Research Challenge

CFA Institute Research Challenge

The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition that connects university students with investment professionals from within the CFA Society® network. The competition provides students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis and ethics and tests participants' analytical, valuation, reporting writing, and presentation skills.

Members of our society, along with a faculty advisor and an industry mentor, work with teams of students to value a stock, write a research report, and present their recommendations. Teams then compete with peers from other schools at local-level competitions organized and judged by CFA Society members and volunteers. The winning university team(s) from each local competition then advances to see who will become the sub-regional, regional, and global champions. 

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CFA Investment Research challenge 2025/2026

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New Research challenge for 2025/2026 is here! Do not miss your opportunity to find new friends, experience well known established competition and learn a lot from the professionals from the financial field.

28.09. 2025            -  Kick-off with faculty advisers

28.09. 2025            -  Kick-off with mentors/graders/judges

08.10.2025             -  Kick-off presentation for students (livestream available)

14.10. 2025            -  Prague Banking Club (livestream available)

22.10. 2025            -  Registration deadline

23.10.2025             -  Subject Company presentation

19.11.2025             -  Analyst calls (Q&A) (TBC)

09.12.2025             -  First drafts due to mentors

23.12.2025             -  Final reports due

15.01.2026             -  Announcements of teams advancing to local presentation

05.02.2026             -   Local Finals

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