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The Center for Financial Services oversees the operations of the UBS Simulation, Learning, and Research Lab, conducts a Trading Challenge for students, and organizes an annual Wall Street on Campus financial strategy education seminar. The Center plays a key role in fulfilling the School’s mission of providing a comprehensive business and management education to students, by enabling them to gain real-world knowledge, practical skills, and the enhanced ability to research and analyze business issues. It is a vital resource for teaching, learning, and research, and it has been a showpiece for the School of Business. The activities of the Center enable faculty to integrate real-world perspectives into their courses and enhance the practical utility of education through experiential learning-by-doing for students. The Center has been instrumental in generating enthusiasm for School of Business students among recruiters. In recent years, several leading firms have been attracted toward hiring our well-prepared students, either for the first time or in larger numbers. Dr. Sandip Mukherji, CFA, Professor of Finance, has served as the Director of the Center since its inception, and he is supported by a second-year graduate assistant.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Center is to provide business students and faculty with advanced computer resources, access to practical knowledge and skills, and real-world environments, for researching and analyzing business issues. The Center’s goals are to encourage and facilitate use of the UBS SLR Lab by students and faculty, and student participation in Trading Challenges, besides successfully organizing and encouraging student participation in the Wall Street on Campus financial strategy education seminar.

Set up as a trading floor, the UBS SLR Lab has 26 computers with dual monitors, 3 LCD projectors, a live ticker, and an LCD monitor tuned to business news. The computers in the Lab provide access to an array of cutting-edge software programs and subscription websites for investment information and analysis (MorningStar Direct, Standard & Poor’s Research Insight, and Value Line); risk analysis using simulations, forecasting, and optimizations (Crystal Ball Professional Edition); statistical analysis (SPSS); technical analysis (Metastock Professional); and a Trading Challenge (Stocktrak). Use of the Lab has grown significantly since its inception. In the 2010-11 academic year, 20 faculty members used the Lab for 39 classes and 149 assignments in 34 courses. In addition, there were 240 student visits to the Lab for independent work on assignments.

The Trading Challenge is conducted for 11 to 12 weeks each semester through the dedicated website of the School of Business provided by Stocktrak. Several courses require participation in the Challenge, and it is also open to all School of Business students. Securities available for trading are stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options on stocks and futures, spot currencies and commodities, and most popular commodity, index, and foreign currency Futures. Initial funds of $500,000 can be leveraged with 50% margin, but the position limit is $100,000. The maximum number of trades is 500. Short sales and day trading are allowed. Students with the top five portfolio values share $2,500 in scholarship awards. In the 2010-11 academic year, the Challenge attracted a record 460 student participants.

The Wall Street on Campus financial strategy education seminar is held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on a Friday in the first half of October each year. The goal of the seminar is to expose students to practical knowledge and insights on financial strategies from leading professional experts, and to provide students with information about careers in financial services. The fifth annual seminar in 2010 had one-hour sessions on Economic and Market Outlook, Outlook and Recommendations for Stocks and Bonds, U. S. Municipal Bond Market – A Global Perspective, and a panel discussion on Careers in Financial Services. Mark Rosenberg, Chairman & CEO of SSARIS Advisors, the Hedge Fund Affiliate of State Street Global Advisors, delivered the keynote Brown Capital Management Executive Lecture. Bank of America, BlackRock Private Investors, J.P. Morgan, and UBS provided six speakers and panelists for the event, which was attended by 156 students and 8 faculty members from seven universities: American, Bowie State, Georgetown, George Washington, Howard, University of DC, and West Virginia State University. Other leading financial institutions, such as Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley have provided speakers and panelists for the seminar in recent years.