Finance Society | GMIT Student Managed Fund

INVESTING IN YOU

A Finance, Economics and Investing Society

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In Association With

WELCOME

The GMIT Student Managed Fund (GMIT SMF) is a student organization that manages an investment portfolio with the guidance of financial experts. Open to all students of GMIT it exists to apply classroom concepts in a real-world setting. Using professional software students will learn through active engagement in markets about bond and stock trading, financial security analysis, valuation and portfolio management.

Undergraduate students are given the opportunity to gain real life experience as well as theoretical knowledge in trading, economics, finance and business that is desirable to employers; a long standing characteristic of graduates from GMIT.

OUR VISION

Our Vision is to inspire, inform and engage every student in the financial world by bringing the financial industry to them.

OUR AIMS

HEALTH CARE & PHARMACEUTICALS

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The overarching objective of the SMF is an educational one; empowering students to take a more active and independent role in their own education outside of the ordinary framework of textbooks and lectures through hands on experience.

To enable GMIT students to gain a deeper understanding in security valuation, security analysis and portfolio management.

To support company recruitment and networking through collaboration with industry experts, companies, students, faculty and the wider community.

To provide students with the opportunity to develop team work and presentation skills through pitching investment ideas to industry experts each semester.

To provide students with the opportunity to develop management and leadership skills through participation in the SMF committee and management teams.

To make students more marketable to prospective employers through real life practical corporate experience; clearly differentiating them from students who take the ordinary avenues of learning.

TECHNOLOGY

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sectors

RAW MATERIALS

Sector which includes companies involved in the discovery, development, and processing of raw materials

FINANCIAL

Firms and institutions that provide financial services to commercial and retail customers. This sector comprises a broad range of industries including banks, investment companies, insurance companies, and real estate firms.

ENERGY

Sector that relates to producing or supplying energy. This sector includes integrated power utility companies such as renewable energy and coal or companies involved in the exploration and development of oil or gas reserves, oil and gas drilling, and refining.

EMERGING MARKETS

An emerging market refers to securities from countries with economies that are considered to be emerging. These countries are in an emerging growth phase and offer high potential return with higher risks than developed market countries.