Cutler Center 2012-2013 Annual Report - Babson College

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Another benefit of our Rise Displays is that they can be fully customized to focus on many aspects of finance/investing which inform and attract students in an up-to-date visual manner. We are just beginning to use this resource and look forward to using it effectively to highlight and enhance the profile of finance at Babson and expand the scope of the Cutler Center contributions. A new full color scrolling ticker was installed at Cutler Center Horn during the 2012-2013 academic year Investments Laboratory The Cutler Center is distinct in its role as an investments laboratory, providing an enriched student experience for research, teaching, learning about global investments and finance, and gaining skills to be used in the workplace. It is estimated that there are 240 “trading labs” at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and that 27% of AACSB member schools currently have such a lab in place. What differentiates the Cutler Center is both its focus on the student experience, both academic and co-curricular, and that it is designed not as a classroom, but as an area for exploration and testing ideas. To enhance that experience further, we upgraded our financial displays in the Center (see above). Additional initiatives achieved were: Consolidated some services to focus on Bloomberg and introduced its new PORT functions for use throughout the curriculum Standardized all Babson College Fund performance and attribution analysis on Bloomberg so that all BCF members can easily access it to view their contribution to return Installed 10 Capital IQ machines that can be used by students or alumni to access the service Added 3 Bloomberg terminals for a total of 14 terminals Added a subscription to the NYSE TAQ trade and quote database via the WRDS platform for ongoing faculty and student research into patterns of high frequency trading Began working with Operations Professor Pachamanova’s Financial Simulation class to use the Cutler Center’s resources for their projects Hosted classes for Fixed Income, Investments, Managing Portfolios, Babson College Fund, and Security Valuation Page | 38
Hosted co-curricular investment activities, notably the Rotman Trading Competition team and the new, student-organized, Babson Apprentice Fund (BAF) which is modeled after the Babson College Fund and uses a paper portfolio to teach bottom-up stock valuation analysis Jack Cahill attended a unique seminar at Siena College on “Creating and Supporting a Trading Room” and verified that all of the necessary processes – fundraising, division sponsorship, alumni involvement, board governance, faculty stewardship – are ones that the Cutler Center currently has in place. In addition, we have designated one afternoon each week during the semester for “Bloomberg Fridays” to encourage students at all level to establish baseline or advanced skills in Bloomberg, an essential market data tool. Undergraduate student, Jake Williams, at work on one of the Cutler Center’s 14 Bloomberg terminals Page | 39
Page 1 and 2: Stephen D. Cutler Center for Invest
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents Executive Summary
Page 5 and 6: The Stephen D. Cutler Center for In
Page 7 and 8: The Boston Security Analysts Societ
Page 9 and 10: Four Principal, Overlapping Compone
Page 11 and 12: Cutler Center/Boston Security Analy
Page 13 and 14: Cutler Center/Babson Investment Man
Page 15 and 16: Dr. Eric Rosengren, President of th
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Page 19 and 20: Top: Jurrien Timmer '85, Director o
Page 21 and 22: Boston Business Breakfast Forum (BB
Page 23 and 24: Cheri Paulson, Director of Graduate
Page 25 and 26: Additional Marketing For additional
Page 27 and 28: Student Experience and Experiential
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Page 35 and 36: An alumni outreach program has been
Page 37: Resources and Infrastructure The Cu
Page 41 and 42: Addendum A: Cutler Center Advisory
Page 43 and 44: Addendum C: Cutler Center Events, 2
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