Name: Jack Wan Year: Sophomore Major: Cognitive Science Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: NextGen Growth Partners This Fall, I worked at NextGen Growth Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago. I would recommend CFS for all sophomores going into finance, because not only did it prepare me for behavioral &…
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Building Professional Relationships
Name: Jack Ke Year: Sophomore Major: Learning and Organizational Change, Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Intrinsic Edge Capital Management I have the opportunity to work at Intrinsic Edge Capital Management for CFS. It is a small-mid cap hedge fund in Chicago and employs around 25 people. I selected IECM after rounds and rounds…
Feeling Welcomed at Cook M&A
Name: Sarah Sbar Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics, English Minor(s): Business Institutions Program CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Cook M&A Advisory Services This winter, I worked at Cook M&A Advisory Services as an M&A Research Analyst, and I had an amazing experience. At Cook M&A, I had the opportunity to lead my own projects, and…
Extending CFS Internship into the Summer
Name: Arthur Horner Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics, Political Science CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: DHR International Working at DHR International I found the work interesting and important, but I would be lying if I said I enjoyed the actual work the best. For me, the people are what is pulling me back to DHR…
Wealth Management Internship: Mesirow Financial
Name: Adam Clark Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Transportation and Logistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Mesirow Financial This quarter I had the opportunity to intern at Mesirow Financial, a midsized financial service firm based in Chicago. Mesirow has 1,000 employees spread across three divisions: investment banking, wealth advisory, and investment management. The firm…
Experiencing Market Volatility at UBS
Name: Alan Chao Year: Sophomore Major(s): Math, Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: UBS Despite my initial interests in other industries, my CFS internship in wealth management provided me with an experience and insights into the financial industry that I greatly value. The markets are experiencing a bout of volatility created by coronavirus that…
Morgan Stanley: A Transfer Student’s Experience
Name: Alec Aragon Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Business Institutions Program CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Morgan Stanley A little over a year ago, I was a freshman at Indiana University, studying at The Kelley School of Business. Envisioning my college experience, I expected to be challenged by my school; to be confronted with…
Navigating Shifting Economic Landscapes
Name: James Woodworth Year: Sophomore Major(s): Industrial Engineering CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: CORE Industrial Partners I can’t imagine a better time to have taken CFS than this quarter. I’ve found that life on Northwestern campus can often be isolated from the real world. In many ways, we live in a bubble. While outside…
Researching at Cook M&A
Name: Sylvia Wang Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics, Statistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Cook M&A Advisory Services Chicago Field Studies is a great program at Northwestern University. If students participate in this program, they can get credits ranging from 1-4 by studying and interning at firms at the same time. Personally, I found this…
Learning about the Search Fund Model at Three Pillars Capital
Name: Edward Tao Zhu Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Asian Literature & Culture CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Three Pillars Capital This fall quarter I was interning at Three Pillars Capital, a search fund piloted by an ex-military investment banker. It was interesting to learn about the search fund model, which in essence is…
Christopher Gets Hands-On Experience in Investment Banking
Name: Christopher Becker Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics and Mathematics Minor: Business Institutions and Latin CFS Class: Field Studies in the Humanities Employer: Dresner Partners This quarter, I am interning at Dresner Partners, a boutique investment bank in Chicago that primarily handles sell-side transactions of middle market firms in the industrial, consumer, and healthcare industries. When…
Aneesha Invested her Quarter in Investment Banking
Name: Aneesha Pidara Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Minor(s): Business Institutions, Computer Science CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Piper Jaffray This winter I have been grateful to learn about investment banking through my internship at Piper Jaffray. I really enjoyed diving into Debt Capital Markets and understanding what it means to invest in debt. In…