RITC 2025 | 21st Edition
The BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab at the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto) is pleased to announce that the 21st Edition of The Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC) 2025 will be held on February 20th – 21st, 2025.
RITC will feature an innovative set of RIT Decision Cases, delivered on the RIT Market Simulator platform, allowing participating teams to gather in-person and compete by making trading decisions across a range of realistic simulated scenarios.
You will compete with peers from 40+ universities across North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, using new and refreshed Decision Cases based on real-world conditions delivered on the industry-leading RIT Market Simulator platform.
RITC will enable enthusiastic participants from universities across the world to connect and engage in a competitive format, as well as to network with sponsors and each other.
Competition Timeline
- January 12, 2025 | Registration Deadline & Team Member Profile Form Submission Deadline
- February 20, 2025 | First day of activities
- February 21, 2025 | Second day of activities
The detailed activities schedule will be posted by December 31, 2024.
What are the benefits of attending RITC?
World's Largest Student Trading Competition
Celebrating 21 years, be apart of this unique 2-day simulated market challenge.
Never a Dull Moment
Exciting trading cases, seminars and social activities planned from morning until evening!
Prizes
Represent your school, show off your skills, earn rewards, and the chance for your team to win up to $5,000!
Global Networking
Meet students from around the world and be part of fantastic recruitment opportunities to help further advance your career!
Real-Life Experience
Be exposed to real-world challenges, giving you valuable experience that will stay with you for a lifetime!
Awards
1st Place
CAD$5,000
2nd Place
CAD$2,500
3rd Place
CAD$1,500
Sponsors
If you are interested in sponsoring RITC 2025, please contact us at financelab[at]rotman.utoronto.ca
Qualification
- Participants must be current undergraduate or graduate students in a degree program at the university that they are representing.
- One team per university can compete.
- Four student members are required per team.
- You can register two additional students (substitute members to join your team.)
- Substitutes are optional - the competition will comprise activities that allow only four members to participate.
- Faculty advisors or staff members can accompany each team.
- Faculty advisors or staff members must register as an Observer.
- Faculty advisors or staff members cannot compete as a team member.
- We encourage diverse and inclusive teams; we suggest that each participating team is composed of different genders.
- Three of the four team members should be new to RITC (did not participate in previous editions of RITC).
- The University of Toronto students should be prequalified via the Rotman Online Trading Competition.
Technical Requirements - NEW!
- New to this year’s competition, to compete, students are required to bring their own device (laptop computer).
- Please ensure RIT Market Simulator is installed on your device.
- More information to follow upon registration.
Fees
- To reserve your spot, a University Representative must submit a payment.
- The Representative may be a faculty advisor, staff member, student club leader, or a member of the team.
- Only once the registration deposit fee payment has been received will the spot be reserved for the team.
- The competition has limited spots available, which are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to register early!
- A team's registration in the competition will be confirmed by email within five business days after receiving the registration fee payment.
- The registration fee includes all activities fees for over the two days.
Competition fees remained the same amount as last year.
Registration Dates
Registration Opens
August 1st, 2024 9:00 am EST
Registration Closes
January 12th, 2025, 11:59 pm EST
Competition Fees Registration Links
Optional Add-on Fees
Team Member Profile Form
Team Member Profile Form includes:
- Team Member Profile details
- Observer/Faculty/Staff and/or Team Advisor details
- Team Slide
- Resume
Once your Registration Fee is received, we will send a confirmation email. On January 27th, 2025, your team will receive a further email giving you access to the Getting Started competition page containing all information needed to participate in the competition.
Past Registered Teams - 2024
| BABSON COLLEGE |
| BARUCH COLLEGE |
| BOSTON UNIVERSITY |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY |
| CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY |
| CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY |
| ELON UNIVERSITY |
| FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY |
| HEC MONTREAL |
| LAVAL UNIVERSITY |
| LUISS GUIDO CARLI |
| MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE |
| MONASH UNIVERSITY |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY |
| NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
| OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITY |
| QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY |
| REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY |
| ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY |
| STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY |
| TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN |
| TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY |
| UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA |
| UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY |
| UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN BRATISLAVA |
| UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO |
| UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA |
| UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY |
| UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO |
| UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON |
| UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO |
| UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR |
| WESTERN UNIVERSITY |
| ZAYED UNIVERSITY |
Take your finance career to the next level
Introducing the Rotman Finance Analytics and Decision-Making League (RFADML)
In addition, this year, RITC is part of a groundbreaking initiative at Rotman School of Management – The Rotman Finance Analytics and Decision-Making League (RFADML). Your registration fee will not only automatically give you an all-access pass to Rotman’s new specialized themed conferences which include topics on Finance, Machine Learning and Analytical Skills, this initiative allows you to earn qualification points for additional rewards to ultimately earn the prestigious title of international academic champions.
Stay tuned for more details!
