{"id":4696,"date":"2022-10-20T00:39:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T00:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4696"},"modified":"2022-10-20T00:39:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T00:39:22","slug":"ubs-finance-academy","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/ubs-finance-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"UBS Finance Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UBS Finance Academy aims to provide senior secondary school students with an understanding of the financial and banking industry by giving them a creative mix of theory, industry exposure and field visits.<\/p>\n<p>As one of only 40 NSW Year 11 students, I was given first-hand insight into the operations of financial markets via workshops, \u2018day in the life of\u2019 presentations, mock case studies and a visit to UBS\u2019s trading floor. The presentation on fixed income and equity research and being able to mee tkey industry players has increased my interest in pursuing a career in this highly dynamic industry.<\/p>\n<p>I would highly recommend students who are interested in finance as a career to consider applying for the UBS Finance Academy next year and I also thank Mr. Chapman for organising this opportunity.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4696 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/10\/UBS-Article-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/10\/UBS-Article-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/10\/UBS-Article-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/10\/UBS-Article-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/10\/UBS-Article-4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/10\/UBS-Article-4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Owen Lin (Year 11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UBS Finance Academy aims to provide senior secondary school students with an understanding of the financial and banking industry by giving them a creative mix of theory, industry exposure and field visits. As one of only 40 NSW Year 11 students, I was given first-hand insight into the operations of financial markets via workshops, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-4696","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}