Sunday, June 21, 2009

Choice of CCA?

Choice of CCA?

Got to know two SMU undergraduates taking double degree (Accountancy and Business) during their ICT and they recommended me to join them in SMIF (Student-Managed Investment Fund!;) Went to conduct some research and discovered the following information:

Fifty Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduates are, however, going through this learning process in a substantially less painful way: they are gaining this invaluable experience by administering their school's Student-Managed Investment Fund (SMIF), which conducts 'paper trading' using a mock portfolio. In FY2008, SMU-SMIF outperformed the Straits Times Index (STI), which it is benchmarked against, by 10 per cent.'This is a return which compares favourably with some professionally-run funds. We even outshone some of them in terms of performance,' enthuses Mr Lim. 'We feel a great sense of achievement and personal pride at this, especially because it was done under such an adverse economic situation and amidst the demands of school life and academia - bt.com

https://secure.fundsupermart.com/main/community/forumPosts.svdo;jsessionid=HCW7K9lKNvJ1MbWCvyb0Qh32v1GQQCycg2JRktJJGqLTq7KWhgWF!274546672?page=401&pid=000433

Looks like I know which CCA to join in SMU already.