The Commercial Bank of Ceylon won the inaugural capital market quiz organized by the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and held at the CSE Trading Floor recently. Dunamis Capital PLC and Aitken Spence PLC emerged as the first and second runners-up.
The competition, for which entrance was exclusive and free for listed companies, offered a cash prize of Rs. 100,000 for the winning team with cash prizes of Rs. 75,000 and Rs. 50,000 to second and third placed participants.
Organized to enhance knowledge of the capital market among employees of listed companies, CSE Masterminds 2016 attracted listed companies across industry and sector groups represented in the Colombo Stock Exchange. Participants were tested on their knowledge of the CSE, local and global capital markets, local and international business and other areas with relation to the management of financial securities.
The Chief Executive Officer of the CSE, Rajeeva Bandaranaike said that the competition was a part of CSE’s bid to explore ways of increasing engagement between employees of listed companies and the CSE.
The Head of Market Development at CSE, Niroshan Wijesundere said, “Quiz participants in particular were enthused by the opportunity to visit the CSE Trading Floor and lauded what they termed as a unique opportunity to test and enhance their knowledge of the capital market. I thank the listed companies that participated and look forward to a bigger and better CSE Masterminds competition in 2017.”