Canada Visa Information
Canada’s visa laws have been undergoing changes in recent years, making the process of acquiring a VISA longer than in the past. It is each individual competitor’s responsibility to inquire if they need a visa to enter Canada and to apply for one if necessary. Click Here to find out if you need a visa. It may take up to 12 weeks to receive a visa; apply as soon as you can. It is also recommended that all competitors from outside of Canada purchase travel health insurance.
Hotel Information
Accommodation in Toronto is the responsibility of the teams. As a suggestion only, a selection of hotels near the Rotman School of Management are offering group rates. Group rates bookings must be made directly with the hotels. Preferred rates are at your disposal from the hotels below. Hotel booking links for these preferred group rates will be available once RITC registration opens.
Marriott Downtown
525 Bay Street, Toronto
Yorkville Royal Sonesta
220 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Kimpton Saint George
280 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Location
St. George Campus
BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab
Rotman School of Management
Room 290, North Building
105 St. George St.
Toronto, ON M5S 3E6
Canada
Dress Code
RITC is a professional business competition; participants are expected to wear business casual or business formal attire.
Weather
Please note, that the average temperature in Toronto in February is -8 degrees Celsius (15 degrees Fahrenheit). We suggest that you bring appropriate winter clothing and that you check the weather forecasts before you pack for the competition.
Competition Committee
Health and Safety | COVID-19
Competition participants are responsible for following health and safety measures where applicable. Individuals should report health and safety concerns to the competition committee via email at financelab[at]rotman.utoronto.ca, who will promptly review, assess and implement measures to address the concern where appropriate.
Measure to reduce risk of exposure:
- Individuals who are sick or who have COVID-19-related symptoms should stay home/hotel/accommodation.
- Isolate until there is no fever and symptoms improve for 24 hours (48 hours for gastrointestinal symptoms), regardless of testing results or no testing.
- Refer to: Ontario COVID-19 Self-Assessment and Procedures in the Event of a Confirmed Case and/or COVID-19 Symptoms.
- Avoid touching your face, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.
- Wash your hands often and thoroughly with soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Practice proper respiratory etiquette, such as sneezing and coughing into your elbow.
- Face masks are encouraged, and we ask everyone always to respect the decisions of others, their comfort levels, and their health needs.
Statement on Equity, Diversity, and Excellence
Equity and Human Rights
The purposes of this statement are to express the University’s values regarding equity and diversity, and relate these to the institution’s unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.
At the University of Toronto, we strive to be an equitable and inclusive community, rich with diversity, protecting the human rights of all persons, and based upon understanding and mutual respect for the dignity and worth of every person. We seek to ensure to the greatest extent possible that all students and employees enjoy the opportunity to participate as they see fit in the full range of activities that the University offers, and to achieve their full potential as members of the University community.
Our support for equity is grounded in an institution-wide commitment to achieving a working, teaching, and learning environment that is free of discrimination and harassment as defined in the Ontario Human Rights Code. In striving to become an equitable community, we will also work to eliminate, reduce or mitigate the adverse effects of any barriers to full participation in University life that we find, including physical, environmental, attitudinal, communication or technological.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Our teaching, scholarship, and other activities take place in the context of a highly diverse society. Reflecting the intersectionality in our community is uniquely valuable to Rotman, as it contributes to the diversification of thoughts, ideas, and perspectives that enrich our teaching, scholarship, and research activities. We will proactively seek to increase inclusion and feelings of belonging among our community members, with an aim to having a student body, teaching and administrative staff that mirror the diversity of qualified applicants. For more information, please click here.
Past Champions
2024
- 1st - Baruch College
- 2nd - University of Toronto
- 3rd - University of Calgary
- 4th - University of Warsaw
- 5th - Fairfield University
- 6th - Babson College
- 7th - University of California, Berkeley
- 8th - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 9th - Laval University
- 10th - City University of Hong Kong
2023
- 1st - Baruch College
- 2nd - University of Warsaw
- 3rd - University of Calgary
- 4th - University of Toronto
- 5th - Columbia University
- 6th - Fairfield University
- 7th - University of Economics in Bratislava
- 8th - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 9th - The University of Sydney
- 10th - City University of Hong Kong
2022
- 1st - Baruch College – Team B
- 2nd - Baruch College – Team C
- 3rd - University of Ottawa
- 4th- Baruch College – Team A
- 5th - University of Calgary – Team B
- 6th - University of Warsaw
- 7th - University of Calgary – Team A
- 8th - University of Lethbridge – Team A
- 9th - Fairfield University – Team B
- 10th - City University of Hong Kong
2021
- 1st - Baruch College Team 1
- 2nd - Baruch College Team 2
- 3rd - University of Ottawa
- 4th - Luiss Guido Carli University of Rome
- 5th - Universite Laval
- 6th - University of Calgary Team 2
- 7th - Fordham University Gabelli
- 8th - University of Warsaw
