Global Platinum Securities™ (GPS) is a unique intercollegiate student-run investment company that seeks to educate the next generation of investors by immersing them in the field of active investment management. Its student members hail from eight renowned universities across North America and Western Europe. Upon induction to the group students participate in a structured ten-week summer education program that exposes them to security selection, company and industry analysis, portfolio construction and valuation philosophies. Commensurate with our mantra of learning by doing, members are divided into eight industry sector groups and perform equity research under the leadership and guidance of fellow members and professional mentors. The group seeks capital preservation and income generation by employing a bottom-up, value oriented philosophy.