Graduate Students Events

Are you planning to participate in the 16th annual Babson Trading Competition? Are you interested in gaining more hands-on practice using the Rotman Interactive Trader software? Join Cutler Center Finance Lab Student Assistant Sloane Zhu '25, MSF'26 for a RIT practice session. Students participating in the Trading Competition will also have the opportunity to do a practice round on the night of the competition. The more practice, the better! No prior experience with the RIT software is required to attend. This session is open to Babson, Wellesley, and Olin College undergraduate and graduate students. Registration is required. Complete details about the Babson Trading Competition can be found here. Find out more

Please join fellow alumni, families, and friends as we gather to make a collective difference on our annual Ellen S. Solomita '89 Day of Service. Find out more

The 16th annual Babson Trading Competition, sponsored by Fidelity Investments, invites students to compete using the Rotman Interactive Trader software, which simulates an order-driven market. This competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students at Babson College, Olin College, and Wellesley College. Students will compete individually, and cash prizes will be awarded to the top five finishers. Registration is required. Prizing:Cash prizes awarded to the top five finishers as follows:1st place - $4002nd place - $225 3rd place - $1754th place - $1255th place - $75 Schedule:5:00 - 6:00 pm Software tutorial and practice iterations (It is not necessary to attend the tutorial if you are already familiar with the software)6:00 - 6:45 pm Pizza and refreshments will be served outside the Cutler Center Finance Lab 6:45 - 7:15 pm Hear from our Fidelity Investment guest speakers: Rebecca Kim, Equity Syndicate; John Wisbach, Systematic Trader and Ken Martin '95, Sector Trader and Geode guest speakers: Marco Gargurevich MBA'01 DBA'28, Head of Strategic Initiatives; and Richard Pope, Trader 7:15 - 7:45 pm Competition instructions and practice iterations for all participants7:45 - 9:15 pm Trading Competition9:15 - 9:30 pm Awards Presentation Software:The competition will use the Rotman Interactive Trader software. Prior to the competition, participants are encouraged to download and install the RIT Market Simulator Client and the Excel RTD (Real-Time Data) Links. Once the software is installed, participants can try the online demo case. Additional details from Professor Ryan Davies can be found on this webpage. The competition is based on the Liability Trading cases (LT3, LT4). In these cases, participants will be playing the role of a principal trader. Institutional orders will be randomly routed to a principal trading desk, and traders must decide whether or not to accept the tender. If the order is accepted, the trader then must develop an optimal strategy for unwinding the position over time, accounting for market conditions such as liquidity, price volatility, and price impact. Find out more

Join us for the Babson Mosaic Mixer: Billiards, Brews & Connections-an evening designed to bring together alumni from across our identity-based affinity communities for connection, conversation, and a little friendly competition. Find out more

Building and sustaining a healthcare venture can be challenging, and KMH Senior Fellows are here to support you. Join us for an interactive session to ask questions, network, and receive thoughtful feedback from our featured speaker, KMH Senior Fellow Michael Varadian '72, as well as fellow attendees.Michael Varadian '7s, MBA, JD is an accomplished, national health care leader and innovator, successfully operating at the highest levels of medical technology start-ups, hospitals and health care management, legal and regulatory functions, and health care mergers and acquisitions.Most recently, he has held comprehensive national and statewide leadership positions in the nation's largest publicly traded community behavioral health provider and was the former Executive Director of RI Department of Health, and RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. Learn more about Michael here and join us on October 30! Find out more