Finshastra'21 is a two-round finance competition open to all Indian business schools. In Round 1, teams will complete a 20x20 crossword puzzle on finance topics in 10 minutes. The top 10 teams will advance to Round 2, a simulated 1-year portfolio management competition. Teams will manage a Rs. 1 crore portfolio and respond to news updates affecting prices. Performance will be based on returns, with the highest returning team winning.
Finshastra'21 is a two-round finance competition open to all Indian business schools. In Round 1, teams will complete a 20x20 crossword puzzle on finance topics in 10 minutes. The top 10 teams will advance to Round 2, a simulated 1-year portfolio management competition. Teams will manage a Rs. 1 crore portfolio and respond to news updates affecting prices. Performance will be based on returns, with the highest returning team winning.
Finshastra'21 is a two-round finance competition open to all Indian business schools. In Round 1, teams will complete a 20x20 crossword puzzle on finance topics in 10 minutes. The top 10 teams will advance to Round 2, a simulated 1-year portfolio management competition. Teams will manage a Rs. 1 crore portfolio and respond to news updates affecting prices. Performance will be based on returns, with the highest returning team winning.
Finshastra'21 is a two-round finance competition open to all Indian business schools. In Round 1, teams will complete a 20x20 crossword puzzle on finance topics in 10 minutes. The top 10 teams will advance to Round 2, a simulated 1-year portfolio management competition. Teams will manage a Rs. 1 crore portfolio and respond to news updates affecting prices. Performance will be based on returns, with the highest returning team winning.
• Finshastra’21 is the flagship event of the Finax
committee of XLRi- Delhi NCR happening on 10th September 2021 which is open to all the B-schools in India • Teams have to register in groups of 3 to participate in the competition. • It is a 2 round event where the top 10 teams would go to the second round • FINSHASTRA’21 is open to both 1st and 2nd year students. ROUND 1
• Round 1 would be a Business and finance crossword
puzzle. • The questions would range from Stock markets, Bonds, Government Securities and Mergers and Acquisition. • Teams would be given 10 minutes to fill the crossword puzzle. • The crossword puzzle would be designed in such a way that it would contain 20 down and 20 across questions. • The expected participation in the events is around 200 teams • The event would act as eliminator and top 10 teams would move to the next round. ROUND 2 • Round 2 would be a Portfolio management event round where top 20 teams would be the leading Asset Management Companies in India. • Each team would be given a portfolio of 1 crores to be managed and a spare amount of 50 lakhs. • Companies can invest the given money across Equity markets, Debt Markets, Bonds and G-secs. • The event would be a simulated 1 year event whereas the actual event would be around 1.5- 2 hours • All the teams would be provided with a list of 50 companies with their share prices in the beginning • Teams would be given 10 minutes initially to allocate their resources in their desired mode of investments • The teams have to decide the companies in the equity market sectors based on the current market scenario and Industry preference. • There would be a news flash every 5 minutes where each flash would have 5 news headlines. • The participants would be given 3 minutes to think about the changes and its its effect to the prices or interest rates. • The news Headlines would include news ranging from market forecast, Company specific news, Changes in government policies and Monetary policy announcements • The Changes made by student have to be submitted in a Google form provided to them • After each submission contestants would be given 5 minutes to update their balances • No team can make transactions more than they own • All the share prices and movements would be made in multiples of 50 and 100 for ease of calculations. • The purchase of shares can be done in Multiple of 100’s and for other options in terms of 1 lakh
THE TEAM WITH THE HIGHEST RETURN WOULD BE THE WINNER