QFAC winners open market at Toronto Stock Exchange
Posted on January 7, 2010
Queen’s School of Business Finance Association Conference (QFAC) Stock Trading Simulation winners joined Robert Fotheringham, Senior Vice President, Trading, TMX Group to open the market for the first day of trading of the new year in Toronto on Tuesday. QFAC is a student run conference focusing on finance and capital markets. Student delegates network with professionals and explore a variety of finance-related careers. The stock trading simulation, one of the most memorable events of the conference, takes place on the trading floor of the original Toronto Stock Exchange building on Bay Street. Delegates, assisted by an investment professional, compete by trading stocks and options in a real-time stock market challenge.
Matei Olaru, student conference coordinator, and Misha Plotkine, one of the trading simulation winners, were featured on Business News Network. Check out their interview.