Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Hosts Student Delegation from Zayed University - Abu Dhabi

Wednesday 27 March 2019
Abu Dhabi - MENA Herald:

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the region's leading financial market, hosted a student delegation from Zayed University, Abu Dhabi; as part of the 8th Annual Global Money Week, which is taking place from 25th to 31st of March 2019.

The Global Money Week is a global event held annually in March and is organized by the Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) to raise financial awareness among children and young people around the world and motivate them to acquire the skills of money management and sound financial planning. This year, more than 169 countries and 53,000 organizations is participating in the event, with over 310,000 activities, involving more than 32 million children and young people.

H.E. Khalifa Salem Al Mansouri, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), affirmed the Exchange’s commitment to pursue academic efforts; develop cooperation with academic institutions to develop investment awareness, and introduce students to the exchange procedures and trading methods in the domestic capital markets.

H.E. Al Mansouri added, "Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange is keen to strengthen cooperation with academic institutions to develop students' knowledge to become future leaders' by using mechanisms and means of safe investment. Today's students are the investors of tomorrow".

ADX recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zayed University to promote cooperation between the two sides in the areas of institutional development, training and research, preparation of studies and distribution of information. Under the MoU, ADX will organize discussions and workshops for Zayed University students to explain the exchange procedures and trading methods in the domestic capital markets, as well as develop a training program for students to prepare studies and academic research on capital markets. ADX also provided a virtual trading platform (stock game) for Zayed University students, which will prepare students for safe investment in the future.

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