• Student managers making decisions applying real-world tools
• A professor who is an experienced practictioner guiding the work
• A Client Board made up of alumni and IWU employees mentoring and vetting decisions

The Benefits:

• Highly valued investment skills are developed to prepare for personal and professional success
• Market knowledge is deepened and expanded upon
• Exposure to and utilization of real-world investing tools and practices