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March 15th, 2021
Following a growing interest in sustainability among the younger generation and the success of last year’s edition, Reply is launching a brand new online Investment Challenge. The international competition, aimed at students and young professionals, is focused on helping participants learn not just how to invest, but how to invest sustainably.
For the second consecutive year, the Investment Challenge will be launched in partnership with Banca Generali. Italy’s top private bank has a strong background in sustainable investments and will accompany students through the different levels of the competition.
This year’s edition will also be supported by MainStreet Partners and MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business. MainStreet Partners, a London-based company specialising in sustainable investments and portfolio analytics, will provide the ESG ratings for the competition. MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business will also support, having confirmed its commitment to projects with a strong experiential approach and based on advanced experiments in the field of finance and financial investments, such as the Reply Sustainable Investment Challenge.
Registration will open from 8th March to 16th April. Participants will get the chance to register and learn to invest in a sustainable way in a safe environment through learning pills (bite-sized tutorials), online webinars, and tests on investment and ESG basics.
During the qualification phase – from 19th to 30th April – portfolios will be credited with $1 million and all participants will begin to compete against each other online. They’ll then be ranked and evaluated based on their sustainable investment choices.
The top 100 traders to maximise profits by investing in the best ESG-rated companies, will progress to the final round on 12-14th May and the three most ESG-conscious investors will each receive a prize.
The Investment Challenge is part of Reply’s Challenges programme, which aims to target the most innovative trends in coding creativity, cyber security and finance. Since 2018, more than 100,000 people have joined the Reply Challenges community, and last year more than 8,400 players took part in the first Reply Investment Challenge.
Registration for the Reply Sustainable Investment Challenge is open until 16th April. Sign up at challenges.reply.com.