The objective of the Finance Immersion Program (FIP) is to help exceptional MBA students interested in finance careers prepare for internships and permanent employment after graduation. The program focuses on professional development, supplementing the development outcomes achieved in other areas of the student experience. Each year, approximately a dozen students are selected to participate in the FIP.

The program takes a three-pronged approach to student development:
1. Mentoring. Students selected to participate in the FIP have access to a network of practitioner mentors engaged in various areas of Finance practice. In addition, they receive focused mentoring from Finance Division faculty and executives-in-residence.
2. Enrichment and service. FIP participants plan and participate in enrichment events for the campus community. In addition, they arrange for private opportunities that are more appropriate for a small group setting. The program provides administrative, faculty, and monetary support for these events.
3. Required coursework. Students take a minimum of six credit hours of advanced finance electives.

FIP 2009-2010 Calendar of Events

Summer 2009

Cutler Center tour and resources overview by Jack Cahill

Fall 2009

October 17th: Annual Finance Boot Camp

October 28th: Conference with VP of Finance Eaton Vance & VP Finance UBS

Sponsored by: General Management Leadership Club & Finance Immersion Program (FIP)

Nov 13: Annual Babson FIP Alumni Reception, BECC

November 18th: CEO of Eaton Vance- "A View From the Top"

co-sponsored with Babson Investment Management Association (BIMA)

FIP 2008-2009 Calendar of Events

April 17, 2009: New York Stock Exchange Site Visit

March 24, 2009: Behavioral Finance Panel
with Prof. Richard Bliss and Prof. Mark Potter
Luksic 108

February 25, 2009: Co-Sponsored Event with CCD
Corporate Finance Panel
Olin Hall

November 14. 2008: Panel Discussion: 
The Current Market Environment featuring FIP alumni and mentors
Fireside Living Room, BECC

October 8, 2008: Co-Sponsored Event with BAWMBA
Women in Finance Dinner

October 4, 2008: Finance Boot Camp
Olin Hall

September 16, 2008: FIP Forum on the "Credit Crunch"
Olin Hall

FIP 2007-2008 Calendar of Events

October 20, 2007: Finance Boot Camp
Olin Hall
9:00am-1:00pm

November 12, 2007: Faculty Chat
with Professor John Marthinsen

November 16, 2007: Finance Kick-off Event
Needham-Wellesley Room, Olin Hall

November 28, 2007: Corporate Finance Panel Discussion
with Tom Beaudoin, President, CFO and COO of Polaroid
and Patricia Cassetta, Finance Project Manager of Staples

March 25, 2008:  FIP Forum on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
with Babson's Finance Professors: Jennifer Bethel, Richard Bliss,
John Edmunds, Diana Harrington and Kathy Hevert at the moderator

April 4, 2008:  Polaroid Site Visit
Corporate Headquarters, Waltham

April 29, 2008:  Rotman Trading Presentation
by Noj Zachariah and David Peltier, Olin Hall

May 7, 2008:  FIP End-of-Year Reception
Fireside Living Room, BECC

FIP 2006-2007 Calendar of Events

October 7, 2006: Finance Boot Camp
Olin Hall 202
10am-1pm

October 10, 2006: Finance Kick-off Event
Fireside Living Room, BECC

October 27, 2006: Equity Trading Room Tour
Fidelity Investments
Boston MA

November 1, 2006: Discussion on "The Hybrid Market and its affect on the NYSE",
with Professor Michael Goldstein

November 10, 2006: Polaroid Site Visit
Corporate Headquarters, Waltham

November 13, 2006: Cutler Center Training and
Information Session, Cynthia Robinson

November 15, 2006: Discussion on "TRACE and Bond Market Transparency" with Professor Michael Goldstein

November 17, 2006: Visit with Erik Sirri,
Director of Market Regulation, SEC

March 2, 2007
Tour of the Boston Stock Exchange

March 2, 2007
Visit with David H. Thompson, SVP and Portfolio Manager
of Fixed Income at North American Management

March 29, 2007
Investment Banking Seminar 5-6 P.M. in Olin 102

April 13, 2007
Hedge Fund Tour
Sharpridge Capital Management, LP (Fixed income; Repos, Mortgage backed securities, interest rate swaps) Bear Sterns (prime brokerage - role of hedge fund incubators) Thunderstorm Capital Management, LP (Fundamentalists, primarily long holdings)

May 8, 2007
Wine and Cheese with FIP Participants
Woodside Dining Room, Babson Executive Education Center