North South University Finance Club has flourishingly organised,Optimity, the biggest investment and portfolio management competition in Bangladesh, for the past two years. This highly competitive competition focuses on providing the participants with experiences of real-life investment and portfolio management scenarios, something that is common in major businesses and financial institutions of the corporate realm. The results have so far been phenomenal as the brightest intellectual minds of the nation compete for glory. They have demonstrated their brilliant investment and portfolio finesse in the process.
Optimity 2018 so far
This year's Optimity 2018 was another significant accomplishment of NSU Finance Club, thanks to the successful coordination with title sponsor, ONE Bank Limited. The competition commenced prosperously by the orchestration of 19 roadshows in the reputed public and private universities of the country; such as Dhaka University, Chittagong University, Jahangirnagar University etc.to name a few.
Things accelerated further when the online registration for students outside NSU and the on-spot booth registration for NSU students started from July 14. Substantial promotions and roadshows of the competition have led to 152 teams from universities across the country to participate in Optimity 2018. After weeks of intense competition and active display of talent, only seven teams have made it to the final round.
The Grand Finale
The Grand Finale of Optimity 2018 will be held on August 30 in North South University premises. The seven finalist teams are done with their final round presentations on August 11. They will now be attending the Grand Finale, anxiously awaiting the results after tremendous hard work and dedication. The champions of One Bank presents Optimity 2018 will be awarded a prize money BDT 1, 00,000, while the first and second runner-ups will be given BDT 60,000 and BDT 40,000 respectively. Mr. Kazi M. Aminul Islam, executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, has graciously accepted to be the chief guest of the ceremony.
NSU Finance Club, representing from the School of Business and Economics (NSU SBE), has auspiciously arranged other intra/inter-university competitions and seminars in the past and is looking forward to a prosperous conclusion of Optimity 2018.
The writer is a first year student of the BBA progamme at North South University. She can be reached at
sherilsarwar7@gmail.com