End of term reflection

Over the course of the year DFIG has made strides to become a more involved club with this past quarter setting the tone for next year. I want to thank everyone who attended events throughout the term as well as thank those who worked so hard to set them up, your commitment to the club is key to our success.

As the term started our new executive board and members did an incredible job jumping into action to kick start events and activities for the follow ten weeks. This term, although hectic, has seen an incredible amount of activity for DFIG.

We started regular meetings with Brandon Aronoff’s Alternative Investment Group, which hosted guest speakers and alumni from hedge funds and private equity firms.

Members, like Nik Drobnjak and Jack Jennings, also gave amazingly informative presentations on the alternatives space to help prime everyone for the speakers.

Nicholas, Torres’ Market Coverage Group contributed an impressive number of articles including the group’s first market overviews for currencies, derivatives, and fixed income which explained the current dynamics shaping their landscapes.

Soham Mukherjee, with the help of many of our most involved members, turned out over 20 articles this term, explaining financial topics, and giving insight into current events.

This went hand in hand with the creation of our new website which provides a more reader friendly platform than DragonLink.

We also hit our fundraising targets for the entire year in these past 10 weeks with our first two fundraisers bringing in over $500 dollars for our group. These funds will help improve our website over the summer and make it a more user centric site.

We recently implemented a new, more selective application process to help bring in new involved members and create a tighter knit group. The results of this are already showing as we have seen these new members take an active role in our group, both through attending events and leading their own groups.

This development is due, in large part to John Warkala’s new Member Development group which has worked with new and old members in tailoring the groups programing, as well as co-op preparation.

The Member Development Group also was the main force behind the financial modeling courses that are now offered through Wall Street Prep to all members. These skills are the cornerstone of financial analysis and have given our members a leg up in the interview process.

This momentum we have built over these ten short weeks is something we will carry into next year to help build a more structured and involved group for our members.

Our focus for the Fall is to recruit a strong core of involved members as well as provide a regular schedule of activities and events for all groups.

The later will be something w

e continue to peruse throughout next year as we build a community of students committed to exploring finance through collaboration.

I cannot say thank you enough to everyone who has been involved over the past term and to those who did such a great job setting up programing. Without your relentless effort and enthusiasm, we could not have accomplished so much in such little time.

I look forward to working with everyone over the next few months and cannot wait to see what DFIG’s future holds as we make these leaps and bounds together.