Investment Management Initiative

Scholars Program

A single platform for student investors at NYU, bringing SCM together with IAG, QFS, and the IMI advisory board for shared training, stronger speaker access, and a deeper investment community.

3 Premier finance clubs training through one cohort.
~40 Scholars selected across SCM, IAG, and QFS.
5 Core finance modules using BIWS-style training.
5 Investment strategies spanning equity, macro, quant, and credit.

One Application, Three Paths

A common entry point for NYU investors.

The new structure creates a unified application across SCM, QFS, and IAG while preserving club-specific interviews, questions, and investment identities.

Step 01

Common App

Applicants move through a shared structure designed to make recruiting clearer and more accessible across the investment ecosystem.

Step 02

Club Review

Each club keeps its own questions and interviews so analysts can be evaluated against the strategy and culture they want to join.

Step 03

Scholars Cohort

After joining a club, analysts may apply separately to the Scholars Program and train together as one cross-club class.

SCM

Fixed Income

Credit and rates-oriented education for students who want to understand debt markets, macro risk, and capital structure.

QFS

Multi-Strategy Investing

Long/short, global macro, and quantitative pods that give students multiple ways to study markets and express views.

IAG

Long-Only Equity

Real-money, value-oriented investing focused on company analysis, security selection, and portfolio discipline.

Scholars Training

A shared foundation before students specialize.

The program starts with practical finance training, then moves into pod-specific lessons that expose scholars to the major investment approaches represented across the three clubs.

General Training

  • Accounting
  • Enterprise Value / Equity Value
  • DCF Analysis
  • M&A Modeling
  • LBO Modeling

Pod-Specific Lessons

  • Long-Only Investing
  • Long/Short Equity
  • Global Macro
  • Quant Investing
  • Fixed Income

Why It Matters

The unified initiative makes every program stronger.

Pooling curriculum, alumni networks, and event resources gives scholars a more serious platform than any single club could build alone.

1

World Class Curriculum

Five weeks of technical training followed by strategy-specific sessions across the clubs.

2

Speaker Series

Combined alumni and advisory-board resources unlock higher-caliber industry speakers and guest lecturers.

3

Internship Pipeline

The initiative creates a structured pathway from analyst training toward stronger recruiting outcomes.

4

Cross-Club Community

Scholars train together, forming durable relationships across strategies and organizations.

National Platform

Rosenwald Investment Competition

With SCM, QFS, and IAG operating under the Investment Management Initiative, NYU can host larger, more competitive events that bring top students from across the country to campus.

The Vision

Build on the Rosenwald Investment Competition and turn NYU into a destination for serious student investors.

  • Raise Stern's national profile in investment management.
  • Build cross-university alumni networks.
  • Create a prestigious credential for Scholars.

Premier investing education across long-only, long/short, global macro, quantitative, and fixed income investing.