CFA Society Phoenix, in partnership with the New Mexico, Tucson and Nevada CFA Societies, is hosting this year's CFA Institute Research Challenge for the Desert US Region. The universities have each assembled a team of business and finance students who have researched and prepared an equity analyst report of Offerpad. The University teams will have their presentations evaluated by a panel of investment and finance professionals on March 1st.
The Research Challenge gathers students, investment industry professionals, and publicly traded companies together locally, regionally, and globally for a real-world competition. in order to promote best practices in equity research and company analysis, the student teams research, analyze, and report on a company as if they were practicing analysts. Additionally, all participants are introduced to and held to the standard of CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct.
The Dessert Classic Research Challenge champions will advance to compete in the Americas Regional competition on April 13th and 14th, 2023. The Americas Regional winner will then advance to the Global Final on May 3, 2023
Participating Universities
Arizona State University
W. P. Carey School of Business
New Mexico State University
College of Business
Northern Arizona University
W.A. Franke College of Business
University of Arizona
The Eller College of Management
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Lee Business School
University of New Mexico
Anderson School of Management