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Woking students through to regional final in national investment competition

A team of four students from Gordon’s School in Woking has reached the regional final in a national investment competition.

 

A team of four students from Gordon’s School in Woking has reached the regional final in a national investment competition.

The “Team Handout” team, who were competing against more than 30,000 other students across the UK in the ifs Student Investor Challenge, made more than £11,000 trading in virtual shares in just three months of trading, outperforming the FTSE 100 share index in the process.

They will now represent their school at the South East England regional final, held in London on 10 March. If successful at this stage, they will have the chance of making it through to the national final in April where an all expenses paid educational trip to New York and £2,000 for their school is up for grabs.

The free to enter competition, run by ifs University College and supported by Bloomberg, provides teams with £100,000 of virtual money to buy and sell shares in FTSE 100 companies. The competition gives teams of four students aged between 14 to 19 years old the opportunity to experience the dynamic world of share dealing and investing in the stock market. Now in its 20th year, the competition is the largest of its kind in the UK and is also open international students.

Alison Pask, Vice Principal at ifs University College said:

This competition gives students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of making investment decisions, which will benefit them throughout their lives when making financial choices. It also introduces them to core concepts such as risk, reward and diversification. This is a real achievement and many congratulations go to the team from Gordon’s School.”

ifs University College is the “university for financial education”. It has a remit to provide the financial services industry with a skilled, effective and competent workforce whilst also promoting a better understanding of finance amongst consumers and young people.