UK students have swept the board in this summer’s efinancialcareers.com Investment Challenge, sponsored by Credit Suisse.
Of those graduating in 2012, eight of the top ten performing students were from UK universities, the winners beating more than 1700 students from 325 universities across 36 countries around Europe who entered the Challenge. And among entrants graduating in 2013, five of the top ten are currently studying at UK academic institutions.
The eFinancialCareers Investment Challenge is an online trading game that allows students hoping for a career in the financial markets to pit their skills against one another, whilst at the same time giving them the opportunity to impress the Graduate Recruitment team at Credit Suisse. Players in this year’s summer Challenge were able to trade virtual European and North American equities over the course of a month using a £10 million fantasy fund. Over 36,000 trades were placed and virtual fortunes were won and lost. The top players ended up with over a 20% return.
In addition to the prestige, the top three players in each year group have won the chance to be interviewed for the Credit Suisse Spring Programme for those graduating in 2013, or a Summer Internship for those graduating in 2012, as well as fun prizes including ipods, digital cameras and laptops.
Among those graduating in 2012, the top-ranked students were from EM Lyon in France, University of Warwick, and the London School of Economics. The top three players graduating in 2013 were students at Fernfachhochschule Schweiz in Switzerland, University of Warwick and St. Quentin en Yvelines in France. Students from the University of Exeter, London South Bank University and Kingston University just missed out on the prizes, ranking within the top 10 in both year groups.
James Bennett, Managing Director EMEA and APAC for eFinancialCareers.com, said:
“We’re delighted that enthusiasm for the Investment Challenge is as strong as ever. We are also pleased that Credit Suisse will be working with us again later this year to launch a further European Investment Challenge to help spot the future talents at our European Universities and Business Schools.”
