Q&A
Applied Security Analysis Program (ASAP) and Titan Capital Management (TCM)
A recent article in Titan Magazine, Cal State Fullerton’s digital magazine, prompted social media posts about Titan Capital Management (TCM). The purpose of the article was to profile the extraordinary achievements of TCM students who won a recent national competition and the role philanthropy played in funding these opportunities for students. These FAQs were developed to provide clarifying facts and links to public documents about the program’s history.
What is ASAP and TCM?
The Applied Security Analysis Program (ASAP) was the name of a two-semester student investment management program that launched in 2011 with an initial $100,000 donation from alumnus Jeffrey Van Harte ’80 (B.A. business administration-finance), chairman and chief investment officer of Jackson Square Partners. (Source: https://www.ocbj.com/finance/csuf-gets-15m-business-center/, https://giving.fullerton.edu/features/applied-security.aspx)
The program grew out of a campus investment club that competed in the CFA Society of Orange County competition. The original curriculum and course outline for ASAP were created by Lecturer Michael Milligan in collaboration with other faculty in the Department of Finance.
In 2015, Van Harte gave an additional $1.5 million toward the expansion of the Applied Security Analysis Program. The donation funded a state-of-the-art investment management center to provide students with a hands-on real-world investment management setting — called the Titan Capital Management (TCM) Center. The center became the location of the ASAP program in 2016. (Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2016/12/13/investment-center-opens-at-csuf/)
Is TCM a center or a program?
Can a non-university employee (a donor) manage an academic program?
What is the role donors have in the TCM Program?