BHBNewsLetter December 2019

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Issue 22 - DECEMBER 2019
BAHRAIN BOURSE KICKS-OFF 2019-2020 TRADEQUEST CHALLENGE IN ITS
22 nd EDITION
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) officially
announced the kick-off of the
TradeQuest Challenge for high
school and university students
for the academic year 2019-2020
for the 22nd consecutive year.
The kick-off meeting was held
at Bahrain Bourse’s premises,
where all participating students,
schools’ teams and university ad-
visors attended the event along
with the investment advisors
whom 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
institutions throughout the
past 21 years. The program
is held over a duration of
six-months and includes three
progressive stages. The top 3
finalists from each category (total of
9 finalist teams) are provided with
cash awards totaling BD 30,000.
This year, Bahrain Bourse is
particularly thankful to the
following institutions who
have sponsored TradeQuest
in the interest of enhancing
investment awareness among
students: Platinum sponsors
include: Ahli United Bank, Bank
ABC, Khaleeji Commercial
Bank, and National Bank of
Bahrain. Gold Sponsors include:
Ithmaar Holding, SICO BSC (c)
and United Gulf Bank. Silver
Sponsors include: Al Salam Bank,
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba),
BBK, Bahrain Islamic Bank (BISB),
Esterad Investment Company, and
Gulf International Bank (GIB), and
the Knowledge Partner: the BIBF.
The 2019-2020 TradeQuest
program includes a total of
19 school teams, including 9
private schools and they are: Abdul
Rahman Kanoo International
School, Al Noor International
School, Al Wisam School, Brit-
ish School of Bahrain, Al-Hekma
International S chool, Ibn
Khuldoon National School,
Naseem International School,
New Millennium School , St.
Christopher’s School, and 10
Government Schools and they
are: Ahmed Al Omran Secondary
Boys School, Al Hidd Secondary
Girls School, Al Istiqlal Secondary
Girls School, Al Noor Secondary
Girls School, Jidhafs Secondary
Girls School, Khawla Secondary
Girls Schools, Muharraq Second-
ary Boys School, Saar Secondary
Girls School, Shaikh Abdulaziz
S e c ond a r y B oy s S c ho o l ,
and Sha i k ha Mo z a S e c -
o n d a r y G i r l s S c h o o l .
In addition, a total of 7 universities
a r e t a k i ng p a r t i n t h e
program this year and they
are: Ahlia University, AMA
International University, Arab
Open University, Bahrain
Polytechnic, the BIBF, Royal
Un i v e r s i t y f o r Wom e n
and University of Bahrain.