CFA Institute Research Challenge

An educational initiative that promotes best practices in equity research among the next generation of analysts

The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition which provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis and professional ethics. Each student participant will be tested on their analytic, valuation, report writing and presentation skills and gain real-world experience as they assume the role of a research analyst.

More than 6,100 students from over 1,150 universities, 117 CFA Local Level Challenges, and 160 local hosts in 95 countries and territories with more than 4,000 dedicated member volunteers participated in the 2018-2019 CFA Institute Research Challenge.

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CFA Society Chicago is proud to host the local level of the CFA Institute Research Challenge in Chicago.

Schedule of Events

Research Challenge spans October 2018 through February 2019 and consists of the following components:

• CFA Society Chicago Research Challenge Kick-Off Webinar (October 5, 2018)

• CFA Society Chicago to officially announce Feature Company (October 5, 2018)

• CFA Society Chicago to assign each team an industry mentor (No later than November 1, 2018)

• Teams finalized and registered with CFA Society Chicago and CFA Institute (October 19, 2018)

• Student Registration

• Volunteer Registration

• Student and Faculty Advisor registration deadline for Feature Company Presentation (November 1, 2018)

• Feature Company Presentation (November 2, 2018 – Northern Trust)

• Equity Research Report due to CFA Society Chicago (January 18, 2019)

• Advancing Teams Announced (February 5, 2019)

• CFA Society Chicago Local Level Competition (March 1, 2019 – Morningstar)

• Americas Regionals (April 23-24, 2019 – New York)

• Global Final (April 25, 2019 – New York)

Feature Company: To Be Announced on October 4, 2019

Company Profile Available Soon

2019 - 2020 Program Online Soon

Participating Universities (As of August 27, 2019)

Aurora University
Benedictine University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Northern Illinois University
Olivet University
University of Chicago

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2018 – 2019 CFA Society Chicago

Local Level Winner

Illinois Institute of Technology