AB Capital Securities partners with JCFAP to hold first-ever ‘real’ inter-campus stock market challenge

Pioneering stock brokerage house AB Capital Securities, Inc. (ABCSI) will roll out its first-ever Stock Market Challenge for college students in February this year in partnership with the Junior Confederation of Finance Associations – Philippines (JCFAP), the umbrella organization of college-based finance associations nationwide. The two organizations recently signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint undertaking.

AB Capital Stock Market Challenge

The AB Capital Stock Market Challenge is the country’s first campus-based competition that will allow students to trade not just virtually but in real-time with real money and using ABCSI’s online trading platform. It is part of ABCSI and the entire AB Capital Group’s advocacy to foster financial literacy among Filipinos. Participating students will come from different schools all over the country which were invited and screened by JCFAP and AB Capital to join the stock challenge.

AB Capital Stock Market Challenge

Partnering with the academe is one of the best ways to introduce stock trading to the youth – and thus start them early in this type of investment that they can turn into a lucrative undertaking

 - Victor “Junvee” L. Vital, President and Chief Operating Officer of AB Capital and Investment Corporation

Student teams will compete from February 19 to April 20, 2018 using their newly opened AB Capital stock trading accounts. They will be provided trading capital, news and research materials as well as mentoring by AB Capital’s research analysts.

One champion team will each be chosen from Luzon and VisMin and awarded the trading cup and P50,000 cash prize. Awarding of winners will be done on April 30, 2018. For more details, visit the ABCSI website at www.abcapitalsecurities.com.ph and Facebook page at @abcapitalgroup.


2 comments:

  1. Have they announced the TOP 50 contestants?

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    1. No info yet, but we'll publish here or on our FB Page once available

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