Student Clubs :
The Department of Finance has the following Student Organizations:
Students in SEED manage about $4.3 Million of the University’s fund. Students gain experience in managing a commercial entity by participation in the various aspects of managing an equity portfolio for the Virginia Tech Foundation. SEED currently ranks third nationally for assets under management in student-managed funds and is the largest noncurricular student-managed fund in the nation.
Faculty Advisors: Professors Randy Billingsley and Arthur Keown
The Finance department developed a new student -managed investment organization that is dedicated to investing real money in a diversified portfolio of debt instruments. Fourteen students are currently participating in what is called Bond and Securities Investing by Students (BASIS). Formed in Fall 2004, BASIS students obtained Foundation approval in May 2006 to manage a $4.3 dollar portfolio that invests in investment grade corporate bonds, US Treasury and Agency issues, government sponsered enterprise bonds, as well as U.S dollar denominated sovereign bonds. The BASIS fund will be one of the most significant undergrauate student managed funds devoted solely to debt instruments in the country.
Faculty Advisor: Professor George Morgan
The Finance club provides opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills and broaden their understanding of the financial world through professional and social activities.
Faculty Advisor: Professor Arthur Keown