After successfully convincing the judges, the IM Telkom team scored the highest points in the presentation delivered by Imas Ayu Sidris and Aditian Wijaya at the West Java regional capital market competition “Beauty Contest,” followed by Agnes Kristianti Ong, who successfully led the Unpar team to second place. Third place was secured by the IM Telkom team led by Dessy Evitasari & Iman Eka, while the host Widyatama had to settle for fifth place with presenter Melodi Madurna.
This event was a collaboration between Widyatama University Bandung and PT. ITHO Indostock, affiliated with the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) as an online capital market trading provider, and was held on Monday (12/7). The event was attended by a number of well-known universities in West Java, such as the School of Business and Management – Bandung Institute of Technology (SBM-ITB), Parahyangan Catholic University (Unpar), Maranatha Christian University, Indonesia University of Education (UPI), Telkom Management Institute (IM Telkom), STIE-KB Bogor, and Widyatama University as the host, as well as several other universities. According to Dian N. Subekti, General Manager of PT. ITHO Indostock, “This event will be attended by 26 teams from various renowned universities in West Java that have been participating in online trading since November 2009, who will later represent West Java in the National Capital Market Competition.”
According to Hariandy Hasbi, M.M., Capital Market advisor lecturer from the Faculty of Business and Management at Widyatama University, the benefits of online trading are applying theories to real activities on the capital market, particularly regarding how to correctly analyze fundamental and technical factors of various issues and decide which instruments/securities to trade at that time. ***
