Student Managed Fund

The Fund is administrated by the ANU Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics (RSFAS), and enables students to assume responsibility for the management of a fund of more than $700,000 under the guidance of convenors Associate Professor Geoff Warren and Dr Anna von Reibnitz.

 

Students participating in the course undertake day-to-day management of the Fund, and are required to research investment options and make recommendations. These are then reviewed and endorsed by an Investment Advisory Committee of ANU staff and finance industry practitioners, before the recommendations are implemented.

 

Distributions from the Fund are used to support the RSFAS Student Managed Fund Equity Scholarship (see RSFAS Student Managed Fund Equity Scholarship), which aims to support disadvantaged students in their studies. 

 

Vice Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt says the Student Managed Fund will teach students about philanthropy and what it means to give back to society.

 

"Students participating in the fund will not only come out with better understanding of how real-life investment works through managing a slice of the ANU endowment funds, but they will also be well-equipped for the challenges of our modern workforce," he said.

 

The Fund was established with a generous donation from Russell Clark, an ANU alumnus who completed his Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Asian Studies in 2000. Others have made additional donations, including the Fund Convenor Associate Professor Geoff Warren and the family of the Student Managed Fund's Investment Advisory Committee member and alumnus Andre Morony (MEc '74). The School hopes to grow the Fund to further support the opportunity for students.

 

Further details on the ANU Student Managed Fund and its operations can be found here.