2019 - 2021 FMA Magazine
FMA Magazine covers events and programming for 2019 - 2021, including Auburn University Student Investment Fund performance.
FMA Magazine covers events and programming for 2019 - 2021, including Auburn University Student Investment Fund performance.
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<strong>FMA</strong> RESOURCES<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
Since its inception in Fall 2014, <strong>FMA</strong> has supported its student members in their<br />
pursuit of rewarding and competitive careers. From candidacy to graduation, we<br />
have created an integrative curriculum that focuses on practical application.<br />
In addition to the new candidate training semester, IFLP provides three program<br />
specific courses.<br />
• Each counts as a 3-hour finance 4000-level course.<br />
• Adding university-approved curriculum to Auburn <strong>FMA</strong>’s program puts it on<br />
par with competing investment banking schools.<br />
• With the integration of ASIF and <strong>FMA</strong> under the Integrated Financial<br />
Leadership Program, we have formalized Fund application by creating a dualcourse<br />
structure that is specific to the ASIF portfolio.<br />
• Students will be involved in the ASIF program for 2 semesters during their<br />
junior or senior year and will receive 3 credit hours each semester<br />
• The ASIF program combines the real-time decision-making aspects<br />
of managing an investment fund with the structure and formality of a<br />
university-approved course<br />
• Pitching new investments and managing the portfolio will be actively<br />
integrated with the ASIF portion of the course curriculum<br />
IFLP<br />
CURRICULUM<br />
IFLP SPECIFIC CLASS 1:<br />
ADVANCED FINANCIAL MODELING<br />
• Taught by a former Training the Street (TTS) executive – TTS is a learning<br />
services firm that focuses on financial modeling and valuation. Several firms<br />
throughout Wall Street hire TTS during their in-house training programs to<br />
teach modeling.<br />
• This class provides students with the opportunities to learn practical skills<br />
that students will use throughout their careers including discounted cash<br />
flow, leveraged buyout, precedent transaction analysis, public comps, merger<br />
consequences and Excel best practices.<br />
IFLP SPECIFIC CLASS 2:<br />
ASIF – ADVANCED SECURITY ANALYSIS<br />
• Taught by an investment professional from the Retirement Systems of<br />
Alabama<br />
• Analysis of investment decision process, include student pitches across Fund<br />
sectors<br />
• Connection to industry professionals in equity research, geo-political risk and<br />
capital markets<br />
IFLP SPECIFIC CLASS 3:<br />
ASIF – ADVANCED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT<br />
• Foundations of portfolio theory with considerations given to market<br />
expectations and strategic asset allocation<br />
• Looks at optimal investment strategy and focuses on portfolio management<br />
and allocation while applying these concepts to the ASIF portfolio<br />
• Monitoring and rebalancing portfolio, with new investment pitches presented<br />
by each sector<br />
<strong>FMA</strong> <strong>2019</strong>-<strong>2021</strong> MAGAZINE 15
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