Congratulations to the Team from The College of William & Mary
Winners of the
4th Annual CFA Virginia
Investment Research Challenge
held on February 24, 2011. The team will advance to the CFA Institute North American regional competition to be held on April 7, 2011 in Omaha, Nebraska.
The top four teams from all the regional competitions will advance to the international global finale, to be held April 8 in Omaha.
Team members were A C Craft, Sean Dalton, Yael Gilboa, and Brittany Kidd. The faculty advisor was Dr Gjergji Cici and the team mentor was Peter Gore.
Teams were evaluated 50% on their written research papers and 50% on their oral presentations, both of which were focused on an investment analysis of The NewMarket Corporation.
First runner up was the University of Richmond, whose faculty advisor was Dr David North. Chris Dion was the team mentor.
Other schools participating in the competition this year were Hampden-Sydney College, James Madison University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Tech.
Special thanks go to NewMarket Corporation for serving as our subject company for this competition.
We also thank the many CFA Virginia members who served as committee chairmen, mentors, graders, and judges for this event. If you are interested in helping with the 2012 challenge, or want to discuss what is needed in order to add a university to the competition, please contact CFA Virginia at rsvp@cfavirginia.org.