Skip to main content

Top performing postgraduate student wins award

Earlier this term we announced Akshat Vyas as the recipient of the CISI Educational Trust Award 2019. We are excited to hear that from the participating universities, Akshat was chosen as the top performing postgraduate student and received an additional £3000 award.

CISI 4

Earlier this term we announced Akshat Vyas as the recipient of the CISI Educational Trust Award 2019. We are excited to hear that from the participating universities, Akshat was chosen as the top performing postgraduate student and received an additional £3000 award.

The additional award was based on an essay submission and interview performance with the Educational Trust, which included a general knowledge test and questions about the CISI. After successfully completing the interview process, Akshat was invited to the CISI Annual Awards Ceremony in Mansion House, where he was presented the award.

Akshat Vyas receiving the award in Mansion House, London.

Dr Simone Varotto, Postgraduate Programme Area Director at the ICMA Centre commented:

We are delighted of Akshat’s achievement and cherish our long-standing cooperation with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment which is sponsoring this award.

Akshat has written a blog post discussing his journey in becoming the CISI Educational Trust Award Winner. Read the full blog here.

We would also like to congratulate the following top performing students, all studying MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking who received the CISI Scholarship; Charalampos Lagoudakis, Xiaoyu Zhou, Abdelrahman Elsahly and Pascal Seeling.

Dr Simone Varotto with the winners of the CISI Educational Trust Award and the CISI Scholarships.

Published 25 March 2019

You might also like

2013: the year in News

13 January 2014
It has been another fantastic year at the ICMA Centre filled with new records, recruits and partnerships.

ICMA Centre students gain further exemptions from SII qualifications

29 May 2008
The ICMA Centre, University of Reading is delighted to announce that its MSc Corporate Finance students are now eligible for exemption from paper 2 of the SII Certificate in Corporate Finance.

New study: sustainability ratings are a reliable indicator of countries' solvency

31 October 2013
Munich, 16 October 2013 – There is currently a high level of uncertainty on the international financial markets, due to the budget dispute in the USA surrounding the proposed raising of the borrowing limit. The markets are waiting with bated breath to see whether the Democrats and the Republicans will be able to agree on raising the debt ceiling, which currently stands at just under 17 trillion US dollars. The key question for investors is whether the USA and other countries will be able to pay back the debts they have taken on or whether, as in the case of the debt cut in Greece, they can expect to see losses on their investments. A recent study based on sustainability rating agency oekom research’s country ratings shows that sustainability ratings are a reliable indicator of countries’ solvency and that taking sustainability ratings into account allows investors to make a better assessment of the overall risks.
Business News Press releases