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Sponsors
The ifs School of Finance would like to take this opportunity to thank the partners listed below for their continued support of the ifs Student Investor Challenge. All of our partners are deeply committed to making financial education a key subject within the national curriculum. Please see below for more details on each of our partners.
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust
The world's first ever investment trust was created in 1868 – Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust – and today it is the biggest international investment trust in the world with assets of nearly £2billion and over 120,000 investors. The manager of the trust is F&C Asset Management plc.
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust's original objective was to bring stockmarket investment to a wider audience and we believe that through the education of young people we can continue to fulfil that objective today.
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank is one of the world's leading international financial service providers. With roughly 63,700 employees, we serve customers in 74 countries worldwide; more than half of our staff work outside Germany.
Deutsche Bank is dedicated to excellence, constantly challenging the status quo to deliver superior solutions to our clients. We offer our customers a broad range of first-class banking services providing private clients with an all-round service extending from account-keeping to asset management. We also offer corporate and institutional clients the full product assortment of an international corporate and investment bank - from corporate finance to advising on Mergers & Acquisitions.
We are determined to create sustainable added value for all our stakeholders: shareholders, customers, staff and society. This commitment lies at the heart of our corporate culture, which focuses on performance, together with mutual respect and understanding of others. Our community programme aims to make a positive and tangible difference within our local neighbourhoods and schools. In London alone our activities involve over 1200 employee volunteers and donations of over £3million.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg is a global, multimedia news and information company providing the latest news, data, and analysis for those involved in financial markets worldwide. Bloomberg are delighted to support the ifs School of Finance Student Investor Portfolio Challenge, putting the stockmarket at the fingertips of students across the UK.
FTSE Group
FTSE Group is a world-leader in the creation and management of indexes. With offices in Beijing, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Paris, New York, San Francisco, and Tokyo, FTSE Group services clients in 77 countries worldwide. It calculates and manages the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, which includes world-recognized indexes ranging from the FTSE All-World Index, the FTSE4Good series and the FTSEurofirst Index series, as well as domestic indexes such as the prestigious FTSE 100. The company has collaborative arrangements with the Athens, AMEX, Cyprus, Euronext, Johannesburg London, Madrid, NASDAQ and Taiwan exchanges, as well as Nomura Securities, Hang Seng and Xinhua Finance of China. FTSE also has a collaborative agreement with Dow Jones Indexes to develop a single sector classification system for global investors.
FTSE indexes are used extensively by investors world-wide for investment analysis, performance measurement, asset allocation, portfolio hedging and for creating a wide range of index tracking funds.