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  On March 23-24, Sarah Graney, Marina Hrosz, Erin Martinez and Amanda Wall, members of the Wall Street Club, competed in William & Mary’s 2nd annual Women’s Leadership Summit and Stock Pitch Competition held at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business.…

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As part of the Institute’s mission to connect the investment industry to the world of higher education, NDIGI has created a recommended course sequence for students interested in investment management. Click here to access the sequence.…

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When students express interest in private equity, they often envision working for large firms that manage billions of dollars in assets, like KKR or Blackstone. However, new and innovative paths into private equity are emerging, as some firms are turning away from the big companies, focusing instead on managing smaller assets and building trusting, long-term relationships with such businesses.…

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On Feb. 13, Jackson Jhin of Chicago Ventures hosted “Venture Capital Secrets and How to Evaluate Startup Ideas.” The event was the third in this semester’s Robert K. Wilmouth Speaker Series, a number of lectures hosted by NDIGI designed to further students’ knowledge of the science and art of investing. The objective of the event was explain venture capital, to expel some of the myths surrounding the field, and to teach students how to evaluate startups as potential investments.…

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On Feb. 27, Brad Couri of Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners (CFI) hosted “An Introduction to Credit Investing.” The event was the fifth in this semester’s Robert K. Wilmouth Speaker Series, a number of lectures hosted by NDIGI designed to further students’ knowledge of the science and art of investing. The objective of the event was to explain credit investing and distressed investments and to educate students on evaluating distressed companies.…

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On Feb. 20, Priya Parrish of Schwartz Capital hosted “Let’s Talk About Impact Investing.” The event was the fourth in this semester’s Robert K. Wilmouth Speaker Series, a number of lectures hosted by NDIGI designed to further students’ knowledge of the science and art of investing. The objective of the event was to teach students about the history, growth, and future of impact investing and to inform them of potential careers in the field.…

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In the summer of 2017, the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI) and the Mendoza College of Business announced their new partnership with Girls Who Invest (GWI), a non-profit organization founded in 2015 and dedicated to increasing the number of women in portfolio management and executive leadership in the investment management industry. This partnership allowed Girls Who Invest to expand its Summer Intensive Program from 60 participants to 100. For the first time this summer, the University of Notre Dame will be hosting 50 young women participating in this program. These 50 young women will have the opportunity to experience Notre Dame’s campus life as they will be residing in Howard Hall, eating in the dining halls, using resources and facilities like the Hesburgh Library and the Duncan Student Center, and learning under Notre Dame faculty. …

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On February 10th and 24th, over 140 Notre Dame students from various majors participated in a Financial Modeling workshop co-sponsored by the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI) and the Wall Street Club (WSC). These students gained practical hands-on experiences in Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) models (Feb. 10th) and Leverage Buyout (LBO) models (Feb. 24th) from recent Notre Dame graduates working in investment banking or credit hedge investing.…

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On Feb. 3, close to 250 Notre Dame students from various majors participated in an Investment Banking Crash Course sponsored by the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI) and the Wall Street Club.  …

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The Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing has established the Robert K. Wilmouth Speaker Series, a sequence of investing lectures to be held throughout the semester. Each event will be led by an investing professional from a certain area of the field, and will serve to educate students on the the industry and its future while providing them with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a variety of investment careers.…

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This January, the Wall Street Club of Notre Dame hosted four career treks in three cities: New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Each trip consisted of approximately 20 students who were selected for the treks through a competitive application process led by the Wall Street Club. In these cities, students met with Notre Dame alumni from multiple financial firms. They were given the opportunity to network, practice interview skills, and garner practical financial knowledge and apply it outside of the classroom, expanding on necessary skills in the investment industry.…

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The Hearst name has been synonymous with newspapers in the public imagination for well over a century, but as the media landscape evolves, Hearst evolves with it. Within the 46 stories of Hearst Tower, a new crop of start-ups is growing through the company’s longstanding commitment to ventures.…

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On Dec. 2, teams of Notre Dame students participated in an internal competition to prepare and select a team to send to the regionals stage of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) held at Michigan State on Feb. 24.…

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On Nov. 3 and 4, Notre Dame undergraduates Charlie Trense, Janne Fuss, Catherine Lynch and Mark O’Meara competed in the finals at the McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) in Montreal, Quebec.…

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This fall, the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI) offered a new course — FIN 40685: Applied Private Equity Projects (APEP). Kevin Burke, managing director of NDIGI and assistant teaching professor in the department of finance, was inspired to create this course after visiting Harvard Business School last fall.  He saw that pairing lectures with projects bridged the gap between theory and practice, which resulted in accelerated learning and increased student engagement amongst the Harvard MBA students.…

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On Nov. 14, NDIGI Managing Director Kevin Burke hosted an Investment Careers Discovery Night. The objective of the event was to provide students with a more comprehensive understanding of the career options available to them after graduation and the steps they can take now to prepare for those careers. The event was open to students of all majors in order to encourage the idea that investors are multidisciplinary.…

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Like so many women on Wall Street — or those who aspire to work here — I see myself in the bronze Fearless Girl statue unveiled on International Women’s Day on March 8. The girl faces the iconic Charging Bull statue in a stance that says, “I belong here.” Originally meant to highlight the importance of women on corporate boards, the statue also has come to symbolize the need for women to be represented on Wall Street in general.…

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In June 2017, NDIGI hosted a roundtable with Private Capital Research Institute (PCRI) entitled “Has Persistence Persisted in Private Equity?”…

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On Oct. 3, the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing hosted Mat Klody, the founder and current portfolio manager of MCN Capital Management, a fundamental value-focused investment partnership out of Oak Brook, Ill. Klody shared “The Art of Short Selling.”…

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The Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing recently announced this year’s one-credit International Portfolio Management (IPM) course will take place in Rio, Brazil. Mendoza students will spend the week engaging in real-world interactions and working on a case study with a Rio-based firm. Case studies like this one, which are typically based on a real-world situation, allow students to simulate the process of analyzing and solving complex business problems. They challenge students to develop their own solutions and then channel these solutions toward a recommended course of action.…

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