{"id":3356,"date":"2015-10-12T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T22:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/?p=3356"},"modified":"2015-10-12T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T22:56:46","slug":"osig-members-bullish-on-ny-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/2015\/10\/12\/osig-members-bullish-on-ny-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"OSIG members bullish on NY trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OSIG members with Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eight of the top-performing analysts from the Oregon State Investment Group, a College of Business club aimed at finance majors but open to anyone interested in investing, spent a week in New York in early September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is for OSIG members to get out and network with alumni on Wall Street, and at other firms willing to host us,\u201d said club president Blake Hendricks, who made the annual trip for the second time. \u201cWe have so much appreciation for alumni willing to meet with us, take the time to help us get our foot in the door. One of our alums, Matt Derr at Credit Suisse, he brought in a recruiter who gave us a whole presentation on how to get a job.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to connecting with alumni, a highlight of the trip was meeting Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group. With a net worth of roughly $11.6 billion, Schwarzman, known as the king of private equity, is tied with Rupert Murdoch at No. 38 on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a very outgoing guy and gave great insight on what private equity is like,\u201d said Erik Paige, an OSIG portfolio manager who took part in the club outing to New York for the first time. \u201cHe said he\u2019s not a technical guy, he\u2019s a big-picture guy, and he always tries to surround himself with the smartest guys in the room. It was really interesting for me \u2013 he\u2019s the first billionaire I\u2019ve ever met.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing on the floor of the stock exchange was really cool as well,\u201d Paige said. \u201cMy impression going in, from the movies, was that there\u2019d be a lot of yelling and people crammed into one space, but actually, there aren\u2019t that many people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hendricks, like Paige a senior finance major, noted the \u201cvery broad scope of finance\u201d the OSIG members were able to absorb in New York, including economic research (at Strategas Research Partners), private wealth management (U.S. Trust) and corporate finance (Google).<\/p>\n

\u201cTalking to the executives, it puts everything you learn in theory into reality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Andrea Anthony, assistant professor of finance, accompanied the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students really came prepared with interesting questions and unique perspectives,\u201d she said. \u201cThey presented themselves professionally and I think strengthened the name of Oregon State University at the firms that we visited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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OSIG members and Prof. Andrea Anthony with the Bowling Green Bull, a statue in New York’s financial district. A bull is the symbol of financial optimism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Eight of the top-performing analysts from the Oregon State Investment Group, a College of Business club aimed at finance majors but open to anyone interested in investing, spent a week in New York in early September. \u201cThe goal is for OSIG members to get out and network with alumni on Wall Street, and at other … <\/p>\n

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