Research Challenge

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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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2025 Participating Universities

Milwaukee Challenge

Carthage College - Ember Team
Carthage College - Firebird Team
UW-La Crosse
UW-Madison - White Team
UW-Madison - Red Team
UW-Whitewater - White Team
UW-Whitewater - Purple Team
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2024 Research Challenge Winner

Congratulations to UW-Eau Claire for winning the 2024 Local Finals of the Research Challenge.  Next, they will submit their presentation for the Sub-Regionals. Good Luck UW-Eau Claire!  The team members include - Megan Diggan, Carter Mrowiec, Isaiah Schmitz, Sarah Swanson.

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