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Issue 10 - December 2016
www.bahrainbourse.comKICK-OFF OF TRADEQUEST CHALLENGE 2016-2017 FOR UNIVERSITIES
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) official-
ly announced the kick-off of the
TradeQuest Challenge for the Uni-
versity students for the school year
2016-2017 in December 2016. The
kick-off meeting was held at Bah-
rain Bourse’s premises, where all
participating students and teams’
school advisors attended the event
along with the investment advi-
sors who will monitor and coach
the teams during the program.
TradeQuest is a simulated busi-
ness-education partnership pro-
gram that focuses on investment
trading in world financial markets,
which operated for the first time in
the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1996
in cooperation with financial in-
stitutions and educational parties.
The program aims at stimulat-
ing relevant learning through
realistic experience by learning
the rules and regulations im-
plemented in financial markets,
analyzing and selecting shares,
and managing a portfolio of
investment instruments list-
ed at New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) and Bahrain Bourse.
TradeQuest consists of three trad-
ing periods where schools are re-
quired to make a presentation at
the end of each trading period in
front of the Investment Review
Committee to outline their perfor-
mance, objectives, and strategies.
The 2016-2017 university program
includes 6 university teams repre-
senting 6 universities and they are:
Ahlia University, Applied Science
University, BIBF, Kingdom Uni-
versity, Royal University for Wom-
en, and University of Bahrain
Several financial and banking
institutions in Bahrain are sup-
porting TradeQuest and taking
part in the program by con-
ducting lectures and workshops
and mentoring the participating
teams, and they are: Securities
and Investment Company (SICO),
ABC Bank, Takaud, BNP Paribas,
Gulf International Bank (GIB)