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The Research Challenge, 2024 Local Competition Finalists

By Rebecca Taylor posted 13 Feb, 2024 05:37 PM

  

Michelle Rotondo, Co-Chair of the local Research Challenge, announced today that the following teams have advanced to the local student presentations on February 26, 2024.  

On behalf of the co-hosts from CFA Societies Hartford, Stamford, and Providence, we want to congratulate each student for a tremendous competition this year,  engagement, and the quality research reports the teams produced. Each team member should be very proud of themselves for the work conducted. We hope the participants found the Research Challenge to be a rewarding experience and that the new skills  learned will propel each of you in your finance and investment-related future career paths. We as co-hosts, had an enjoyable experience coordinating this competition and thank our 15 teams from 12 universities for making it to the report written finish line.

4 finalists are: 

  • Central CT State University Team A
  • Providence College Team A
  • Providence College Team C
  • Trinity College

 

All participating teams received hands-on mentoring, and intensive training in financial analysis and professional ethics delivered through the CFA Institute network, their faculty advisor and a dedicated industry mentor.

Join us on February 26, 2024 for the Local competition at UConn Graduate Center, Hartford, CT.