NUST students have top in the Asia-Pacific Regional
Final of the 2011 Global Investment Research Challenge leaded by the
CFA Institute.
competition was arrange in Bali, Indonesia, in which more than five hundered
universities from around the world joined in local competitions as
part of the Global IRC.
They included 600 students from 142 universities from Asia-Pacific Region
alone. NUST students won the Pakistani Chapter of the Global IRC in which
all the leading business schools of Pakistan competed. After winning the
Pakistani chapter of the competition, the NUST team advanced to the Asia
Pacific regional championship, held in Bali.
In the Asia Pacific regional final held in Indonesia, 16 teams, the winners
of local competitions in Japan, South Korea, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong,
Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand took part in the regional
competition.
After the first round of the championship, only six teams were selected for
the Asia Pacific final. It was an honour for NUST as well as for Pakistan
that its team was amongst the six finalists. The six teams reaching the
final included: NUST (Pakistan), University of the Philippines, Thammasat
University (Thailand), Indian Institute of Management Shillong, University
of Sri Jayawardenepura (Sri Lanka), and Messey University (New Zealand).
After intense competition, Thammasat University, Thailand, was declared the
winner of Asia Pacific Regional Global IRC.
The Thai team will compete against three other regional champions from the
Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and New York in April,
2011. The grand finale of Global IRC will be held in Omaha, Nebraska, in
the United States where investment guru Warren Buffet will be the guest of
honour at the event. source:pakistani news website