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CFA Institute Research Challenge 2023/24 - Local Finals Announcement

By Yee Kiat Mak posted 20 Feb, 2024 05:32 AM

  
CFA Institute Research Challenge 2023/24 has reached the Local Final stage, scheduled to take place on 24th February 2024 at Connexion, Bangsar South. The Top 5 local finalist teams were unveiled on 20th January 2024 during the CFA Institute Research Challenge x Securities Industry Development Corporation Networking Event at Securities Commissions.

We are delighted to share that this year saw a record-breaking participation of 38 teams from 16 universities in the CFA Institute Research Challenge 2023/24 term. Throughout the term, participants engaged in various activities including a local kick-off meeting, meetings with the subject company, Karex Berhad, financial modelling training, site visitations, and a networking event leading up to the local final announcement. 

We appreciate the hard work and dedication that our participants had been paid through for the research report. 

Once again, congratulations to the five teams below who emerged to the local final: 
• Universiti Malaya
• Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Team B
• Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TARUMT), Team C
• Xiamen University, Team A
• Sunway University, Team C

Stay tuned for updates on our social media channels as we reveal the top 2 teams that will emerge to the sub-regional round!