PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ACG CUP NORTHWEST HANDBOOK CONTAINS THE ANSWERS TO MOST QUESTIONS AND MAY BE FOUND IN ITS ENTIRETY UNDER THE “RESOURCES” TAB.
a. The ACG Cup® case-study competition provides MBA, graduate and undergraduate finance majors students an opportunity to solve a real-world issue in a high-pressure setting. Students are challenged to find solutions for a finance-related case in the field of mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, financial advisory and private equity. After the teams analyze the case and agree upon a course of action, the students make presentations to a panel of judges comprised of successful corporate executives in the field of finance. The Practice Round, Semi-Finals and Finals Competitions foster the student’s presentation experience intra-University, intra-State and, finally, with head to head competition between schools in Oregon and Washington. (see ABOUT tab: https://www.acgcupnw.org/about/ )
a. Most of the major universities in Washington and Oregon are participating. (see UNIVERSITIES tab: https://www.acgcupnw.org/universities/ )
a. The rules may be found in the HANDBOOK located under the RESOURCES tab of our website: https://www.acgcupnw.org/our-handbook/
a. The timetable is as follows:
Team/Student Registration: Now through January 15, 2019
Part 1, Base Case Release: January 1, 2019
Final Determination of Teams: February 1, 2019
Part 2 Case Release: February 1, 2019
Intra-School Team Competition, if necessary: During January 2019
Semi-Final Competition: Begins 9 a.m., February 22, 2019
Finals Competition: Afternoon, February 22, 2019
b. All teams must register on our dedicated website. This may be done at any time but not later than mid-January of the competition year. (see Handbook: https://www.acgcupnw.org/our-handbook/ page 5)
a. There is no charge from ACG to any participating university or team member to compete. See Handbook: https://www.acgcupnw.org/our-handbook/ page 11.
a. There are cash awards for winning teams. See Handbook: https://www.acgcupnw.org/our-handbook/ page 1
a. The current structure of ACG Cup Northwest involves competition among schools located only within Washington and Oregon
a. Team formation is described in the HANDBOOK. (see Handbook: https://www.acgcupnw.org/our-handbook/ )
a. Judges for any intra-school competition will be determined by the liaisons and university coordinators. The semi-final and final winners will be determined by judges from the financial community that were selected from the states of Washington and Oregon by the ACG Cup committee.