The Wall Street Journal is the most influential daily newspaper in the United States and the world, focusing on the financial and commercial fields. The daily circulation is 2 million, and there are about 20 million readers every day. The FMA Association also produces wall street briefings to let its members know about financial news and grasp the economic pulse of the times, so as to make its members truly become financial talents with an international and professional vision. In the process of making wall street briefing, FMA will select 5-6 members to form a wall street briefing team, which will be responsible for weekly briefing. Under the leadership of experienced players, they will download the freshest English version of The Wall Street Journal from the Internet, and then make a preliminary reading and deletion, select key topics, and use their knowledge to organize. And send it to everyone on GMAIL. Then members will also express their opinions on this topic on GMAIL. In addition, the wall street briefing team will put the printed briefing in the office for teachers and classmates to consult. Such limited resources have been fully utilized, and at the same time, due to the time difference, we have become students who understand global financial information earlier than ordinary Americans.
Through wall street briefing, not only can members improve their ability to integrate and screen information and improve their English level, but they can also understand financial news, master financial knowledge and apply what they have learned in discussions, thus improving their academic level and eventually making members become excellent financial talents.
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Integrate the essence of resources, brainstorm and enjoy the latest information.
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Discuss in depth from an academic point of view and create an academic atmosphere.
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Cultivate the ability of information screening and integration, and improve English.
Broaden your horizons
Stand at the forefront of the market, look at the world and broaden your horizons.
4.2 Reading Group
Reading group is a long-term activity of FMA. It opens a door for us to exchange eastern and western cultures, and let us appreciate the beauty of the integration of Chinese and western cultures. Through this reading exchange, members can learn more about the origins and sources of some common English proverbs in Britain and America and improve their English. During the activity, we read English stories aloud, and then Angela, an American foreign teacher, corrected our pronunciation, explained the meaning of words in English, made sentences with examples, exchanged feelings, and promoted members' oral English, expression ability, communication ability, understanding ability, application ability, vocabulary and knowledge reserve. Angela's kind smile brought us closer. In a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, you can unconsciously feel the charm of English and the fun of learning English.
4.3 Round table
Roundtable is a series of academic discussion activities since the second half of 20 10, which is called "roundtable". The meeting not only included the discussion of academic topics related to financial and macroeconomic fields, but also included some successful seminars of brothers and sisters to guide members' professional study. As a new activity of FMA this semester, the roundtable attracted much attention as soon as it was put forward, and the members who participated in it also praised it. In this activity, there is no age limit, only equal communication, no random interruption, only intense speculation, no indifference to different ways and no common goals, only like-minded questioning and thinking. The FMA Roundtable * * consists of four parts, namely, arousing people's interest (introducing some financial knowledge based on current financial hotspots by old members), brainstorming (participants expressing their views on financial hotspots based on their own knowledge), contradiction contest (selecting three or four stress interview issues for members to deal with to improve their psychological quality in the workplace) and exotic customs (members introducing a favorite country). Roundtable allows members to learn financial knowledge, grasp financial news, improve their psychological quality and broaden their international horizons in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.
4.4 Academic lectures
In 2009 10, the European and American Alumni Association held a forum on financial innovation and Wuhan development in Hongshan Auditorium. More than ten students from FMA attended the forum on behalf of the School of Finance. The highlight of this forum is the speaker. The European and American Alumni Association not only invited Li Shan, director of Freddie Mac's risk control department and CEO of Sanshan Company, but also invited Mr. Li, chairman and president of UBS in China. Their superb academic skills and humorous way of speaking won unanimous praise, among which "the essence of finance is to serve the real economy" and "the importance of vision, thinking and culture to finance" benefited everyone a lot. After the symposium, Mr. Li left his autograph.
At the end of June, 2009, we were fortunate to have invited Professor Chris Clancy, who graduated from Cardiff University in the UK, at 5438+065438+ 10. The theme of this lecture is credit default swaps. Professor Clancy has a deep research on credit default swaps.
Entering, at the same time, it attracted more information and aroused everyone's interest. After the lecture, members and professors have a small teahouse to exchange overseas and current affairs, and the effect is quite good.
