Just one year after implementing a new investment accounting degree track for accounting majors in fall 2013, the University of Southern Indiana's Romain College of Business is seeing great success from the program, which saw its first graduates enter the workforce this summer.
Beginning this fall, the more than 20 students enrolled in classes in the track will have even more tools at their fingertips through access to state-of-the-art software donated to the College by SS&C Technologies, a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services. The gift of nearly $1 million, announced in January, was used to establish the SS&C Investment Accounting Accelerator within the College. Software available to students this fall includes portfolio and partnership accounting for hedge funds and private equity funds; portfolio management of family offices, hedge funds, funds of funds and private equity funds; and private equity operations, data management and investor reporting.