ifs Student Investor Challenge 2010/11
ifs Student Investor Challenge is back once again! ifs Student Investor Challenge is the UK's premier investment competition for UK students aged 14-19 that offers winners a whole host of prizes, including an all expenses paid educational trip to New York. Have you got the skill to invest £100,000 in a winning portfolio? Trading in the ifs Student Investor Challenge runs from 1 November 2010 to 4 February 2011 after which the top teams go head-to-head in the live regional finals.
Register Now to Play
Registration is now open! The competition is open to UK students aged 14-19 on 31 July 2011. Teams consist of four students and must be registered by a teacher – each school can enter as many teams as they would like.
Register your team for ifs Student Investor Challenge today »
Time to Plan Your Portfolio
It's not time to start trading yet, but you can log on and see what shares are available and plan your portfolio for when we start the practice game on 4 October 2010.
Want Some Hints on How to Play?
Download our Student Guide to ifs Student Investor Challenge.
Watch the Highlights from Last Year's Competition
The ifs Student Investor Challenge video gives an insight into the various elements of the competition, including the National Finals. Watch the ifs Student Investor Challenge video here
Resources for Teachers
Activity sheets and teacher's notes can be found here
More Chances to Get to the Regional Finals
This year we are introducing a new way for teams to earn a place in the regional finals. At the end of each month the most improved team from each region will be placed in a draw, and at the end of ifs Student Investor Challenge one team from each region will be randomly selected and win a place at the regional finals.
Teams will earn their place in the draw by having the most improved portfolio based on percentage increase, this means it doesn't matter if your portfolio is worth £10,000 or £10,000,000 – if you are able to increase its worth you are in with a chance.
Teams can only be entered into the draw once – if the same team has the most improved portfolio for a second month then the runner up team from that region will win a place in the draw for that month. The draw also allows more than one team from each school or college to earn a place in the regional finals.
"I have enjoyed every step of the [ifs Student Investor Challenge] programme, from learning how to research companies and markets to understanding the wider impact of financial decisions on the economy"
"ifs Student Investor Challenge has been an invaluable aid in helping us prepare our economics students, not just for their examinations, but also for the real world. Their financial awareness, their overall understanding of our economy and the wide-ranging skills needed for the presentation will stand by them for the rest of their lives."
