NASDAQ OMX Riga invites students to enter a competition for the main prize EUR 1000 by submitting their bachelor's and master's theses about:
- the Latvian and/or Baltic securities market or
- Latvian companies' corporate governance issues.
The annual contest is organized for the seventh consecutive year in a row and its objective is to incite students' interest on securities market and the opportunities it is offering to investors and companies.
The contestants are invited to submit their bachelor's or master's theses that have been defended in the last quarter of 2011 or in 2012 on the topics related to the Latvian and/or Baltic securities market or Latvian companies' corporate governance issues. The theses may be in the Latvian or English language, and should have a score from the competitor's higher educational establishment no lower than 7 points on a 10-point scale or equivalent; the papers may not have been submitted to any previous competitions organized by the Baltic stock exchanges. The winner of the competition will receive an acknowledgement certificate issued by NASDAQ OMX Riga and a money prize of EUR 1000 after taxes.
The bachelor's and master's theses shall be accepted till October 01, 2012. The Competition Commission will include representatives from NASDAQ OMX Riga, Latvia's leading higher educational establishments, as well as industry professionals.
To enter the competition, students have to deliver or send their bachelor's or master's theses to the Reception of NASDAQ OMX Riga at Vaļņu iela 1, Riga (2 hard copies in decent computer printout plus a digital version on a CD or USBflash), and supply details:
o Author's name, surname
o E-mail address
o Telephone number
o Residential address
o Higher education establishment
o Tutor's name, surname and contact information (e-mail and phone number).
Please find Competition Regulation - here.
Contact:
Inese Loce
Corporate Communications Specialist, NASDAQ OMX Riga
inese.loce@nasdaqomx.com; +371 67 212 431
