SPJIMR has Eurex sponsored Trade and Research Lab, Opportunity for PGDM Finance students

Vijayan Subramani, MD Treasury and Markets at DBS Mumbai inaugurated the first Trade and Research Lab at SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai on May 12, 2014. Eurex, one of the world's leading derivatives exchanges has sponsored the Trade Lab.

Speaking on the occasion Prof. Atish Chattopadhyay, Deputy Director, PGDM said “We look forward to strengthening and forging even deeper ties between academia and the industry.” The speech was followed by the short but comprehensive overview on the markets by the Chief Guest Mr. Subramani.

Prof. Shreenivas Kunte, CFA, Adjunct Faculty and In-charge Trade/Research Lab, said “Market touch and an understanding of the techniques and tools used by the industry will significantly equip students to take on industry roles.”

Dr. Ian Firla, Chief Operating Officer, OSTC addressed the student audience from Poland via a satellite link. Mr.Chintan Thakkar, OSTC India, and Mr. Girish Shetty, Eurex, gave presentations about their respective organisations.

Mr. Thakkar guided the class with an overview on market techniques while Mr Shetty expressed his gratitude on putting together the lab in a relatively short time frame saying  “We at Eurex group are very delighted with this cooperation and are proud of the initiative.”

With the establishment of this Trade Lab PGDM Finance students will now have the opportunity to execute mock trades on global exchanges and gain new insights and expertise in understanding and trading in financial markets. The lab is expected to drive better integration between academia and industry, opening up new options for student learning and at the same time bring SPJIMR facilities and offerings at par with the best available anywhere in India. 
  
55 management students of the finance batch of SPJIMR Mumbai have enrolled for this course. Eurex and OSTC have facilitated worldwide exchange data to help students learn market techniques in an effective manner. Training would be conducted through lectures (about 8 to 10 lectures) over a period of two months in addition to intensive hands-on sessions. The Lab will help students to learn and develop techniques as they deploy notional capital to trade and to manage risk

MSCI, a leading global provider of investment decision support tools, has also partnered with SPJIMR to provide knowledge support and have offered MSCI’s flagship software tool set – BARRA - to equip students with practical portfolio related skills.

Eurex the world's leading derivatives exchange has a trading volume that exceeds 1.5 billion contracts a year and market participants connected from 700 locations worldwide. OSTC is a leading global trading company in exchange traded products across major asset classes with 16 offices across Europe, North America and Asia.

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