Between 9 and 12 February, the School of Economics, Management and Political Science at the University of Minho hosted InvestWeek, an initiative promoted by MIA – Minho Investment Association, which included a series of training courses, sessions and talks dedicated to financial literacy and investment markets.
Over four days, students had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in areas such as investment, personal finance management, portfolio building, salary negotiation, artificial intelligence applied to financial markets and crypto assets.
The programme began with the session ‘The Importance of Investing’, led by Gonçalo Salvado (Banco BiG), followed by ‘First Job: how to negotiate salary and manage your financial life as a young professional’, with Ricardo Marques (UpHold).
On the second day, the session ‘How to manage your money at 20,’ led by Maurício Bandarra and Ricardo Fernandes (Casa de Investimentos), focused on organising personal finances and the first steps in investing.
The third day included the training session ‘How to build your first portfolio,’ with Sérgio Rodrigues, dedicated to structuring and diversifying investments.
InvestWeek ended with two sessions in the dst Auditorium: ‘The future of financial markets with the existence of AI’, with Luís Reis (FEUP) and Vítor Ribeiro (Future Proof), and ‘Cryptocurrencies: ETFs and ETNs (Fiduciary contract: Bitcoin paradigm)’, led by Fred Antunes, Member of the Contact Group for the Digital Euro at the Bank of Portugal.
