De Zilveren Rijder is the largest student-run investment fund in the Netherlands, located at Nyenrode Business University. Its foundation was laid in 1996 by two Nyenrode students, and the investment association lives by three core values: friendship, wealth and trust. Friendship has to do with bonding that is created among the Nyenrode students while running the investment fund. Wealth implies th
at after all the hard work that students put into association – and that involves fundamental analysis of stocks, portfolio management and events arrangements with multiple external parties – eventually yields substantial dividends materially and later on in a professional career. Since the management has to deal with money, trust is vital to earn a strong reputation among peers and fund investors. The primary goal of the fund is to create a learning environment for students willing to learn about stock market investing. It is done by means of arranging public events with guest speakers, as well as enabling the board members to steer the investment strategy of the fund. The fund has been known for consistently outperforming the AEX index while attracting investors’ capital up to 100,000 EUR, thus becoming the wealthiest committee on the Nyenrode campus and in the Netherlands. Finally, the investment fund arranges such events as the Finance Day, the Investment Day, and Traders’ Trophy, and opens the Amsterdam Stock Exchange every year. The fund has the ambition to keep its positions as the largest investment association managed by students in the Netherlands, and because of that, it raises funding from students of Nyenrode Business University. Furthermore, the fund has an ambition of becoming the largest student-run fund in Europe, and over the long-run, in the world. If you wish to join this success story, feel welcome to check the “Investing” section on the official webpage to learn more about our investment opportunities.
