Location
BELC, 215
Financial Markets Center
The Financial Markets Center (FMC) is a true experiential learning laboratory for students interested in careers in the finance industry.
The space is designed for two modes: classroom and market. In classroom mode, instructors, guest speakers, and students can present content to screens and monitors on the front and side walls. In market mode, the room displays real-time financial market data and news with a live ticker visible on the outside of the room.
The FMC provides faculty and students with the most up-to-date data and analytical tools in the financial services industry, including widely utilized financial software from Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI ESG, and Morningstar. Students can access these resources both in class and outside of scheduled classroom time for course projects, honors theses, and internships.
Highlights
Students benefit from cutting-edge technology and equipment such as:
- 30 student workstations with dual screens and specialized software.
- Instructor station featuring specialized software and the ability to control displays throughout the room.
- Additional workstations that are dedicated Bloomberg terminals.
- Dual large screen monitors on each side wall.
- Monitors on the front presentation wall and a central whiteboard complex.
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“The new Financial Markets Center is quickly becoming a centerpiece within the Finance Department. Its location adjacent to casual gathering spaces and Finance faculty offices reinforces the ability to have learning happen both during and outside formal class meeting times. Student and faculty research is supported by access to the data and specialized analytical tools available in the lab.”
Kevin Maloney
Department Chair, Finance
$3M
total assets managed in the Archway Investment Fund
30
student workstations with dual screens and specialized software
Courses Offered in the Lab
FIN 312: Investments
This course offers a broad perspective on investment objectives and determinants of investment decision-making. Students are introduced to the characteristics of different investment vehicles, the measurement of returns and risks associated with investing, and analytical pricing techniques of investment securities.
This course offers a broad perspective on investment objectives and determinants of investment decision-making. Students are introduced to the characteristics of different investment vehicles, the measurement of returns and risks associated with investing, and analytical pricing techniques of investment securities.
FIN 454: Portfolio Management
Students learn the basic tools and techniques of portfolio management, such as asset allocation, diversification, security selection, measurement of portfolio risk and return, risk management, and performance measurement. These skills are honed through hands-on experience managing Bryant’s Archway Investment Fund.
Students learn the basic tools and techniques of portfolio management, such as asset allocation, diversification, security selection, measurement of portfolio risk and return, risk management, and performance measurement. These skills are honed through hands-on experience managing Bryant’s Archway Investment Fund.
FIN 458: Debt Securities, Derivatives, and Investing
This course exposes students to the evaluation and management of debt securities and the analytical concepts used in the fixed-income market. Students will gain concrete practical applications of securities analysis for pricing and risk management purposes.
This course exposes students to the evaluation and management of debt securities and the analytical concepts used in the fixed-income market. Students will gain concrete practical applications of securities analysis for pricing and risk management purposes.
FIN 480: Archway Fixed Income Portfolio Management
This course is an experiential portfolio management class focused on fixed-income markets. Students gain direct, hands-on experience managing a sizeable portfolio through Bryant’s Archway Investment Fund.
This course is an experiential portfolio management class focused on fixed-income markets. Students gain direct, hands-on experience managing a sizeable portfolio through Bryant’s Archway Investment Fund.
FIN 465: Innovations in Contemporary Finance
This survey course will provide students with the fundamental steps of technical and financial sophistication they need to solve critical problems, developing their ability to successfully understand and communicate with industry professionals and investment clients in the U.S. and abroad.
This survey course will provide students with the fundamental steps of technical and financial sophistication they need to solve critical problems, developing their ability to successfully understand and communicate with industry professionals and investment clients in the U.S. and abroad.