Nicolas Schull

he Gator Student Investment Fund (GSIF) is a student-run, long-only equity fund that manages ~$1,700,000 of capital. The fund is sector-neutral, benchmarked to the S&P 1000 Index, and employs a value-oriented, 100% active strategy focused primarily on small- and mid-cap domestic equities. The fund's 50+ members, organized into 8 sector teams, pitch equities to the student Investment Committee through a fundamentally driven, value-oriented approach. Investment decisions are made by the Investment Committee, while the Head of Attribution oversees portfolio risk, performance measurement, and tracking error management to ensure alignment with benchmark guidelines. Sectors include: Consumer, Energy, Financials, Healthcare, Industrials, Materials, Real Estate, and TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications). Applications for interviews open at the beginning of each semester. If you are interested in GSIF, you can find more information at our website linked above. By developing research reports and pitches, students in GSIF learn how to apply Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint in a professional manner and gain extensive exposure to the Bloomberg platform through the Hough Graduate School of Business Capital Markets Lab. New analysts also participate in a comprehensive eight-week training program led by the Head of Development, which teaches the Fund's investment process and valuation methodologies commonly employed in the professional industry (e.g., Discounted Cash Flow Models and Comparable Companies Analysis). GSIF is partnered with the Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars (MFOS) program. GSIF makes annual payouts of 3% of the fund’s AUM to the MFOS program to help fund scholarships for first-generation, low-income students.