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Issue 18 - DECEMBER 2018
BAHRAIN BOURSE KICKS-OFF 2018-2019 TRADEQUEST CHALLENGE
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) officially
announced the kick-off of the
TradeQuest Challenge for high
school and university students
for the academic year 2018-2019
for the 21st consecutive year.
The kick-off meeting was held
at Bahrain Bourse’s premises,
where all participating students
and teams’ school and university
advisors attended the event
along with the investment
advisors who will monitor and
coach the teams during the program.
TradeQuest is a simulated
business-education partnership
program that fo cus es on
investment trading in world
financial markets, which operated
for the first time in the Kingdom
of Bahrain in 1997 in cooperation
with financial institutions and
educational parties. The program
has been highly supported by
various banks and financial institu-
tions throughout the past 20 years.
This year, Bahrain Bourse is
particularly thankful to the follow-
ing institutions who have sponsored
TradeQuest in the interest of
enhancing investment awareness
among students: Platinum sponsors
include: Bank ABC, Bahrain
Mumtalakat Holding Company
(Mumtalakat), Economic Develop-
ment Board, Khaleeji Commercial
Bank, National Bank of Bahrain
and Al Salam Bank Bahrain.
Gold Sponsors include: Ahli
United Bank, Inovest, SICO and
United Gulf Bank. Silver Sponsors
include: BBK, Esterad, and
Gulf International Bank (GIB).
The 2018-2019 TradeQuest
program includes a total of
19 school teams, including 9
private s chools and the y
are: Abdul Rahman Kanoo
International School, Bahrain
School, Al-Hekma International
School, Ibn Khuldoon National
School, Naseem International
School, Al Noor International
S chool, St . Chr istophe r’s
School, Al Wisam School,
a n d N e w M i l l e n n i u m
School and 10 Government
Schools and they are: Ahmed Al
Omran Secondary Boys School, Al
Ta’awon Secondary Boys School,
Shaikh Isa bin Ali Secondary
Boys School, Al-Istiqlal Secondary
Girls School, Jidhafs Secondary
Girls School, Khawla Secondary
Girls Schools, Al Noor Second-
ary Girls School, Saar Secondary
Girls School, Sitra Secondary
Girls School, and Al-Ma’arefa
S e c ond a r y Gi r l s S c ho o l .
In addition, a total of 10
universities are taking part in
the program this year and they
are: Ahlia University, Arab Open
University, Applied Science
University, Bahrain Polytechnic,
BIBF, Kingdom University, Royal
University for Women, Talal Abu
Ghazala University College of
Business, University of Bahrain,
and University College of Bahrain.
TradeQuest aims at stimulating
relevant learning through
realistic experience by learning
the rules and regulations
impl emented i n financ i a l
markets, analyzing and selecting
shares, and managing a portfolio
of investment instruments
listed at New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) and Bahrain Bourse.