The Photo Competition
During Welcome Week, when students are taking part in various activities, they are further tasked to submit a photo on a theme chosen by a member of faculty.
This year’s theme was Craft Guilds, and the winner was Noah Sutter (1st year MPhil/PhD), for his picture of Charles III, when he was Prince of Wales, wearing a modern interpretation of a coronet (pictured above). The actual coronet, gifted to Queen Elizabeth II by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, was needed because Edward VIII had taken the Coronet of George, Prince of Wales, with him when he left the UK.
You can view the winning image, learn more about the competition, and see the work of previous winner’s here
The Investment Competition
Following on from last year’s successful change of format, this year six teams battled it out over a weekend to build an investment plan using their economic history skills combined with their economic and financial abilities to persuade a panel of hardened city professionals to part with their money.
Group Four left to right: Yinxue Chen (MSc Financial History), Dan Schlager (MSc Financial History), and Xinyu Shi (BSc Economic History) with Chair of Jury, Joachim Liese.
The winner was Group Four with their portfolio approach. In second place was Group Five with their suggestion of a 3-4 year investment in Exxon Mobil at a specific price and, in third place, was Group Six with their proposal in invest in uranium mining.
As always, we were grateful to have alumni acting as judges for the competition and helping participants understand how to engage with people working in finance. This year’s judges were Joachim Liese, an independent advisor on Strategy and Corporate Finance with a major focus on Financial Services. Greg Salter, a current MPhil/PhD student whose career in consultancy saw him working with a range of clients in the financial, energy and commodity sectors. And Simon MacAdam, the senior global economist at Capital Economics, one of the leading independent macroeconomic research companies in the world.
You can find out more about the Investment Competition, and meet the winning teams, here