California State University-Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics will launch an investment management center with a private grand opening on Dec. 2 that will recognize a $1.5 million gift from alumnus Jeffrey Van Harte, chairperson and chief investment officer of San Francisco-based Jackson Square Partners LLC.
His gift also funds the expansion of a student-managed investment fund he helped create.
The investment center will have an environment similar to that found at major financial institutions, including access to Bloomberg terminals, which are computer systems provided by New York City-based Bloomberg LP that allow users to monitor and analyze real-time financial market data and place trades on the electronic trading platform.
The primary purpose of the center is to give students hands-on training.
—Deirdre Newman
