Phillips 66 Trading Room
Hands-on experience is, without a doubt, one of the best ways to prepare students for their future careers. The Phillips 66 Trading Room gives Mays students such an opportunity.
The Phillips 66 Trading Room provides our business students with a unique learning opportunity – to experience the financial world first hand in an interactive environment. Students may also complete the necessary requirements to earn Bloomberg Certification. For more information, stop by the center and visit with a Phillips 66 Trading Room student worker when classes are not in session.
About
The Phillips 66 Trading Room serves as the academic home of Mays’ nationally recognized Trading, Risk, and Investments Program (TRIP) within the Adam C. Sinn ’00 Department of Finance, as well as student-managed investment funds, including the Tanner Fund, established through a $250,000 gift from Jamey and Richard Tanner ’53 in 2000; the $7.5 million Reveille Fund, managed on behalf of the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) since 2021; and the $4 million Adam Sinn Hedge Fund, established in 2022 and authorized to trade long and short positions as well as derivative securities.
Facilities
The Phillips 66 Trading Room is located on the first floor of the Kay ’02 and Jerry Cox ’72 Hall, Wehner Building room 192.
The facility seats more than 50 students at computer workstations. It is outfitted with 25 Bloomberg terminals, three independent LED projectors, projectable whiteboards, as well as a small workroom enclosed in the interior of the room. The center also features the Kiodex Risk Workbench, a state-of-the-art trading and risk management platform, and various other special programs. Various campus wide activities are held in the center, including the BP trading competition and more.
