Investment Game News
Dear all,
One of the biggest and the most prestigious portfolio management contest in Europe, Investment Game 2012, has approached the end. During the last eight weeks, we have attracted more than 30,000 unique visitors from more than 100 countries across the world. Overall, you made 76 500 orders which resulted in a turnover of 69,925,429,676 EUR.
Welcome to the Investment Game 2012 and 49ers' Challenge! The contests have already started and are scheduled to be run for 8 weeks.
Investment Game 2012 – 15th Anniversary!
Welcome to the Investment Game 2012!!! Thorough the years, the event has grown to become one of the largest and most prestigious portfolio management contests in the Baltic States and beyond. This year the contest celebrates its 15th anniversary and is scheduled to start on 19th of March 2012. To mark the 15th anniversary the Investment Game organizers are adding multiple features and making some drastic changes to make Investment Game 2012 the most sophisticated and realistic financial markets simulation with the goal to raise the contest to the new peaks. So, stay tuned for freshest news and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Financially yours,
iFund
Golden Sponsor – Rietumu Banka
The biggest and the most prestigious portfolio management contest in the Baltics Investment Game has a new golden sponsor an investment bank Rietumu Banka! We express our gratitude to our sponsor and look forward to working with one of the most successful investment banks in Latvia and the whole Baltics.
iFund’s board 2011/2012
Investment Game
Investment Game is a real-time stock market simulation which allows players to manage up to three portfolios worth 10 000 000 EUR each by making virtual investments on more than 15 stock exchanges – Latvia , Lithuania , Estonia , Russia , Sweden , and Finland etc. After a simple free registration, the participant can trade securities online with quotes taken directly from the exchange market data providers. The prices and order status are updated every 5 minutes. This year the players will have a great opportunity to explore the benefits of financial derivatives. The game also provides basic trading tips and investment strategies and weekly market overviews to help players with no previous investing experience.
Participants from all over the world compete for prizes awarded for the best performing portfolio. Regarding our improvements the portfolios will be evaluated by different portfolios’ performance indicators: portfolio return, Alfa, Sharpe ratio, standard deviation (Weights to be announced). The event is organized by the Investment Fund, a student organization of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, with the help of NASDAQ OMX Riga...
The SSE Riga Investment Fund
The SSE Riga Investment Fund is one of the oldest and most established student organizations at SSE Riga, consisting of active, energetic and ambitious students from the Baltic States. The Investment Fund is coordinated by the managing board, which consists of 5 members appointed via annual elections and more than forty other students who help to organize the Investment Game. The mission of the Investment Fund is to create opportunities for in-depth finance education beyond the university's regular curriculum through the application of knowledge to practice...
History
The history of SSE Riga's Investment Game dates back to 1997. Since the very foundation of the event, the organizers tried to attract larger number of supporters and promote the game in the Baltic region and outside its borders. The successful start has been followed by one or two rounds of Investment Game held annually, each of them lasting for approximately 3 months. Since the start of the game the number of participants has been growing every year and reached 9000 in the 2007/2008 season. The game expanded from the Baltic market and became known not only in the rest of the Europ , but also in rest of the world...