26 March 2011
KUWAIT: A number of Kuwait University (KU) students from the faculty of Business Administration recently graduated from professional training program hosted and funded by Citibank Kuwait. A celebration was held for the program's 54 graduates following an intensive training program, held from 2010 and 2011, under the Citi-financial market trading program called CITI-FMTP. The goal of the program was to provide the College of Business Administration's top students with real life challenges.
The program featured five intense sessions where 10 to 15 students were introduced to concepts such as applied fundamental analysis, technical analysis, financial and economic indicators for financial market forecasting, Kuwaiti stock market trading rules and regulations, opening brokerage accounts, placing orders and executions, strategic investment and short term positioning, financial modeling and dynamic portfolio using Excel pro.
During the ceremony, founder and director of the financial trading center at Kuwait University Abdullah Al-Salman said that the students that participated in the program received all-round academic and practical training. He added that the training would help prepare them for the financial industry upon graduation and that, "today's top business schools are heavily investing in new teaching methods that embed practical training in finance curricula.
Ziad Akrouk, general manager of CitiBank Kuwait said that the step was part of the bank's role in providing quality banking services as well as responsible corporate citizenship across local markets that host the bank all over the world, including Kuwait.
This program with KU is in line with Citibank's long term strategy to develop local professionals with a clear career path," he added. Akrouk explained that this program highlights the fact that Citibank is very committed to supporting financial education in academic institutions.
KUWAIT: A number of Kuwait University (KU) students from the faculty of Business Administration recently graduated from professional training program hosted and funded by Citibank Kuwait. A celebration was held for the program's 54 graduates following an intensive training program, held from 2010 and 2011, under the Citi-financial market trading program called CITI-FMTP. The goal of the program was to provide the College of Business Administration's top students with real life challenges.
The program featured five intense sessions where 10 to 15 students were introduced to concepts such as applied fundamental analysis, technical analysis, financial and economic indicators for financial market forecasting, Kuwaiti stock market trading rules and regulations, opening brokerage accounts, placing orders and executions, strategic investment and short term positioning, financial modeling and dynamic portfolio using Excel pro.
During the ceremony, founder and director of the financial trading center at Kuwait University Abdullah Al-Salman said that the students that participated in the program received all-round academic and practical training. He added that the training would help prepare them for the financial industry upon graduation and that, "today's top business schools are heavily investing in new teaching methods that embed practical training in finance curricula.
Ziad Akrouk, general manager of CitiBank Kuwait said that the step was part of the bank's role in providing quality banking services as well as responsible corporate citizenship across local markets that host the bank all over the world, including Kuwait.
This program with KU is in line with Citibank's long term strategy to develop local professionals with a clear career path," he added. Akrouk explained that this program highlights the fact that Citibank is very committed to supporting financial education in academic institutions.
© Kuwait Times 2011