- 9th - Concordia University
- 10th - University of Calgary Team 1
2020
- 1st - Baruch College
- 2nd - University of Calgary
- 3rd - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 4th - Babson College
- 5th - University of Warsaw
- 6th - University of Ottawa
- 7th- Carnegie Mellon University
- 8th - City University of Hong Kong
- 9th - HEC Montreal
- 10th - University of Toronto
2019
- 1st - Universite Laval
- 2nd - University of Calgary
- 3rd- University of Waterloo
- 4th - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 5th - University of Ottawa
- 6th - University of Toronto
- 7th - BI Norwegian Business School
- 8th - Baruch College
- 9th - Babson College
- 10th- Concordia University
2018
- 1st - University of Calgary
- 2nd - Wilfrid Laurier University
- 3rd - Universite Laval
- 4th - Carnegie Mellon University
- 5th - University of Lethbridge
- 6th - University of Toronto
- 7th - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 8th - Baruch College
- 9th - University of Cambridge
- 10th - University of Waterloo
2017
- 1st - Baruch College
- 2nd - University of Calgary
- 3rd - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 4th - University of Waterloo
- 5th - HEC Montreal
- 6th - Universite Laval
- 7th - University of Toronto
- 8th - Wilfrid Laurier University
- 9th - University of Alberta
- 10th - Concordia University
2016
- 1st - BRCH - Baruch College
- 2nd - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 3rd - University of Calgary
- 4th - Laval University
- 5th - University of Waterloo
- 6th - Concordia University
- 7th - University of Toronto
- 8th -New York University
- 9th - Wilfrid Laurier University
- 10th - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2015
- 1st - LUISS Guido Carli
- 2nd - University of California
- 3rd - University of Windsor
- 4th - University Of Calgary (Team A)
- 5th - Concordia University
- 6th - University of Alberta
- 7th - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 8th - Universite Laval
- 9th - University of Ottawa
- 10th - University Of Calgary (Team B)
2014
- 1st - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 2nd - University Laval
- 3rd - University of California Berkeley (Team A)
- 4th - Baruch College
- 5th - University of Calgary
- 6th - Bocconi University
- 7th - Princeton University
- 8th - City University of Hong Kong
- 9th - Chulalongkorn University
- 10th - University of Toronto
2013
- 1st - Universite Laval
- 2nd - Chulalongkorn University
- 3rd - Baruch College
- 4th - University of Toronto (Team A)
- 5th - BI Norwegian Business School
- 6th - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 7th - University of Toronto (Team B)
- 8th - University of Waterloo (Team A)
- 9th - Aalto University
- 10th - University of Calgary
2012
- 1st - Baruch College B
- 2nd - LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome
- 3rd - University of Chicago A
- 4th - Baruch College A
- 5th - University of Waterloo A
- 6th - Universite Laval A
- 7th - Northwestern University
- 8th - University of Chicago B
- 9th - Universite Laval B
- 10th - Concordia University
2011
- 1st - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 2nd -University of Chicago (Team B)
- 3rd - Baruch College
- 4th - Northwestern University
- 5th - University of Toronto
- 6th - Texas A&M
- 7th - University of Alberta
- 8th - University of Chicago (Team A)
- 9th - Pennsylvania State University
- 10th - University of Windsor
2010
- 1st - MIT (Team A)
- 2nd - Babson College
- 3rd - University of Queensland
- 4th - Texas A&M University
- 5th - University of Reading
- 6th - University of Alberta
- 7th - Chulalongkorn University
- 8th - University of Toronto - MBA
- 9th - University of Chicago (Team A)
- 10th - University of New Brunswick
2009
- 1st - Babson College
- 2nd - Dublin City University
- 3rd - Smeal College of Business
- 4th - Fisher College of Business
- 5th - The ICMA Centre
- 6th - University of Alberta
- 7th - Rotman School of Management
- 8th - Sloan School of Management
- 9th - Harvard College
- 10th - Baruch College CUNY
Call For Volunteers
Location of Work
BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab
Rotman School of Management
105 St George St, Toronto, Canada M5S 3E6
Description
For RITC 2025, we are looking for 35 volunteers to assist the FRT-Lab team with facilitating the trading competition and fostering a sense of community among participants, answering common questions and ensuring that the teams enjoy their competition experience.
What’s in it for you
For a volunteer, this would be an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to the BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab. Further, volunteers will have the opportunity to meet and network with participants from across the world. As most lab staff will be running cases behind the scenes, you will be representing Rotman to the participants. For more information about the competition, refer to this link.
Co-Curricular Record (CCR)
The Co-Curricular Record is designed to help students find opportunities at U of T beyond the classroom and to have their skills and experiences captured on an official document. For more details about this CCR position, CLICK HERE.
- Organizations: Central Administration
- Primary Skills: Communication, Goal-setting and Prioritization
- Secondary Skills: Professionalism, Teamwork, Knowledge application to daily life
Qualifications
- Students (all years) who apply for this position should be students interested in the field of finance.
- Students should be an active University of Toronto Student.
- We are looking for friendly, social, and enthusiastic students who can assist in providing an exciting and enjoyable experience for all the competitors.
- Students should be available on all days of the competition as well as commit a couple of hours to the competition for preparation.
Application Requirement
Submit a Single Page Resume via this link (submitting your application does not guarantee an interview).
Upon completion, when you are ready to claim your CCR, CLICK HERE.