College students from College of Birmingham Dubai have gained the 2025 version of the ADNOC-Bloomberg Buying and selling Problem, marking the fifth version of the distinctive commodities-focused competitors designed to assist college students within the UAE showcase their abilities in knowledge analytics and buying and selling.
Sittie Rania Guinomla and Malishka Kaur Bhasin from ‘Fortune Merchants’ group had been named the winners for his or her technique, which which stood out for its disciplined “maintain and watch” funding method. The winners are eligible for coaching placements with ADNOC World Buying and selling.
The problem varieties a part of the ADNOC-Bloomberg for Training Initiative, a long-term collaboration between ADNOC, the Ministry of Larger Training and Scientific Analysis, and Bloomberg geared toward supporting the UAE’s subsequent technology of graduates. Over time, it has change into a key platform for college kids from competing universities to realize hands-on expertise utilizing Bloomberg Terminals, guided by Bloomberg analysts from numerous sectors.
All through the problem, groups from collaborating universities simulate analyst workflows and develop commodities buying and selling methods, which they current as a analysis report back to a jury of monetary sector consultants.
Saif Al Falahi, ADNOC Director of Group Enterprise Assist & Particular Duties, stated: “We warmly congratulate the winners of this yr’s ADNOC-Bloomberg Buying and selling Problem on their distinctive efficiency in a contest that we’re proud to have championed since its launch. The problem gives a invaluable platform for the subsequent technology of UAE buying and selling professionals to construct the abilities and hands-on expertise wanted to guide the fast-evolving world of world vitality buying and selling and drive the UAE’s continued financial success.”
In 2025, greater than 450 college students from 9 universities took half within the problem. 5 groups had been shortlisted as finalists, every presenting their method to buying and selling.
David Massias, Head of Market Specialists – Center East & Africa, Bloomberg LP stated: “What stands out most to me is how collaborative and dedicated these college students are. They arrive in wanting to study and so they depart with an actual understanding of how one can work with knowledge, how one can assume critically, and maybe most significantly, how one can make knowledgeable choices. This yr’s groups had been spectacular, and it’s nice to see such persistently robust expertise within the UAE, particularly at a time when the nation is investing a lot in innovation and digital abilities.”
Launched in 2019 following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ADNOC, Bloomberg, and the Ministry of Training, the initiative was created to equip future generations of UAE college students with the monetary abilities wanted to thrive in at present’s dynamic and globally related world. Since then, it has continued to develop in scale and impression, supporting over 9,000 college students and putting in 100 Bloomberg Terminals throughout 5 of the UAE’s main universities: Khalifa College, Abu Dhabi College, UAE College, New York College Abu Dhabi, and the Larger Faculties of Expertise.
