CFA Institute Research Challenge
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an equity research competition among student teams from the world’s top university business and finance programs. Students write an equity research report on a publicly-traded company and present their findings to an expert panel. The teams are judged and a winner selected based on their written reports and presentations. Throughout the competition, leading investment professionals volunteer as mentors and judges, and teach the students the best practices in equity research and corporate analysis
Source: CFA Society Switzerland
- 3 electives can be replaced by participating in the CFA Institute Research Challenge Final, Switzerland.
16 February 2023
Four MScF students, representing the University of Neuchâtel, took part in the prestigious CFA Institute Research Challenge 2022/2023 in Switzerland Final in Zurich and came second. Congratulations for their outstanding performance!
Next step: EMEA Subregional Final.
In the media: LinkedIn
From left to right: Firas Yakhlef, Tutkunaz Yapici, Sofiya Pugachyova and Martin Grünenfelder
21 February 2019
From left to right: Sidita Hasa (Teaching Assistant), Antonius van Eersel, Polina Efremenko and Nikolay Pugachyov
Source photo: CFA Society Switzerland
22 February 2018
From left to right: Loïc Buri, Giulio Bertolini, Riccardo Mancini and Jeremy Rigolet
Source photo: Carole Fleischmann
23 February 2017
- As of 2017, rankings are no longer disclosed
Left to right: Youssef Kallel, Mario Mihajlov, Yuliya Tsilyk, Gaurav Singh and Petr Nikiforov
Source photo: Carole Fleischmann
25 February 2016
- 2nd Overall
Left to right: Mathias Gfeller, Nils Hodel, Quentin Jacot, Thibaut de Coulon and Dario Dias Nunes
Source photo: Carole Fleischmann
25 February 2015
- 2nd for Presentation
- 3rd for Report
Left to right: Damien Jaquet, Erwin Näscher, Thibaud Romet, Karine Patron and Adrien Voltolini
Source photo: Carole Fleischmann
26 February 2014
- 1st for Best Presentation
- 2nd Overall
Left to right: Alex Marc, Head of Equities, Merrill Lynch Switzerland, Anastasiia Medianovska, Johan Barbezat, David Wehrli, Lorena Zini and Prof. Peter Fiechter
Source photo: Carole Fleischmann