
HOLT Community Competition
The HOLT Community Competition is now closed. The next iteration will launch shortly.
Join for the opportunity to win a CFA Exam Sponsorship and further develop your unique set of skills! Are you new to the HOLT Community? We recommend all participants to first take the Online Game of the HOLT Valuation Challenge.
SUBMISSION TOPIC
Cloud computing: who will survive the competition?
Cloud computing, a new computing architecture that makes efficient use of centralized hardware resources at lower costs and with increased flexibility is rapidly emerging in the technology industry. Companies increasingly prefer to obtain highly specialized computing services from cloud based service providers so that they can focus on their core competency. Given today's uncertain, complex and ambiguous global environment it is very difficult for any organisation to be sure they will outperform their competition.
What if a company develops a core technology or non-substitutable asset that could not only defend itself from the competition but also enable the organisation to continue to grow and prosper? What if a company chooses to sell itself to a giant player and expand its business with support from its parent company?
View the complete topic here including the ARB Guidance for further insights on how to approach the task.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 23.59 in the last time zone (UTC-12)
You can submit an essay (max 1'000 words) or a video (max. 3:30 minutes). Check out the Submission Prep for more information regarding your work.
BENEFITS
Participants can receive an exceptional set of rewards!
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CFA Sponsorship |
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Interviews |
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HOLT Lens™ Premium |
Need a refresher on the HOLT Lens™ investment tool? Have a look at HOLT Education for the tutorials.
Take a seat at the top table! This is your opportunity to engage and challenge world-renowned guests in our live sessions on a topic connected to this competition. Top performers of the HOLT Community Competition and leading active HOLT Community members will be selected by the ARB to participate in the debates.
APPLE SHARE BUYBACKS
The session introduced a role-play for the student panelists to address the topic of share buy backs in the case of Apple Inc. The session featured:
- Prof. Urs Peyer, Finance - INSEAD
- Brandon Duque, HOLT Champion, as the CEO of Apple
- Alejandro Vivanco, HOLT Partner, as the Head of R&D at Apple
- Andrei Pavlenko, HOLT Partner, as an Activist investor at Apple
TESLA VS. VW
It's David vs. Goliath - Tesla Motors vs. Volkswagen! The HOLT Debate connected expert panelist
Prof. Pascal Gantenbein of the University of Basel with three leading HOLT Community Members:
- Sharmila Rao, HCC winner
- Edo Duran
- Rakesh Rana
TENCENT HOLDINGS
The first HOLT Debate on "The valuation of Tencent Holdings" connected Prof. Raghavendra Rau, University of Cambridge, with four leading HOLT Community Members:
- Charles Kreis, HCC winner
- Asad Malik
- Sajal Khanter
- Tu Jin Tan