Financial Modeling World Championships head to New York for Finals

The New York Finals (Promo Video: www.modeloff.com/finals) ModelOff will culminate in a live finals event to be held in the spiritual home of Financial Modeling, New York
City. It will also be hosted at the home of Excel, Microsoft's New York office. Finalists will battle in front of three world renowned judges and will be set a variety of challenges testing Innovation, Speed, Data and Risk Understanding, Modeling Theory and more. The ModelOff judges are Professor Simon Benninga, Kiel LaFrance and Bill Jelen (aka "Mr Excel"). See further information on the judges here www.modeloff.com/three-world- leading-judges-at-the-modeloff-new-york-finals/

The ModelOff Finals Live event will be held 2pm Sunday, December 2nd at Microsoft New York (1290 Ave of the Americas) and will be attended by many leaders in the global finance community. The winner will receive a $25,000 First Prize.

See all 16 of the 2012 ModelOff Finalists at www.modeloff.com/finals

Background
ModelOff 2012, is a global Financial Modeling contest aimed at students and young professionals (21-35 years old). The competition is in its inaugural year and is put on in conjunction with Bloomberg Institute, Microsoft Office, S&P Capital IQ, Deloitte Centre for the Edge, AMT Training, Ansarada and Vumero. See the full list of event partners at www.modeloff.com.

ModelOff aims to take the practice of Financial Modeling, an art/science that is generally misunderstood and often considered to be dry and boring, and make it fun, interesting and educational by turning it into a global competition. In doing so, ModelOff allows people to compete against their friends, colleagues and the best in the world.

Financial Modeling is the backbone of so many elements of international business and finance, including infrastructure projects, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) transactions, IPOs and business operations analysis. The competition also aims to promote excellence and the importance of Financial Modeling within the global business and finance community. With so many high calibre partners in its first year, it is well on the way to doing so. Further background: http://bitly.com/SEKnea

Rounds 1 and 2
ModelOff Round 1 began in mid-October and received significant interest and support from all over the world. With more than 2,000 registrations from over 100 countries, competitors battled it out in a fast paced 2 hour challenge that tested a variety of Finance and Excel Modeling skills.

The Top 200 competitors were then invited to participate in Round 2, which was held on Saturday, October 27 and followed a similar format to Round 1.

Stats and summaries from Rounds 1 and 2 can be found at the ModelOff Blog. www.modeloff.com/blog

Press Involvement
Pre-Finals Interviews
There will be an opportunity to meet with and interview the 16 Finalists and other ModelOff representatives on Saturday, December 1st between 3:30pm and 5:00pm at Servcorp (1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York).
Attend the Finals
Press and Media tickets are available for the ModelOff 2012 Finals at www.modelofffinals.floktu.com/register

Press and Media Enquiries
Johann Odou
Lead Organizer johann@modeloff.com www.modeloff.com