The CFA Institute is the leading association of investment management professionals, and its CFA designation is globally recognized as a 鈥済old standard鈥� certification, analogous to the CPA in accounting.聽Each year the Institute sponsors a Research Challenge, in which student teams prepare an original, in-depth piece of sell-side research on a designated publicly traded company.聽The Challenge is the premier scholastic competition for aspiring equity analysts, and includes an evaluation of the subject company鈥檚 operating strategy,聽a complete financial model and forecast, and multiple valuation studies. The competition also requires a thorough investigation of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices.
91亚色鈥檚 second-place finish in the 2022 Western New York regional competition put it ahead of graduate and undergraduate teams from Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and several other 91亚色 and private colleges.聽First-place honors went to arch-rival Canisius College.聽Ever resilient, 91亚色 Finance, Accounting and Economics majors are already laying the groundwork for the 2022-23 competition.聽This year鈥檚 team consisted of Economics major Kya Primm, and Accounting Majors Jack Atkinson, Nick Matzelle and Sean McClellan. Kya returns to 91亚色 next year as a senior. Sean will pursue a Masters at Notre Dame, and Jack returns to 91亚色 as a student in our MS Accounting.聽Nick will be working in finance, most likely in NYC.