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Issue 16 - JUNE 2018

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BAHRAIN BOURSE HONORS TRADEQUEST TOP FINALISTS FOR

2017-2018 (CONTINUED)

The ceremony was attended by

students and their respective fam-

ilies, senior representatives from

sponsoring organizations, senior

officials from the Ministry of Ed-

ucation, other invited guests as well

as the officials of Bahrain Bourse.

Shaikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al

Khalifa, Chief Executive Officer

of Bahrain Bourse, delivered a

speech highlighting the impor-

tance of the TradeQuest Program

in capitalizing on youth talent,

many of whom have become pio-

neers in all sectors of the economy.

H.E. Rasheed Al Maraj, Governor

of the Central Bank of Bahrain

presented Bahrain Bourse’s tro-

phy and awards to the top three

finalists of each category. The in-

vestment advisors were also hon-

ored for their extraordinary com-

mitment towards this program.

Top three winners from the Private

schools category were as follows:

1

st

Place – Ibn Khuldoon National

School, 2

nd

Place – St. Christopher’s

School, and 3

rd

Place – Al Noor

International School. Top three

winners from the Government

schools category were as follows:

1

st

Place – Saar Secondary Girls

School, 2

nd

Place – Al Istiqlal Sec-

ondary Girls School, and 3

rd

Place

– Jidhafs Secondary Girls School.

Top three winners from the Uni-

versities category were as follows:

1

st

place - University of Bahrain,

2

nd

Place - Royal University for

Women, and 3

rd

Place – BIBF.

TradeQuest is a simulated busi-

ness-education partnership pro-

gram provides participating

students a real-life simulation expe-

rience of capital market investment

by learning the systems and regula-

tions implemented at both Bahrain

Bourse and NYSE, analyzing and

selecting which shares to invest in,

and managing a portfolio of shares.

Competing teams from each

category are allocated a virtu-

al portfolio of BD 500,000 and

US$4 million to invest in com-

panies listed at Bahrain Bourse

and New York Stock Exchange

(NYSE). The teams were closely

mentored by a professional In-

vestment Advisor to guide them

throughout the program tenure.

The 2017-2018 TradeQuest pro-

gram includes a total of 17 school

teams & 4 universities, including 8

private schools and they are: Ab-

dul Rahman Kanoo International

School, Bahrain Bayan School,

Bahrain School, Al-Hekma Inter-

national School, Ibn Khuldoon

National School, Naseem Inter-

national School, Al Noor Inter-

national School, and St. Christo-

pher’s School, and 9 Government

Schools and they are: East Riffa

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, Sitra

Secondary Girls School, Al Ta’awon

Secondary Boys School, and 4

university teams as follows: BIBF,

Polytechnic, Royal University for

Women, and University of Bahrain.

Bahrain Bourse extends their

sincere thanks to our network of

sponsors: Platinum Sponsors’:

Bank ABC, Bahrain Economic

Development Board, Tamkeen,

Mumtalakat, and National Bank

of Bahrain. ‘Gold Sponsors’: Ahli

United Bank, SICO, United Gulf

Bank. And our ‘Silver Sponsors’:

Al Salam Bank Bahrain, BBK, Gulf

International Bank, Investcorp,

and Khaleeji Commercial Bank.

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Trade

Quest

Investment Trading Competition