Capital Markets Academy

Capital Markets Academy: Experience and insights for your finance career

In the Capital Markets Academy, you’ll immerse yourself in finance roles and careers involving capital markets, such as investment banking, wealth management, and equity research, as you receive an accelerated education in investment research, portfolio analysis, and financial analysis through live-money classes. Kelley students obtain internships and full-time positions in the largest money centers in the United States, including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Dallas. This is one of two Kelley MBA Academies that focuses on finance careers.

Capital Markets Academy experience

Description of the video:

Jim Laudette:
Capital Markets Academy is just a meeting of the minds. It's professionals coming in talking to you about how to network, so it can kind of direct your career as well as learning intricate skills like financial modeling.

Rebecca Cook:
Usually we start our day discussing the markets, talk about really what's going on in the space. And this is important because a lot of times in interviews the students are asked, "What deals are happening? What's going on in the markets?" So they need to know these things. We spend a lot of time doing financial modeling. It's a skill set that they actually need to be very good at to be successful in the industry.

Jim Laudette:
We actually had alum that is probably the most talented modeler I've ever met or seen, and he literally came and almost went cell by cell and really just showed everyone the link between the three financial statements.

Rebecca Cook:
We get a lot of training through a program called Training the Street, which is actually what Wall Street uses to train their analysts. We also spend a week in Chicago and New York, where I try to expose the students to all different types of companies. Investment management, investment banking, and private wealth to expand their knowledge and expand their network.

Jim Laudette:
The highlight of my Academy experience would be Academy Week. We went to Chicago and New York, that we met with a ton of people.

Rebecca Cook:
The Capital Markets Academy relies on networking. The financial industry, specifically an investment industry, actually is very small. So being able to network is significantly important.

Jim Laudette:
We're not in New York, we're not in San Francisco, and the alumni really understand that. They get that it's hard to network and that a lot of it is going to be off-campus. So they're very receptive to emails, calls, and I've made a lot of very strong connections with these people that I'll be friends with them for the rest of my life.

What kind of finance career involving capital markets is right for you?

Through the Academy, you’ll gain a deep understanding of capital markets career paths and roles—they can be different in significant ways—to determine which best matches your own career goals and values. You will:

Visit major firms in capital market centers for career insights and valuable networking
Learn from professionals and executives at top financial firms, including Kelley alumni at such firms and investment banks as Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and American Century, to build your network and gain insights about your career path
Build modeling and other skills, and gain valuable experience developing your own investment analysis and presenting it to a panel of industry experts, preparing you for your internship and career
Receive ongoing mentoring from the Academy director, a second-year mentor, and Academy alumni

Career outcomes

Students in the Capital Markets Academy have landed internships and full-time roles in companies such as Bank of America, Barclays, BMO, Credit Suisse, Edward Jones, Goldman Sachs, Guggenheim Partners, JP Morgan Chase, MetLife, Western & Southern, and William Blair. And Kelley MBA graduates pursue careers across the US and abroad. View employment statistics.

Learn about the Academy and capital markets careers

Gain insights about the Academy and the different career paths from Capital Markets Academy alumni, a current student, and program leaders.

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Questions? Contact us.

Eric Crigler

Capital Markets Academy Director
erflcrig@iu.edu

Eric Crigler, CFA, is a veteran of the financial services industry, having founded and managed firms in the fields of investment management, reinsurance and consumer finance. Included in his more than 20 years of business experience are stints as Principal and Chief Investment Officer of a fast-growing institutional money manager and senior level positions, such as Equity Portfolio Manager and Equity Research Director, for a $45 billion dollar asset management firm. Previously, he earned his MBA in finance and economics from the Kelley School of Business and a BS of Mathematics from Murray State University. Crigler is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. He has served on the Reese Fund Investment Board at Indiana University for over 15 years, and currently serves on the Board of Regents at Murray State University.

LP Ailes

Capital Markets Academy Career Coach

LP joined the Kelley Graduate Career Services staff in December 2021 after 10 years of student service experience in and around Indiana University. A proud Hoosier with two degrees from IU and a background in higher education and student affairs, he most recently oversaw graduate student professional development and led the graduate career coaching team in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. As a coach for the in-residence MBA program, LP enjoys assisting Kelley graduate students in meeting their career goals and achieve success.