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Thank you to all participants for joining our Fireside Chat with Brian Ishikawa and TY Nohara.

Thank you to all participants for joining our economic forecast dinner! It was a lively event on March 13th, 2025, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort.

We’re proud to announce that another successful CFA Research Challenge is in the books! Congratulations to the BYUH Research Challenge team who were the winners at the San Diego competition!  We sent two teams (BYUH and University of Hawaii Manoa) to the CFA Society of San Diego local challenge held at the University of San Diego on Feb. 27, 2025. The competition requires research, analysis, interviews, a written report, and a final in-person presentation.   There were 5 teams that presented:  San Diego State University, Cal State University San Marcos, UC San Diego Rady School of Business, BYUH and UH Manoa.   BYUH won ...

Thank you to all participants for joining our economic forecast dinner! It was a lively event on March 14th, 2024, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort. The evening was an insightful Q&A-style format featuring the below presenters. In order from left to right: Roger Khlopin, CFA (Moderator); Phil Orlando, CFA; Thomas Mucha; and Jeffrey Sherman, CFA Thank you to our Sponsors! The evening was made possible with the support of the below sponsors. Platinum Sponsors Bank of Hawaii First Hawaiian Bank Morgan Stanley Gold Sponsors BNY Mellon Federated Hermes Blackrock John Hancock Carty & ...

Congratulations to BYU-Hawaii and University of Hawaii-Manoa for participating in the 2024 CFA Institute Research Challenge held on February 16, 2024 at Chapman University in Orange County, CA. The competition requires research, analysis, interviews, a written report, and a final in-person presentation. BYU Hawaii Team (Adviser Kent Misener) University of Hawaii - Manoa Team (Adviser Benjamin Bystrom) #research-challenge #CFAResearchChallenge