Six teams battled it out over the weekend to build an investment plan combining their economic history skills with their economic and financial abilities. Yet again, the standard was very high, and the judges had a tough decision. The winners and runners up are as follows:
Winners: Group Five - Abbas Nathani (BSc Economics and Economic History), Thomas Gould (BSc Economics and Economic History), and Daniel Castillo (MSc Financial History)
Winning Topic: Investing in Wise, a global money transfer service
Group Five receive the opportunity to shadow analysts at Tikehau Capital, a leading asset management and investment firm. The prize was awarded by Steve Mobbs, Chair of the Jury
Second Place: Group Two - Christy Horgan (BSc Economic History), Valentina Palma (General Course), Jaudaan Zafar (MSc Economic History), Daniel Brooks (MSc Economic History), and Easy Yeung (MSc Financial History)
Topic: Investing in SpaceX, a key space technology company
Group Two receive a monograph by Gerben Bakker, Entertainment Industrialised: The Emergence of the International Film Industry, 1890-1940 (from the monograph series Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History, Cambridge University Press)
Third Place: Group One - Aryan Baliyan (BSc Economic History), Reuben Cochrane (BSc Economics and Economic History), Anton Elleby (MSc Economic History), and Rou Zhang (MSc Financial History)
Topic: Investing in Cameco, a full-service nuclear fuel supplier
Group One receive an honorable mention