Haub School of Business 

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SJU Students win Investment Competiton

Congratulations to the SJU Finance Team who came in first place in the Philadelphia Investment Research Challenge, sponsored by the Chartered Financial Analysts in the City of Philadelphia.  http://www.ircphilly.com/home/
The competition consisted of the following components

Analysis of a Public Company: Teams research a publicly traded company. Company management presents to the teams and participates in a Q&A session.

Mentoring By a Professional Research Analyst: Each team works with an investment professional, who mentors the team on research process and reviews and critiques their report.

Writing a Research Report: Students produce an initiation of coverage report on the chosen company. The report is reviewed and scored by a group of judges.

Presentation of Research to a High-Profile Panel of Experts: Teams present their research to a panel of experts from top financial institutions. The team with the highest combined report and presentation score is the winner.

Advancement to CFA Institute's Global Challenge: The winners of the local competitions will advance
to compete against teams within their geographic region, culminating in a global final in either New York City, London, or Hong Kong, in May of 2009.

They will now go to New York to compete in the national competition with students from around the United States. from March 18-20.. Dr Ahmet Tezel was the faculty moderator for the competition. This is a very prestigious competition as CFA's are the professionals who work in the investment industry. This is another milestone for our Investment students. Last year Dr Tezel's students won the National Stock Market Investment challenge at the RISE competition held at the University of Dayton. Congratulations to our students, Dr Tezel and the faculty in the Finance department.

Team Members Kevin Connors Tanya Lei Gulshani Samsudeen Faculty Advisor Dr. Ahmet Tezel