Launch of the 7th Edition of the Ethics & Trust in Finance, Global Prize (13 September 2018, Paris)

 

Launch of the 7th Edition of the “Ethics & Trust in Finance, Global Prize”

The Ethics & Trust in Finance Prize – Formerly Ethics in Finance, Robin Cosgrove Prize – promotes greater awareness among young people throughout the world concerning the benefits of ethics in finance. It aims to encourage high-quality management of banking, insurance and financial services based on trust and integrity. Launched in 2006 and now in its 7th Edition, the global competition for the Prize for Innovative Ideas for Ethics & Trust in Finance is open to young people, aged 35 years or younger, from throughout the world.

The competition invites creative papers, which may be submitted in English or French, setting out analyses or proposals for innovative ways to promote ethics & trust in finance. The Jury allocates the prize money of USD 20,000 among the winners.

CFA, Euroclear and Swift / Swift Insitute are actively supporting the Prize and promote it to their staff and members and the wider financial services industry. Many other financial organizations across the world are promoting awareness of the Prize to their stakeholders and their younger staff.

Since its inception, nearly one thousand individuals have expressed interest in submitting a paper for the Prize from over 80 countries. Final submissions considered by the global Jury have been in excess of 300.

The 7th edition of the “Ethics & Trust in Finance Global Prize” will be officially launched on 18 September 2018 at 5 pm at the OECD Conference Center in Paris.

The deadline for handling in the final paper is set to 31 of May 2019.

This release is also available in the news section at the website of the Ethics & Trust in Finance Prize:

http://www.ethicsinfinance.org/