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 Institute Research Challenge Hosted by CFA Society Greece

CFA Society Greece is proud to participate as the official host of the CFA Institute Research Challenge competition in Athens, Greece.

The Society has participated in the competition every year, since 2010-2011.

Participant Spotlight

Participating in the Research Challenge was a transformative experience that enriched both my academic and professional development. It provided me with the chance to apply what I had learned in my studies to a real professional project, allowing me to gain a better understanding of equity analysis and investment decision-making intricacies.

Nikos Athanasoulias, CFA

Winning team member, 2016-2017

Equity Research Analyst, Eurobank Equities

Read the full interview

Sponsorship

Sponsoring the local Research Challenge competition is a great way to connect with young talent, academics and industry leaders. It provides heightened visibility and brand awareness and is also a cost effective way to fulfill recruitment needs.

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Local Research Challenge on Greek TV

CFA Society Greece's President, Violeta Spyropoulou, CFA, and a member of the 2021-2022 Research Challenge winning team, Simos Sakellaris, were featured on the ERT program "Savvatokyriako apo tis 6" to discuss the Athens local CFA Institute Research Challenge.

Watch the segment below: