CSE Masterminds 2023 concludes on high note
The Fifth Edition of Sri Lanka’s only capital market quiz, CSE Masterminds 2023 organized by the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), was held recently at Shangri-La Colombo with the participation of seventy seven corporate teams, with ZeroBeta emerging as the winner of the overall competition with a cash prize of Rs 1,000,000 and vouchers from Shangri-La Colombo.
Nithya Partners was placed first runner-up with a cash prize of Rs. 500,000 and Acuity Knowledge Partners secured the second runner-up position with a cash prize of Rs. 300,000 at the competition. The top three winning teams have also been awarded Ambassador Cards and discount vouchers from Barista Coffee Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
The participating teams were segregated into seven categories based on their core area of business and were awarded for excelling in each category. Accordingly, Sampath Bank PLC (Banking and Finance), Nithya Partners (Service), NDB Wealth Management Ltd. (Fund Management), ZeroBeta (Pvt) Ltd. (Technology), Acuity Partners (Pvt) Ltd. (Stock Brokering), Ansell Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. (Manufacturing) and Amana Takaful Life PLC (Insurance), won special awards for topping their respective categories.
The Fifth Edition of CSE Masterminds 2023 was supported by First Capital Holdings PLC and Bartleet Religare Securities (Pvt) Ltd as Platinum Sponsors.
The Gold sponsors for the event were AICPA & CIMA Sri Lanka, Capital Trust Holdings Ltd, London Stock Exchange Group Sri Lanka, CT CLSA Securities (Pvt) Ltd, and Senfin Securities Limited.
Lanka Securities (PvT) Ltd, LOLC Holdings PLC, Asha Securities Ltd, Softlogic Stockbrokers (Pvt) Ltd, Almas Equities (Pvt) Ltd, and Senfin Asset Management (Pvt) Ltd have come onboard as the Silver sponsors.
Further, SriLankan Airlines has joined CSE Masterminds 2023 as the Official Airline Partner whereas Shangri-La Colombo was the Hospitality Partner for the event and Entertainment Unlimited was the event partner. International Distillers Ltd. (IDL) has come onboard as the fellowship event partner.
CSE CEO, Rajeeva Bandaranaike said; “The competition has steadily evolved since its inception into one of the foremost quiz competitions in the corporate sector and a flagship event in the CSE calendar.”
“We commenced the quiz competition in 2017 with a few corporate teams at the CSE trading floor, with a prize value of Rs. 100,000 for the winner.And now the CSE Masterminds is a brand that is popular among quiz enthusiasts in the corporate sector, and the prize value of this year’s event was over Rs. 2 million,”Bandaranaike added.
He further said, “The interest in the corporate sector to participate and view the quiz as a fun and engaging learning experience has been vital to the success of the event. We congratulate the winning teams and express our appreciation to all the organizations and brands that have supported the event this year in the capacity of a sponsor or partner.”
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