This year, five teams battled it out over a weekend to build an investment plan combining their economic history skills with their economic and financial abilities. The standard was very high, with the winners and runners up as follows:
Winners: Group Five - Josephine Precetti (BSc Economic History and Geography), Maximilian Rudloff (MSc Economic History), and Yushang (Kevin) Zhang (BSc Economics and Economic History) won with their recommendation to buy gold.
Left to right: Yushang (Kevin) Zhang, Josephine Precetti, Maximilian Rudloff, and Gerben Bakker.
Read Group Five's winning proposal here
In second place was Group Two: Sarah Abuzaid (BSc Economics and Economic History), Haroon Ali (MSc Economic History), and William Kirk (MSc Economic History) for their proposal for Nigerian FinTech.
Read Group Two's proposal here:
And in third place was Group One: Marian Qian (BSc Economics and Economic History), Ziye Qiu (MSc Economic History), and Anchalee Schmidt (MSc Economic History), with their presentation on Chargepoint.
Read Group One's proposal here:
The winning group receives the opportunity to shadow analysts at Tikehau Capital, a leading asset management and investment firm. The runners-up and third placed group receive books on finance by alumni Christian Dinesen and Thomas F. Huertas.