Students Stay Sharp with Bloomberg Terminal

(L to R) student Joey Shinn, SOM Dean Mark Herrmann, McKinley Capital Mgmt, LLC President/CEO Bob Gillam, Chancellor Brian Rogers, Professor Craig Wisen, UA President Pat Gamble, and student Abigail Scannell Riggs.
(L to R) student Joey Shinn, SOM Dean Mark Herrmann, McKinley Capital Mgmt, LLC President/CEO Bob Gillam, Chancellor Brian Rogers, Professor Craig Wisen, UA President Pat Gamble, and student Abigail Scannell Riggs.


A Bloomberg Terminal is a top-of-the-line computer system, providing access to Bloomberg Professional news and databases. A standard in the finance industry, nearly all financial firms have subscriptions to the Bloomberg services, and it is known for revolutionizing the way bankers, analysts, traders, and others access real-time financial information.

This past fall semester, McKinley Capital Management, LLC gifted a Bloomberg Terminal to the Student Investment Fund (SIF) at the School of Management.

McKinley Capital Management, LLC was founded in 1990 by Bob Gillam and is based in Anchorage. They are an independent, institutional investment manager specializing in growth equities.



Students in the fall 2011 Student Investment Fund class.
Students in the fall 2011 Student Investment Fund class.


After his visit in September, where Bob Gillam met with the SIF students and offered some of his own sage investment advice, he decided SOM needed another Bloomberg Terminal. The second terminal provides greater access and has helped every SIF student become more proficient in using Bloomberg’s financial data. A Bloomberg Terminal at UAF gives students a competitive edge over their peers at other universities and better prepares them for professional success.

Now a graduate of SOM and a new employee at BP, former SIF student Brennen Chamberlain stated, “SIF is one of the few programs that allows you to get real risk exposure…the Bloomberg terminal you spend less time doing busy work and more time focusing on the fundamentals of the company you’re researching.”