A team of students from the Department of Economics has achieved significant international success by securing first place in the Middle East & Africa region for the 2025 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Competing under the team name \u201cBilkent ECON,\u201d the team ranked first among regional participants after generating a relative profit of USD $183,917 from a simulated starting portfolio of USD $1 million. The team was led by Utku G\u00f6k\u00e7en (Captain), with Tolga D\u00f6nmez and Mert Cula as team members, and under the academic supervision of Prof. Hakan Kara, faculty advisor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge is a globally recognized, multi-week competition that brings together university students from around the world to manage real-time portfolios using Bloomberg\u2019s professional trading and analytics platforms. Teams are evaluated based on performance, risk management and strategic decision making across global financial markets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result of this achievement, Bloomberg for Education officially recognized Bilkent ECON as a regional winner and announced an additional institutional award: six months of free Bloomberg.com access for all Bilkent students. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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