Financial bootcamp benefits students 

The Department of Accounting and Finance and Amplify Trading welcomed over 200 undergraduate and postgraduate (PGT) finance students for the annual Amplify Bootcamp which provides real life investment banking training.  

Participants on the bootcamp, which ran January 9-13, honed their skills in various simulations such as trading, market making, and asset management. On a very lively final day on campus participants completed an IPO roadshow and book building with the guidance of Amplify co-founder, CFO & COO Piers Curran. 

The day culminated in an awards ceremony for the best performers in each category and the most successful IPO team. They were: 

Best ReTrader: Jitesh Motwani 

Best Asset Manager: Joseph McInerney 

Best Investment Bank Trader: Andrew Menzies 

Best Hedge Fund Trader: Lucas Marshall 

Best Live Market Trader: Joint price - Nathan Cooper and Jingyu Zhu 

Best Investment Bank Team: Team 2 

Piers Curran congratulated all participants and highlighted that they achieved two ‘firsts’ in Amplify’s history: against expectations, 62% of traders ended the simulations in profit and for the first time all IPO teams managed to fully allocate their client’s shares.  

Over 200 students received a Diploma certificate upon completion of the Bootcamp which is set to be repeated for students in future years.

Published: 26 January 2023