Social Finance App invstr Announces Student Investing Championship in Partnership with Global Universities & Business Schools

LONDON, November 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

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invstr, the investment game making it easier to understand the financial markets, launches the Student Investing Championship, an international competition to help thousands of students learn about the financial markets.

More than 200 of the leading business schools and universities around the world have been invited to join the competition, which challenges university students to test their skills in a series of three online app competitions throughout the academic year.

Through the invstr app, students will be able to choose from more than 1,500 stocks, currencies, commodities and bonds in a bid to become investing champions.

Young investors who make the most virtual profit in each of the four-week tournaments will win prizes designed to boost their financial careers, including cash rewards, internships and invitations to career networking days hosted by invstr in major US universities in the upcoming year.  

The first competition begins on November 21, with subsequent tournaments starting mid-January and mid-March.

"We created invstr to help everyone learn more about investing and enable our users to take charge of their financial future," said Kerim Derhalli, CEO and founder of invstr. "This new championship is all about creating a fun and social way to get more students interested in their finances and the markets."

The best financial minds will also be invited to join the invstr analyst team, helping to empower all inspiring investors with financial information and skills which will give them greater financial awareness and the confidence to manage their own investments.

Through this championship, invstr pursues its goal to make investing fun and accessible to aspiring investors. invstr is already in 135 countries, providing an easy, free way to gain a better understanding of the financial markets.

About invstr  

invstr is a new investment app and social network for finance, where people can play, learn and share - making finance fun, fair and collaborative. The app is the brainchild of Kerim Derhalli, who founded the business in late 2012. Kerim spent thirty years in the City, most recently as Global Head of Equity Trading at Deutsche Bank. Invstr, headquartered in London with offices in Istanbul, makes it fun to play the markets and empowers users to predict the prices and direction of financial instruments in a risk-free way. It also aggregates high quality financial content and data to improve access to information on the markets for both consumers and experienced investors.

Since its launch in December 2014, the invstr app has received over 190,000 downloads across 135 countries. Committed to democratizing financial information and making it accessible to all, invstr relaunched its app in June 2016 as a tool to empower users to make smarter financial decisions.

http://www.invstr.com

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