2019 Value Investment Proposal Competition

[Important update: 13 November 2019] The Chinese University of Hong Kong has announced the shortening of Term 1 in this academic year 2019-20, and all classes including undergraduate and postgraduate conducted on campus are called off with immediate effect until the beginning of Term 2 on 6 January 2020. In response, the Institute will liaise with speakers to reschedule lectures and/or change venue. The proposal submission date and the presentation session will also be adjusted accordingly. Further details will be provided in due course.]

Date	Speakers	Venue
17 Oct 2019 (4:30 – 6 p.m.)	Professor Thian Chew Managing Partner of Polar Ventures Topic: “Value investing in the Twilight Zone” [Download Presentation Slides]	Yasumoto International Academic Park LT3
31 Oct 2019 (4:30 – 6 p.m.)	Mr. Richard Lawrence Chairman and Executive Director of Overlook Investments Ltd. Topic: “Value Investing in Asia”	Yasumoto International Academic Park LT3
To be rescheduled	Dato’ Seri Cheah Cheng Hye Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Value Partners Group Topic: “Making value investing work”	TBA
15 Jan 2020 (4:30 – 6 p.m.)	Mr. Terry Fok Owner of T&F Equities Ltd. Topic: “Beyond value investment: things to watch”	Yasumoto International Academic Park LT3
To be rescheduled	Mr. George Long Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of LIM Advisors Ltd.	TBA
To be rescheduled	Professor Joseph Yam Former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority Topic: “Forgotten Fundamentals in Finance”	TBA

Competition rules: 2019 Value Investment Proposal Competition Handbook
(Last updated: 13 November 2019)

Sponsored by Overlook Investments Ltd., Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance (IGEF) is launching the first Value Investment Proposal Competition (“the Competition”) in October 2019, offering undergraduate students a unique experience of learning value investment techniques from top industry experts and applying such knowledge in a competition setting. Participants are expected to attend a series of lectures and then submit an investment proposal; winners will receive cash prizes and may be offered internship opportunities.

The Competition is open to all full-time students studying an undergraduate degree programme at a local tertiary institution for the 2019-2020 academic year. Students from any discipline are welcome. Participants must apply as teams of up to three members, where at least one member must be a full-time undergraduate student currently enrolled at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Each participant can enter the Competition as a member of only one team.

Interested teams should register for the Competition by completing the application form (available here) once per team by 14 October 2019. Due to the limited availability, applications will be processed on a first come, first served basis; successfully registered applicants will be notified through emails.

Key dates:

14 Oct 2019	Deadline for registration
17 Oct – 15 Jan 2020	Lecture series
23 Mar 2020	Deadline for proposal submission
29-30 Apr 2020	Presentation of proposals by shortlisted teams
20 June 2020	Prize presentation and closing ceremony

For further details, please refer to the handbook.

Results:

Top 5 finalist teams (in sequential order of team number):

Team 2, 10, 18, 34 and 63. All finalist teams have been notified via email. Congratulations!

Final results:

Winner: Team 2
First runner-up: Team 34
Second runner-up: Team 18

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