The Student Managed Investment Fund is a Business School initiative designed to promote the development of asset management skills by allowing students to manage a live equity portfolio.
Established in 2017, the University of Queensland Student Managed Investment Fund (UQ SMIF) enables UQ Business School students to apply their academic knowledge and acquire practical skills by managing a portfolio of Australian equity securities using real money in real-time. Students gain exposure to the world of asset management by assuming the role of analysts and are responsible for construction, monitoring and management of the fund.
The UQ Business School Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) was endowed with $200,000 of real money in 2018 and has grown to over $550,000 as of September 2025.
Become a member
If you are a current UQ student and would like to register as a SMIF member, email smif@business.uq.edu.au with a request to be added to the SMIF Blackboard and include your student number in the request. You will then receive notification of future SMIF activities.