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Issue 12 - JUNE 2017
www.bahrainbourse.comIn the presence of Bahrain Bourse
Chairman Mr. Abdul Kareem
Bucheery, Bahrain Bourse or-
ganized TradeQuest Ceremony
for Universities on Wednesday,
24th May 2017. The ceremony
was attended by students and
their families, senior represen-
tatives from sponsoring organi-
zations, other invited guests, as
well as the officials of the Bourse.
Mr. Abdulkareem Bucheery the
Chairman of Bahrain Bourse pre-
sented Bahrain Bourse’s Trophy
and reward of BD3,500 to Ahlia
University, the first place win-
ner, and a reward of BD2,100 to
BIBF, the second place winner
and BD1,400 to University of
Bahrain, the third place winner.
Mr. Abdul Kareem Bucheery was
pleased with the successful closing
of the program, especially that the
program provides the students
with a unique experience that en-
ables them to interact in a virtual
environment similar to the real
THE BOURSE HOLDS 2016-2017 TRADEQUEST CEREMONY FOR UNIVERSITIES
AHLIA UNIVERSITY WINS FIRST PLACE WITH A REWARD OF BD3,500
work environment with all realistic
requirements. The Chairman also
expressed the Bourse’s firm com-
mitment to take the necessary steps
to continue developing all pro-
grams aimed at spreading invest-
ment awareness among the differ-
ent categories of citizens and those
interested in investing in securities
in order to benefit from the op-
portunities available in this sector.
The Chief Executive Officer of
Bahrain Bourse Sh. Khalifa Bin
Ebrahim Al Khalifa delivered
a speech where he was delight-
ed to announce that next year,
and to mark the 20th year of
the program, an Arabic Version
of TradeQuest program, which
has been running for the past
19 years, will be introduced.
Shaikh Khalifa added that the
TradeQuest Program forms one
of the essential pillars in the
Bourse’s strategy, which aims at
developing all work aspects at
the Bourse including legislative,
technical, and technological as-
pects, where one of the major
pillars of Bahrain Bourse’s strat-
egy is investment awareness.
Shaikh Khalifa also said “We be-
lieve that the youth are the engine
of growth and development. This
is practically implemented at the
Bourse where 55% of the employ-
ees are below the age of 35. That
is why a program like TradeQuest
is very important to students
who will hopefully become suc-
cessful employees in a few years”.
The CEO of Bahrain Bourse appre-
ciated the support and commitment
of the strategic partners and spon-
sors and their major role to make
TradeQuest a successful 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 1998
in cooperation with financial in-
stitutions and educational parties.
The program is geared to provide
students close-to-life experience
in the stock markets, with fo-
cus on understanding the rules
and regulations implemented in
those stock markets, the analy-
sis and selection of stocks, and
portfolio management for eq-
uities listed on NYSE and BHB.
The TradeQuest 2016/2017 pro-
gram includes 5 university teams,
and they are Ahlia Universi-
ty, BIBF, University of Bahrain,
Applied Science University and
Royal University for Women.
Bahrain Bourse extends their sin-
cere thanks to sponsors of the Trad-
eQuest program which includes:
Tamkeen, Mumtalakat, Economic
Development Board, BBK, Khalee-
ji Commercial Bank, Securities &
Investment Co. (SICO), United
Gulf Bank, Gulf International Bank
(GIB), GFH Financial Group, Al
Salam Bank Bahrain and Solidarity.