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

Brigham Young University - Hawaii

California State University San Marcos

San Diego State University

University of CA - San Diego - RADY School of Management

University of CA - San Diego

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

University of San Diego

2024 Research Challenge Winner!

Congratulations to San Diego State University for winning the 2024 Local Finals of the Research Challenge.  Next, they will submit their presentation for the Sub-Regionals. Good Luck San Diego State University! The team members include - Benjamin Coupe, Emelia-Rose Engel, Alvin Romo-Zapien, Ali Salman, Swastik Singh. 

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