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Issue 14 - DECEMBER 2017
BAHRAIN BOURSE KICKS-OFF 2017-2018 TRADEQUEST
CHALLENGE FOR SCHOOLS
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) official-
ly announced the kick-off of the
TradeQuest Challenge for high
school students for the school
year 2017-2018 for the 20th con-
secutive year. The kick-off meet-
ing was held at Bahrain Bourse’s
premises, where all participating
students and teams’ school ad-
visors attended the event along
with the investment advisors
who will monitor and coach
the teams during the program.
The program has been high-
ly supported by various banks
and financi a l inst itut ions
throughout the past 19 years.
This year, Bahrain Bourse is par-
ticularly thankful to the following
institutions who have sponsored
TradeQuest in the interest of
enhancing investment aware-
ness among students: Platinum
sponsors include: Bank ABC,
Economic Development Board,
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding
Company (Mumtalakat), Na-
tional Bank of Bahrain, and
the Labour Fund (Tamkeen).
Gold Sponsors include: Ahli United
Bank, SICO and United Gulf Bank.
Silver Sponsors include: BBK,
Gulf International Bank (GIB),
Investcorp, Khaleeji Commercial
Bank, and Al Salam Bank Bahrain.
The 2017-2018 TradeQuest pro-
gram includes a total of 18 school
teams, including 8 private schools
and they are: Abdul Rahman
Kanoo International School, Bah-
rain Bayan School, Bahrain School,
Al-Hekma International School,
Ibn Khuldoon National School,
Naseem International School, Al
Noor International School, and
St. Christopher’s School, and 10
Government Schools and they
are: East Riffa Secondary Boys
School, Al Hidaya Al Khalifiya
Secondary Boys School, Al Hidd
Secondary Girls School, Al-Is-
tiqlal Secondary Girls School,
Jidhafs Secondary Girls School,
Khawla Secondary Girls Schools,
Al Noor Secondary Girls School,
Saar Secondary Girls School, Si-
tra Secondary Girls School, Al
Ta’awon Secondary Boys School.
The program
has been highly
supported by
various banks
and financial
institutions
throughout the
past 19 years.
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