Rules
The Global Alpha Strategies Summit (GASS 2025), hosted by the Global Alpha Strategies Council (GASC), is a prestigious global financial competition designed to redefine the standards of investment excellence.
Teams from 10 countries — United States, China, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Turkey, Canada, India, Germany, Australia, and Brazil — each receive USD 10 million official seed capital and compete across a six-month cycle for the USD 100 million Grand Prize.
Judging is conducted under GASC’s unified evaluation framework, focusing on Excess Return (Alpha), Risk-Adjusted Performance, Innovation, and Social Contribution. Beyond financial outcomes, GASS 2025 encourages cross-border cooperation, AI adoption in asset management, and sustainable finance practices.
Alpha Excellence
Recognition is awarded to the institution that delivers the highest level of excess returns while maintaining compliance and strong governance standards, setting new benchmarks for global capital markets.
Innovation Leadership
The summit identifies and rewards teams pioneering AI-driven investment models, quantitative breakthroughs, and disruptive portfolio strategies that can shape the future of finance.
Social Impact Integration
GASS 2025 evaluates not only profits but also societal value creation. Teams that allocate part of their gains to infrastructure, ESG initiatives, or national development receive special honors from GASC.
Global Collaboration
By uniting regulators, exchanges, banks, and academia, GASS 2025 fosters international cooperation and knowledge-sharing, enabling new standards for cross-border capital innovation and sustainable growth.
Eligibility and Competition Rules
Eligibility
- National representative institutions from the 10 participating countries — United States, China, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Turkey, Canada, India, Germany, Australia, and Brazil — are officially nominated by regulators or financial associations.
- Each team will receive USD 10 million in official seed capital, provided under strict compliance and auditing standards set by GASC.
- Institutions must appoint a recognized financial strategist as the team leader, responsible for overseeing execution and compliance.
- Teams must adhere to international KYC/AML/CFT regulations and ensure full transparency of transactions during the six-month competition.
Team Leader Requirements:
- Demonstrated expertise in alpha strategy design, risk-adjusted portfolio optimization, and quantitative modeling.
- Strong leadership skills to manage multi-disciplinary teams (trading, AI/tech, compliance, and research).
- Proven ability to guide teams through market research, AI-driven analytics, and risk assessment frameworks.
- Capacity to integrate AI and quantitative models into practical, scalable investment strategies.
- Commitment to balancing financial performance with social contribution goals (e.g., ESG, infrastructure funding, sustainable development).
- Ensure timely submission of progress reports and compliance data to GASC evaluation committees.
- Dynamically adjust strategies based on real-time market signals while maintaining discipline and regulatory alignment.
Reward Mechanism
Champion Team
- Awarded the USD 100 million Grand Prize.
- Bestowed with the prestigious title of “Global Alpha Master Team”.
- Recognized for excellence in alpha generation, AI-driven strategy innovation, and responsible leadership in investment management.
Social Impact Award
- Teams allocating part of their returns to infrastructure, ESG initiatives, or national development projects will be honored with the Global Alpha Social Impact Award.
- These teams will also gain priority access to the GASC Innovation Fund to expand their models.
Top Individual Innovators
- Outstanding strategists, AI researchers, or risk managers who create breakthrough models will receive the Global Alpha Innovator Medal.
- Winners will be invited to publish insights in the Annual Global Alpha Strategies Report and present at the Alpha Strategy Summit Forum.
Event Timeline
Our Vision
The Global Alpha Strategies Summit (GASS 2025) is a premier global competition hosted by the Global Alpha Strategies Council (GASC). It aims to:
- Advance the science of Alpha strategies, positioning innovative teams as leaders in the global financial arena.
- Identify and nurture world-class talent, providing strategists and researchers a platform to showcase AI-driven innovation and breakthrough investment models.
- Promote responsible investing, encouraging participants to balance superior returns with measurable social contributions and sustainable outcomes.
- Strengthen cross-border capital cooperation, connecting regulators, institutions, and academia to establish unified benchmarks for transparency and trust.
Jointly organized with support from regulators, exchanges, investment banks, and academic institutions, GASS 2025 unites 10 national teams — United States, China, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Turkey, Canada, India, Germany, Australia, and Brazil.
The summit acts as a catalyst for financial innovation and collaboration, driving new standards in AI-powered decision-making, risk-adjusted portfolio management, and responsible wealth creation.
By fostering a fair, competitive, and knowledge-driven environment, the Global Alpha Strategies Council aspires to:
- Drive global financial market growth.
- Establish ethical and transparent investment benchmarks.
- Promote sustainable economic development and align Alpha creation with long-term global prosperity.
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