Operating at the intersection of finance and IT, the SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator serves as a real-world lab for developing solutions to real insurance and financial services industry challenges. Unlike conventional financial trading rooms that have become common at many business schools, UConn’s financial accelerator features a live trading floor, real-time stock feeds, a broad array of financial databases and software, and advanced enabling technology. Bright, skilled, and creative students, UConn's top faculty, and front-line financial industry executives work together in focused teams to investigate challenges and develop specialized solutions that increase business efficiency, reduce costs, and/or increase revenues.

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Testimonials

The SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator in downtown Hartford provided me with a unique hands-on education with financial technology in a real world environment and opened up several job opportunities. Michelle McLaughlin ’05 MBA CFO Advisory Services Consultant Blum Shapiro Consulting