On June 5438+February 65438+February 07, 2009, we invited Mr Pan Xiaobo to give us a lecture on e-commerce. The scene is very harmonious and happy. After two hours, everyone wants more. Teacher Pan attaches great importance to the theory of returning to reality. Starting with "Taobao Shopping", which has become a part of everyone's life, he analyzed the related concepts of e-commerce, the hidden nuggets and the management knowledge embodied in the management secrets of Taobao sellers. This gives us a new understanding of the boring theoretical knowledge in daily textbooks.
In addition, Mr. Pan's rich life experience has also aroused the interest of many members. Undergraduate accounting, master computer, doctoral management, three completely different fields, she is comfortable. We should make choices according to our actual situation and the opportunities we have. "Teacher Pan's insights and sharing have also enabled members to think further and more clearly about their future.
4.5 Abundant holiday internship opportunities
Providing internship opportunities for well-known financial institutions is a characteristic activity of FMA Association. We will select outstanding members from the members through the membership points system and recommend them to financial institutions for internship, so that everyone can experience the embodiment of financial theory in real jobs. 20 1 1 * * during the winter vacation, six outstanding members of fma were lucky enough to go to China bank co., ltd. Hubei branch for nearly ten days as interns. During the ten-day internship, six members chose their own departments according to their future career interests and participated in the actual operation of the department's business. Through specific business operations and the guidance of professionals appointed by the bank, six members benefited a lot from this internship. They not only learned about the operation process of the specific business of the bank, but also got to know many professionals of the bank. They also combine what they have learned with practical business, which is conducive to entering the workplace and society in the future.
4.6 Daily training
FMA—ZUEL has always maintained the tradition of holding lectures or training regularly, mainly involving professional fields or career planning guidance and ability expansion. The speaker focuses on encouraging outstanding members or students with expertise in individual fields. This mode is different from the usual teaching mode and indoctrination mode, which makes academics truly a free field and establishes a platform for ideological collision.
So far, we have held many similar activities. Here are some highlights.
Under the background of "financial tsunami" sweeping the world, as a student majoring in finance, "subprime mortgage crisis" has naturally become a hot word. In view of this hot spot, we held a special lecture on "Fannie and Freddie" at the first time to discuss the root cause and far-reaching impact of this financial crisis, which triggered a big discussion among members and students of the whole hospital. In order to integrate theory with practice,
There is a great impetus.
In order to solve the problems of college students' difficult employment and weak professional concept, a training called "How to be more professional" came into being. In this regard, I have read a lot of books and exchanged views with experienced outstanding members. In addition, facing the increasingly important position of English, it has gradually become a "stepping stone" for various exams and interviews. The Association specially arranged a training on "How to Practice Standard American English", which was open to all students in cooperation with the English Broadcasting Group of the school radio station, and corrected and practiced some incorrect pronunciations. Everyone generally reported great gains!
"Workplace Navigation, Flying Dreams" —— A series of lectures on FMA's workplace training trip
The first dream began.
2011April 219 Wen Tai, the International Financial Management Association (FMA for short) successfully held the first training course of enterprise organization interview challenge with the strong support of the Student Office of Finance College. This training mainly invited Ernst & Young and Deloitte, who used to work in Procter & Gamble, Metro and the four major international accounting firms, and Wang Xing, a career consultant from Fudan University and Shanghai Jiaotong University and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, to conduct workplace training for the trainees. Teacher Wang Xing's rich workplace experience, humorous language and real case analysis have attracted the attention of more than 100 undergraduates in many universities such as finance and accounting, and provided them with a large number of real cases in the workplace.
And ingenious corporate interview skills. Teacher Wang Xing pays special attention to the guidance of students' long-term career planning. He used the SMART principle and MBTI model to tell students how to make a good career plan and choose a suitable career path, and invited many students to conduct a direct interview simulation on the spot.
Through the actual simulation, students can clearly understand the interview process and their own advantages and disadvantages, so that students participating in the training can benefit a lot from direct interview skills and long-term planning.
The second game is to accumulate social experience and broaden the horizon of thinking.
