What Happens at the NUS Asian MBA Stock Pitch Competition?
1st Evening – Arrival at NUS Business School: The event begins with networking at an evening reception.
2nd Day - Preparation: Students undergo a morning training session on various software and analytical applications (such as Capital IQ, Datastream (Thomson Reuters), Bloomberg) at the Center for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI). After lunch, the judges assign two industries and a common stock, and give each team a list of the eligible universe of stocks. For the common stock, teams must decide whether to present it as a long (buy), neutral (hold), or a short (sell) recommendation. For each of the two assigned industries, they must select either a long or short candidate. Additional restrictions may be imposed on each selection (e.g. market capitalization, trading volume, investment style, etc.) Students have until midnight to prepare for the three presentations.
3rd Day - Competition/Recruiting: In the morning preliminary round, each team pitches one common stock and one industry-specific stock. For each stock pitch, a single presenter from each team makes a ten-minute presentation, followed by judges' questioning of all three team members for five minutes. For each stock pitch, teams feature a different team member as presenter. The event is held before a live audience, but other competing teams are not permitted to watch one another's presentations. The two highest-scoring teams from each group in the preliminary round advance to the final afternoon round. After brief, private practice sessions, the finalists make their final presentations and undergo the judges' rapid-fire questioning.
Late in the afternoon, awards are presented at a reception, and recruiters / sponsors may schedule individual interviews with MBA candidates.
First: SGD 3,600
Second: SGD 1,800
The day will end with a social event for participating teams.