The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Université La Sagesse organized a Forex trading competition in partnership with FxPro. This event aimed to provide an online trading experience for learning, skill development, and personal growth in the finance field. The event took place in the presence of Professor Georges Nehme, President of the University, the Vice Presidents, the Deans of the ULS faculties and the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business administration Dr. Sandra Ghosn.

From the initial group of 20 students, five distinguished themselves as finalists: Daniel Al Banna, Elie Ayoub, Julien Ghanime, Joseph Massad and Sami Zaatar.

Additionally, three students were selected after presenting their performance, portfolio allocation, and investment strategy to the jury composed of: Mrs. Elsy El Rayess, Representative of FxPro, Dr. Antoine Gedeon, Dean of the Faculty of Polytech, Dr. Antoine Abi Zeid, Chair of the department of Economics, Mr. Michel Saliby Instructor and Mentor of the competition, Dr. Eliane Nehme, Chair of the department of Finance.

The first three top performers received valuable prizes from FxPro:

– 1rst Place (500 USD): Julien Ghanime (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Financial Engineering concentration).
– 2nd Place (300 USD): Elie Ayoub (Faculty of Polytech)
– 3rd Place (200 USD) Daniel Al Banna (Faculty of Economics and Business administration, Economics concentration)

A heartfelt thank you to FxPro, specially Mrs Elsy El Rayess for providing technical and financial assistance and for the commitment to education and to the development of future professionals in the financial industry field, and to Mr. Michel Saliby the mentor of the students in the competition.