The speakers of this lecture are Guo of Insurance 070 1 and National Assembly 070 1. As the first vice president of FMA's foreign relations, Li Yijie gave a warm speech on how to do a good job in foreign relations and how to communicate effectively. At the same time, he also told his own experience on how to establish interpersonal network. Guo shared with his classmates the valuable experience of studying in Australia for one year, and also shared with his classmates the difficulties and setbacks he encountered in the "National Innovative Experimental Project for College Students" and his own feelings about it. Sister Han Zhen then expressed her unique views on how college students grasp the opportunity to create success, and sincerely stressed that as college students, we should have a sense of responsibility and dare to take responsibility. Rich social experience is the basis of adapting to competition, and open thinking is the source of continuous progress. This lecture made the students more clear about their direction of struggle, and many students expressed the hope that this kind of experience exchange meeting can be held frequently, so that students can broaden their horizons, inspire themselves and stimulate the motivation of struggle!
The third scene interprets job-hunting skills and appreciates the charm of foreign companies.
The speaker of this lecture is Wang Suwu, who graduated from the School of Finance of our university with a double degree in financial investment and accounting, and is now the head of the business department of Wuhan Branch of Standard Chartered Bank. In addition, the first employees of Standard Chartered Bank Wuhan Branch also attended and participated in the speech as guests.
Wang Suwu's speech is mainly divided into two parts. First of all, he introduced the development history and present situation of Standard Chartered Bank. Then, around the topic of "problems that need to be paid attention to in the process of changing from students to newcomers in the workplace", he started from the aspects of "the difference between students and professionals", "psychological preparation", "being active and patient in doing things", "adapting to the environment" and "clarifying his professional role". Wang Suwu hopes that every student will take his first job seriously, constantly exercise himself in the work, accumulate experience, seize the opportunity and realize the leap from quantitative change to qualitative change.
4.7 2009 FMA Asia Annual Meeting
On May 6-8, 2009, the first FMA Asia Annual Conference hosted by the Financial Management Association (FMA), the largest financial academic organization in the United States, and hosted by the School of Financial Management and Accounting of Xiamen University was held in the beautiful coastal city of Xiamen. As the first FMA branch in Chinese mainland, our institute was fortunate to be invited to attend this meeting. Professor Yue, Vice President, Director of the Department of Financial Engineering, Associate Professor Zhou Xianping, Deputy Director of the Department of Finance, and 65,438+04 undergraduates from the International Financial Management Association (FMA) Zhongnan University of Economics and Law attended the academic feast held in Xiamen. The scale of this annual FMA meeting is about 200 people, including about 60-70 foreign guests. The guests present included Hong Kong senior barrister, Mr. Anthony Liang, former chairman of the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission, chairman of the Hong Kong Urban Council and chief adviser of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Jennifer Conrad, a famous professor of finance at the University of North Carolina and chairman of the board of directors of FMA, and other domestic and foreign celebrities.
The three-day annual meeting of Asia will be held soon. During the first Asian Annual Conference, the doctoral consortium of the 2009 Asian Annual Conference and the 2009 Asian Shadow Finance Regulatory Committee (ASFRC) meeting will also be held. At this annual meeting, financial experts and scholars from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Chinese mainland, China, Hong Kong and other countries and regions gathered together to discuss financial hot and difficult issues such as capital structure, corporate governance, asset pricing, investment decision-making and family holding.
At the opening ceremony of the conference, Ms. Jennifer Conrad specifically mentioned Xinhua College of Finance and Insurance of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. The students of our college initiated the establishment of the first FMA branch in Chinese mainland, and the relevant information of the branch was shown in detail in the materials of this meeting. Jennifer Conrad praised the efforts made by the students in our college to start the club, affirmed the operating mechanism of the club, and praised the efforts made by the students to organize the meeting and serve as volunteers. As the first branch of FMA in Chinese mainland, the participation of teachers and students in our college, as many participants commented, has produced a strong "sensational effect".
At the meeting, three teachers, including Professor Tang Wenjin, and students, including Li Lei, had in-depth discussions with scholars on some academic hot issues, and their wonderful questions won unanimous praise and applause. During the meeting, teachers and students of our college actively and enthusiastically exchanged views with scholars such as Mr. Anthony Liang to discuss the establishment of international academic exchange relations and discuss hot issues in the financial field; In addition, two small-scale symposiums were specially held, and Jennifer Conrad, a famous professor of finance and finance at the University of North Carolina and chairman of the FMA board of directors, and Professor AlexanderTriantis, director of the Finance Department at the University of Maryland, were invited to have close and small-scale exchanges. The FMA members of our college raised questions about hot topics, academic research and career planning. The two professors showed great enthusiasm and answered one by one. At the same time, we also exchanged and communicated with our professors on some academic hotspots and financial teaching. Dean Tang warmly invited two scholars to create opportunities to promote more student interaction, and the two sides also reached some understandings. Finally, two professors wrote inscriptions for our FMA branch, expressing their strong support for our school and the first FMA branch in Chinese mainland, and wishing the branch better and better, benefiting more financial students.
