The Student Investment Fund at the David Eccles School of Business hit the $1 million mark on Aug. 5, 2020. “I am really excited to reach the $1 million threshold,” said Elizabeth Tashjian, a professor of Finance and faculty advisor of the Student Investment Fund. “Although it is an arbitrary number, it says to our students, our alumni, and employers that the students have [...]
Eccles School alum Burton Flynn started his finance career as a humble business student working in the Student Investment Fund, an undergraduate investment experience in fund management. Now, as a CFA and managing partner at Terra Nova Capital, Evli Group, Flynn has graduated from the $700,000 SIF portfolio and manages the Evli Emerging Frontier Fund. Flynn and his colleague Ivan Nechunaev, appearing in the [...]
During her sophomore year at the University of Utah, Fiana Lomu decided to apply to work in the Student Investment Fund (SIF) at the David Eccles School of Business. The vast majority of her junior and senior friends had been involved in the program, and she knew that her previous Goldman Sachs internship displayed proudly on her résumé made her a competitive candidate. When [...]
The Student Investment fund at the Eccles School allows undergraduate students to manage a $300,000 investment portfolio comprised of exchange-listed equities, ETFs and money market investments. The class, which is run by Associate Professor of Finance Elizabeth Tashjian, is by application and only 18 students are accepted. Those applications are due by Thursday, March 26 at 3 p.m. The experience of SIF will provide [...]
The students of the Student Investment Fund class at the David Eccles School of Business have a consistent record of performing well at case competitions near and far, and that continued at the recent international student portfolio competition in Dayton, Ohio. Held in conjunction with the RISE 14 student investment conference, sponsored by the University of Dayton in association with the United Nations Global [...]
The students who took the Student Investment Fund class last year collectively wrote a letter to future class members to encourage them in their studies, offer some sound advice, and encourage them to take full advantage of everything the class, and the David Eccles School of Business, has to offer. It's a great example of how our students look out for each other year [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Tashjian, an associate professor of Finance at the David Eccles School of Business, was honored in a campus ceremony Thursday as one of the University of Utah’s 2013 Beacons of Excellence Award recipients. The award is recognition of all that Tashjian has done to enhance the undergraduate experience of students. There were 270 nominees from across all aspects of the university considered [...]