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        Harbert Investment Center

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        A look inside Harbert's Financial Leadership Center

        Overview:

        The Harbert Investment Center remains committed to fostering career readiness and academic excellence through hands-on experiences, student engagement, and faculty research support. Last spring, the Center sponsored a wide range of impactful initiatives across student organizations and research activities.

        FMA & ASIF

        During the 2024-2025 academic year, the Financial Management Association (FMA) and the Auburn Student Investment Fund (ASIF) sponsored over 2,400 student impact hours, including Bloomberg certification, financial modeling workshops, and practical finance forums. Students continued to compete and win on the national stage, bringing home four first-place finishes in national competitions against top-tier programs including Northwestern, Penn, Cornell, and Chicago. These victories netted nearly $15,000 in scholarship awards and reinforced Auburn’s growing reputation among elite finance programs. FMA and ASIF also led experiential visits to New York City and Charlotte, connecting students directly with professionals in investment banking, private equity, and asset management.

        Auburn Finance Society

        AFS provides its members with the tools and connections needed to excel in various finance-related fields, including financial institutions, wealth management, and derivatives trading (options and futures) through hands-on events, professional development programs, networking opportunities, and branch-specific activities.

        AFS members gain practical skills, build valuable relationships, and position themselves for career success at events such as:

        • Know Before You Go internship prep session for all Harbert students.
        • Field trip to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta for members of the banking branch.
        • Chicago Board of Trade visit for members of the derivatives branch.

        Research

        On the research side, the Center hosted four visiting scholars from Purdue, Wharton, Penn State, and UT Dallas, each presenting their work and receiving constructive feedback from faculty. Internal brownbag sessions provided a forum for Harbert faculty to share and discuss early-stage research. Also, the Center expanded its data subscriptions, enabling faculty to investigate new research areas and ideas. Harbert finance faculty were once again recognized for their research accomplishments: Dr. David Cicero received the HCOB Outstanding Faculty Research Award, and Dr. Danny Qin was honored with the HCOB Rising Faculty Scholar Research Award for 2024–2025.

        The Center sponsored the annual FMA Leadership Summit on October 17, with this year’s distinguished speakers: Richard McPhail, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Home Depot; Erwin Van Der Voort, Vice Chairman of Global Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets; and Senator Tommy Tuberville.