IIMB team wins National finals of CFA Institute Research Challenge 2013-14
Will represent India at the Asia Pacific Finals of the Investment Olympiad at Singapore in April
A five-member team from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, comprising Soumya Gupta, Pratik Jaipuriar, Saakshi Mahajan, Siddharth Agarwal and Abhishek Agarwal - all Finance majors of PGP2, has won the National Finals of the prestigious CFA Institute Research Challenge 2013-14. They will represent India at the Asia Pacific Finals to be held in Singapore in April.
The CFA Challenge is a global event. It is often referred to as the 'Investment Olympiad' and tests the students' skills in equity research and valuation, investment report writing, and making presentations. This annual educational initiative promotes best practices in equity research among the next generation of analysts through hands-on mentoring and intensive training in company analysis and presentation skills.
Volunteers of CFA Institute work in conjunction with participating universities to assemble teams of 3-5 finance students. Each team then works directly with a mentor to research and prepare an equity research report on a publicly traded company.
The findings are evaluated by high-profile panels of heads of research, portfolio managers, and chief investment officers from some of the world's top firms.
The IIMB team won the South Zone contest and then proceeded to win the National Finals. Teams from all the leading business schools in the country participated in the event, including teams from IIM Ahmedabad and ISB.
Professor P C Narayan, who was the official Faculty Advisor, selected the final team of five from the list of PGP students provided by Networth, the Finance Club of IIM Bangalore, and guided the team through the competition.
The CFA Institute has honored the team and handed over a trophy to the IIM Bangalore.
IIMB team wins National finals of CFA Institute Research Challenge 2013-14
Will represent India at the Asia Pacific Finals of the Investment Olympiad at Singapore in April
A five-member team from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, comprising Soumya Gupta, Pratik Jaipuriar, Saakshi Mahajan, Siddharth Agarwal and Abhishek Agarwal - all Finance majors of PGP2, has won the National Finals of the prestigious CFA Institute Research Challenge 2013-14. They will represent India at the Asia Pacific Finals to be held in Singapore in April.
The CFA Challenge is a global event. It is often referred to as the 'Investment Olympiad' and tests the students' skills in equity research and valuation, investment report writing, and making presentations. This annual educational initiative promotes best practices in equity research among the next generation of analysts through hands-on mentoring and intensive training in company analysis and presentation skills.
Volunteers of CFA Institute work in conjunction with participating universities to assemble teams of 3-5 finance students. Each team then works directly with a mentor to research and prepare an equity research report on a publicly traded company.
The findings are evaluated by high-profile panels of heads of research, portfolio managers, and chief investment officers from some of the world's top firms.
The IIMB team won the South Zone contest and then proceeded to win the National Finals. Teams from all the leading business schools in the country participated in the event, including teams from IIM Ahmedabad and ISB.
Professor P C Narayan, who was the official Faculty Advisor, selected the final team of five from the list of PGP students provided by Networth, the Finance Club of IIM Bangalore, and guided the team through the competition.
The CFA Institute has honored the team and handed over a trophy to the IIM Bangalore.