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Issue 15 - MARCH 2018
TRADEQUEST STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE AT THE BOURSE DURING THE 1st TRADING PERIOD
The school and university teams
participating in the Trade-
Quest program presented their
trading performance during
the first period of the program.
The presentations were held at
Bahrain Bourse’s auditorium.
During the presentations, the
participating teams presented their
financial performance in both
Bahrain Bourse and New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE). The teams
also outlined the main challeng-
es they faced during this period,
t h e i r r i s k ma n a g eme n t
techniques, as well as the
performance of the com-
panies in their portfolio.
They concluded their pre-
sentations with the lessons
learned from the program.
Towards the end of each of the
three trading periods of the
TradeQuest program, the schools
are required to present their strat-
egy, objectives, and performance to
the Investment Review Committee.
The program has been high-
ly supported by various banks
and financi a l inst itut ions
throughout the past 19 years. Bah-
rain Bourse is particularly thankful
to the following institutions who
have sponsored TradeQuest this
year in the interest of enhanc-
ing investment awareness among
students: Platinum spon-
s ors 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
program includes a total of
17 school teams, including 8
private schools and they are:
Ab d u l R a hm a n K a n o o
International School, Bahrain
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 9
Government Schools and they are:
East Riffa Secondary Boys School,
Al Hidd Secondary Girls School,
Al-Istiqlal 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.
The TradeQuest 2017-2018
program also includes 4 university
teams, and they are: Bahrain Poly-
technic, BIBF, Royal University for
Women, and University of Bahrain.