Thursday, February 23, 2012

CFA Society of Madison's Investment Research Challenge to be Held on Thursday, February 23rd

The CFA Society of Madison's Investment Research Challenge will be held today (February 23rd). The event will be held at the Fluno Center on UW-Madison's campus.


The participating universities include:
  • Carroll University 
  • Marquette University 
  • Milwaukee School of Engineering 
  • UW-La Crosse 
  • UW-Milwaukee 
The CFA Institute Research Challenge offers students the unique opportunity to learn from leading industry experts and compete with peers from the world’s top finance programs. This annual educational initiative promotes best practices in equity research among the next generation of analysts through hands-on mentoring and intensive training in company analysis and presentation skills.

The Challenge gathers students, investment industry professionals, publicly traded companies, and corporate sponsors together locally, regionally, and globally for a real world competition. Participation in the Challenge promotes best practices in equity research and company analysis, as students research, analyze, and report on a company as if they are practicing analysts. Additionally, all participants are introduced to and held to the standard of the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct.