Best of luck to Mehnaz Ahmed and Adebola Ajao-Taiwo from the School of Mathematical Sciences who will be competing against London School of Economics and a joint entry from Imperial College Business School and University of Bath to win the title of Next Generation Investor 2021.
(L-R): Mehnaz Ahmed and Adebola Ajao-Taiwo
Each team will be given a notional £25,000 to invest in listed equities between 31 January until 30 June 2021. The team with the best performance over the period will be crowned winners and will receive a £5,000 donation to a charity of their choice.
Professor Alex Clark, Head of School at the School of Mathematical Sciences, added his support: “The School is excited to see our students reach this stage of the competition to face representatives from LSE, the Imperial College Business School and the University of Bath. We are confident that our Actuarial Science BSc programme has provided excellent training to put our students in a good position to do as well as they can, and we hope that their success in the competition and the School’s support of it will encourage all students, male and female, to achieve great things at University and beyond.”
The investment competition was set up by Majedie Asset Management to address the industry-wide challenge of encouraging female undergraduates to consider a career in investment.
All profits made on the notional investments by each team will also be matched in real money by Majedie and donated to the team’s charity of choice.
As part of the competition, Majedie will provide the competing teams with in-depth training on stock selection, portfolio construction, financial modelling, ESG integration and mentoring by its award-winning fund management team.
The three teams competing in the Majedie ‘Next Generation Investor 2021’ competition are:
Team/University
Team Members
Course
Nominated Charity
Team 1
Queen Mary University of London
Mehnaz Ahmed
Mathematics with Actuarial Science
UNICEF UK
Adebola Ajao-Taiwo
Team 2
London School of Economics
Allison Chia Wei-Li
BSc Economics
Charities Aid Foundation
Megan Calista Likin
BSc Accounting and Finance
Team 3
Imperial College Business School and University of Bath
Therese Peters
MSc Climate Change Management & Finance, Imperial College
ClientEarth
Jamie Sommer
MSc Sustainability & Management, University of Bath
Violaine Stévenin
Rhiannon Collis, Majedie’s Head of Clients, said: “The growing interest in our Next Generation Investor competition has proven that there is a real demand among women to learn more about asset management.
“Given how the pandemic has brought the issues of culture, purpose, diversity and inclusion to the fore, we are committed to play our part to encourage awareness and interest, lowering barriers to raise the industry bar. We wish the best of luck to all three teams in the competition and hope they enjoy what will be an exciting and challenging six months for them.”