Fintech

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Most discussions of modern tech are either vague pie-in-the-sky ballads or insanely technical. What MBAs need is a sound mathematical and intuitive understanding of modern tech, not so that they can become coders, but so that they can interact with coders and noncoders alike with confidence.

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This course is designed MBA students interesting in accounting or audit. Students will learn about IT management frameworks like COBIT and explore technology used for AIS to collect, store, and manage financial data.

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This course covers quantitative approaches to using firm information to develop profitable trading strategies. Students will use tools such as FactSet and coding in Python or other languages to investigate, validate, and verify out-of-sample performance of investment strategies.

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AI systems are the new normal for a fast paced business world. This course gives students insight into how AI is used in business as well as provide them with the risks and considerations of using technology like AI in business.

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This MBA course gives a broader explanation of AI’s future and utilization in the business world. While not a development course, students will grasp a basic understanding on the ethical usage of AI as well as learning about risks and dilemmas that coincide with AI.

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Interested in investment strategies and portfolio theories? This course gives students trading strategies through data analysis and giving them insight into bonds, equities, and commodities by evaluating financial data to their benefit.

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Interested in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Paypal, and more? This course gives an introduction into the rapidly expanding digital world of Blockchain and technology. P2P Lending, mobile payments, robo-advising are just some of the topics alongside crypto this course explores!

This course provides a deep capstone approach to analyzing a firm’s financial performance as well as predicting future performances. Students will take a deep dive in their projects into a specific firm and will require cross-disciplinary analysis to make investment decisions and financial statement predictions.

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This course is about how people trade in financial trading and how markets function. It uses both trading simulations and lectures to illustrate concepts such as order types, market clearing, information-based trading, liquidity and price manipulation.

This course introduces students to the most cutting edge FinTech topics including mobile payments, blockchain, cryptocurrencies and smart contract, P2P lending and crowdfunding, and robo-advising. Topics on big data and technology commercialization will be interwoven throughout the course.

This course introduces students to the most cutting edge topics including blockchain, cryptofinance and smart contracts, mobile payments, P2P lending, and robo-advising. Topics on big data and technology commercialization will be interwoven throughout the course. Students will (1) obtain in-depth technical knowledge of core Fin Tech concepts, (2) connect this technical know-how to current financial theories and market practices, and (3) decipher concepts beyond just the buzz words to provide critical judgments on new Fin Tech ventures.

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This course presents the fundamentals of private equity finance, focusing on financing mezzanine deals and buyout transactions. The course covers the private equity and buyout market structure, institutional arrangements and application of financial theory and methods in a private equity and buyout setting.

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The course presents an integrative framework for business analysis, business forecasting, and equity valuation using quantitative and qualitative financial information. In this important Capstone course, you will gain a rigorous understanding of the conceptual interdependencies between the various business theories you have been exposed to in other courses (for example, strategy, accounting, finance) and how to apply these concepts to make practical, real-world business decisions.

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This course focuses on corporate asset management, in particular, on valuation. Topics include capital budgeting methods, estimating incremental cash flows, estimating cost of capital, valuation of projects, valuation of companies in takeovers, valuation of leveraged buyouts, valuation of private companies and valuation of strategic options. The course also covers working capital management.

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This course covers venture capital market structure and institutional arrangements and the application of financial theory and methods in a venture capital finance setting. Students are given financial case studies in the real-world to help cultivate their experience in working with early stage tech firms.

The Alternative Investments Club AIC is a premier finance-focused student organization at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business offered to undergraduate students.

The MBA FinTech Club at Michigan Ross (MFCM) seeks to promote FinTech opportunities and knowledge through educational workshops, industry speakers, networking opportunities with companies to enhance career connections.

Michigan Blockchain is an organization made up of undergraduate students interested in Blockchain. Members are provided with professional development opportunities alongside industry partners, educational resources with multidisciplinary facets, and hands-on learning opportunities through research and project development.

In the early stages of our club, we will primarily spend our time educating members about the advantages of cryptocurrency and why we believe it is the currency of the future. With time, we will develop an investment fund with a diverse portfolio of cryptocurrencies that have real-world applications.

Each year, MII manages an investment portfolio with the goal of educating members about investing through interactive portfolio management. By maintaining a small, dedicated member base of approximately 60 undergraduate students, MII is able to effectively teach members about investing in a variety of equity, fixed income, and derivative securities.

Our members meet on a weekly basis to review market trends, research equities, and develop quantitative trading methods. For those working on fundamental investment teams, this means conducting research and performing financial analysis to pitch stocks for our fund.

Quantitative Investment Society is an investing club at the University of Michigan dedicated to researching and educating its members about the emerging field of quantitative finance.

UpRound Ventures the first full service venture capital firm run by undergraduate students at the University of Michigan. Members of UpRound source, fund, and accelerate high growth startups. The goal of the organization is to recruit entrepreneurial students interested in helping grow startups and to provide venture education to new members.

Wolverine Capital Investments is one of the University of Michigan’s largest undergraduate investment clubs. Their mission is to provide students with the knowledge and skill set to become successful investors.