The Youth Sustainability Investment Challenge (YSIC), hosted by YEFA and sponsored by Global Alliance, is an ESG-centered portfolio management competition. In YSIC, students will have the opportunity to think creatively, build their own unique strategies, and test out various financial instruments individually or with a team up to 4 members (Team Size: 1-4 members). Each student/team will start out with $100,000 in cash and have roughly 3 months to construct an ESG-oriented portfolio. Any stock and bond listed on a YSIC-approved stock exchange or bond exchange will be allowed for trading during the competition. Finalists (top 10 global students/teams) will have the opportunity to pitch their investment strategy to a panel of distinguished Wall Street judges, compete in New York City for a $3,500 cash prize pool, and attend a unique networking event in NYC with industry-leading professionals.
July 27th - Registration Starts
October 30th - Registration Ends
October 2nd - Trading Begins
November 1st - Midterm Report Due
January 5th - Final Report Due
January 27th - Top 30 Semi-finalists announced
February 24th - Video submission due
March 8th - Top 10 Finalists Announced
Each team leader should submit their finalized team roster (their students’ names and schools, and addresses). Note: there are no team composition requirements. Any country, school grade.
Each portfolio must have less than 50% of the cash. You can buy bonds/treasury (cash similar) to substitute cash investment.
Presentation Must Include: