2015

Queen’s Management School are delighted to announce the launch of a real money student managed investment fund. Staff, students and guests celebrated the launch of the real money fund at an event held on Tuesday 13^th October 2015. The Student Managed Fund gives students the experience of creating and managing a portfolio of investments and Queen’s is one of only a handful of universities in the UK and Ireland to offer students such an experience.

Dr Barry Quinn, lecturer in finance and the driving force behind the launch of the Fund welcomed everyone to the event and spoke of the many benefits of having such a Fund: to benefit the student’s educational experience, to enhance Queen’s Management School reputation on the international stage and to benefit charity through donations made from positive returns.

The audience then heard the testimonials of 3 students who have been involved in the Fund at different levels (analyst, sector head and CEO) who spoke of how the Fund has benefited them to date – a previous CEO of the Fund, Ryan McGahon, talked about how his experience helped him secure a job with Pramerica as a credit analyst.

Finally, Chris Power, guest speaker at the event and a portfolio manager at Davy Group, spoke about his firm and their current view on asset classes. Davy Group is Ireland's leading provider of wealth management, asset management, capital markets and financial advisory services and is broker to the student managed fund.

To view a recording of the event, please click here

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