The 3-day 2009 FMA Asia Annual Conference has come to an end. The students attending the meeting generally said that as undergraduates, being able to participate in this high-level academic feast and feel the latest international research trends really benefited a lot. Students have broadened their horizons in the process of contacting these research results, recognized the gap and found the direction of their efforts in listening to the suggestions of scholars; They hope to have more similar opportunities, participate more in them, and better promote the creation of academic atmosphere and the deepening of internationalization concept.
4.8 Global Investment Analysis Competition (GIC)
GIC is the full name of Globe Investment Competition, that is, Global Investment Competition, in order to let members know about the financial market, learn the basic knowledge of investment, practice investment strategies, enjoy the fun brought by finance and exercise team consciousness.
On June 10, the Global Investment Analysis Competition (GIC) officially opened, and we were fortunate to invite Professor Huang Xian, Vice President of School of Economics and Management of Wuhan University, to visit our school. At the opening ceremony, he gave a lecture entitled "Macroeconomic Analysis" to the teachers and students of the whole hospital. Professor Huang was humorous and quoted classics in the course of the lecture, which was well received by the teachers and students of the whole hospital. Dean Tang also made a wonderful opening speech, encouraging students to actively participate in this competition.
The investment targets of the contest are China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets and national debt markets. The rules of the competition are that the members who sign up for the event are grouped according to the size of two or three people, and then the global macro-economy in the first half of 2009 is predicted and stated, and then the industry analysis and company selection are carried out under the macro-economic prediction. Each person has a virtual capital of RMB 6,543,800+0,000. Participants will allocate 654.38 million yuan in cash among three or six stocks and government bonds according to their own decisions, demanding that they use modern financial investment concepts to disperse unsystematic risks while concentrating their own investments, and bear corresponding risks while gaining benefits. Awards are set according to the final investment report, including: the best return on investment award (the highest return on investment), the best investment performance award (the return on investment is closest to the selection criteria) and the best investment report award.
The guiding materials used in this competition are the investment introductory materials of American Association for Individual Investment (AAII), that is, the basic knowledge of investment, stock investment strategy and portfolio construction. One * * * held four training lectures, namely, the first lecture was the macroeconomic analysis of Professor Huang Xian of Wuhan University, the second lecture was the company and industry analysis of Professor Wan Ming of our school, the third lecture was the financial statement analysis of Professor Liu Jian, and the last lecture was the comprehensive analysis of investment and company of Professor Zhang Jian of our school.
First of all, Professor Huang Xian's Macroeconomic Analysis, starting from the overall context of national economic development, analyzes all aspects of China's macro-economy from a professional perspective and humorous words, so that the contestants' ability to grasp investment from a macro perspective can be improved. This lecture also attracted the participation of nearly 100 students, which is also of great benefit to popularize financial knowledge and improve the academic level of students in the whole hospital. Next is the analysis of companies and industries in Ming Wan. Wan Ming presented an academic feast for the students with simple language and meticulous analysis, which benefited them a lot. Followed by teacher Zhang Jian's portfolio management strategy, under the framework of portfolio management investment strategy, teacher Zhang Jian systematically expounded two kinds of investment strategies, namely index investment strategy, focusing on market, industry category and specific stocks, and style investment strategy, mainly value investment, growth investment and theme investment, which greatly improved the actual combat simulation of players. Finally, Mr. Liu Qi's financial analysis of the company. With his profound knowledge and witty language, Mr. Liu Qi told the contestants about the company's financial analysis from the perspective of accounting. Under the framework of Business Environment and Strategic Analysis, Mr. Liu Qi expounded three themes: industry competition, competitive advantage and company strategy, involving accounting, finance and company development prospects, and proposed that students should cultivate lofty aspirations and comprehensive academic ability in the learning process, so that they can return home with full load.
It is on the platform of FMA that members can get in touch with various academic elites and let them really learn and improve.