{"id":2656,"date":"2014-10-03T13:04:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T21:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2014-10-03T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T22:17:18","slug":"opportunity-beyond-investing-osig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/2014\/10\/03\/opportunity-beyond-investing-osig\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity beyond investing for OSIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a student-led organization that actively manages a $1.6 million equity portfolio, the Oregon State Investment Group (OSIG) has a substantial undertaking that provides an unprecedented experiential learning opportunity. In addition to the value of hands-on experience, members of OSIG now have more accolades to add to their already-impressive resumes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2658\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_2352.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2658\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_2352-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Hendricks accepts a check from D.A. Davidson &amp; Co.'s Rich Fisher for OSIG's first place win in the Portfolio Competition.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_2352-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_2352-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_2352-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_2352.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blake Hendricks accepts a check from D.A. Davidson &amp; Co.&#8217;s Rich Fisher for OSIG&#8217;s first place win in the Portfolio Competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OSIG took first place in the annual D.A. Davidson &amp; Co. Student Investment Program competition that ran from Sept. 1, 2013 \u2013Aug. 31, 2014. Student teams were provided with $50,000 to invest, and the top-performing teams received a check on behalf of their college. With a gain of 38% and ending portfolio value of $69,014.35, OSIG finished above the 20\u00a0other university teams competing. In a ceremony that took place in Austin Hall Friday, Oct. 3, OSIG was awarded more than $8,000 from D.A. Davidson &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<p>On September 5, 2014, 10 members of OSIG, accompanied by Assistant Professor of Finance Inga Chira, went to Wall Street in New York City \u00a0and were directly immersed in the world of finance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe annual New York trip is one of the most valuable experiences for the students in OSIG. The opportunity to witness firsthand the environment and culture of the Wall Street firms is something that cannot simply be taught in the classroom,\u201d said Blake Hendricks, DADCO Portfolio Manager.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2657\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/files\/2014\/10\/OSIG-in-NYC-2014.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2657\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/files\/2014\/10\/OSIG-in-NYC-2014-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"OSIG in New York City Wall Street\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2014\/10\/OSIG-in-NYC-2014-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2014\/10\/OSIG-in-NYC-2014-150x112.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2014\/10\/OSIG-in-NYC-2014-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of OSIG in NYC include Jessica Kim<br \/>Katie Merrill, Arun Varghese, Majed Abdelrasul, Jake Roselli,<br \/>Chase Norlin and Alex Markgraff<br \/>Van Wong<br \/>Chris Koenig<br \/>Blake Hendricks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The group learned the value of networking, and spent time with OSU alumni at influential firms such as PIMCO, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, BIDS and Fortress. Among those they met was Wesley Edens, a College of Business graduate. Edens is co-chairman of the board of directors of Fortress, and co-owner of the Milwaukie Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of this trip, I was able to gain several in-person interviews for a summer internship which ultimately led to a summer internship with PIMCO and a full time position after graduation,\u201d said Jessica Kim, OSIG President. \u201cI believe very strongly that none of this would have been achievable without the Annual New York trip.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a student-led organization that actively manages a $1.6 million equity portfolio, the Oregon State Investment Group (OSIG) has a substantial undertaking that provides an unprecedented experiential learning opportunity. In addition to the value of hands-on experience, members of OSIG now have more accolades to add to their already-impressive resumes. OSIG took first place in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/2014\/10\/03\/opportunity-beyond-investing-osig\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Opportunity beyond investing for OSIG&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4803,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4803"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2656"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2660,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656\/revisions\/2660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}