Over its first year, the Terry College of Business Student Managed Investment Fund’s Arch Bond Fund grew a little less than 1% (in line with the U.S. Aggregate Bond market index). But the real gains were the experience of building something new and watching it grow.
The University of Georgia Stock Pitch Competition, organized by the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) and the Terry College Department of Finance, continues to grow its reputation as an essential bridge between top-tier students and their future employers. This year’s contest took in applications from a record 131 stock pitch teams and organizers invited 20 teams from 18 schools to compete in Athens.
Johannes Kohler has stories and has learned lessons that today’s finance students — who’ve never seen a bear market — can hardly believe. As a senior lecturer in the finance department at the Terry College of Business, his job is to bridge the gap between Broad Street and Wall Street and help students learn the structure of the modern stock and bond markets.