All-Ukrainian investment research competition «CFA Institute Research Challenge»

On behalf of the Ukrainian community of investment professionals let us invite you and the team from your university or institute to take part in the All-Ukrainian investment research competition within the framework of International investment research competition “CFA Institute Research Challenge” which is aimed to bring best practices of investment business to modern education.

The All-Ukrainian investment research competition is organized by «CFA Ukraine» with the support of its’ educational partner “Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)”. CFA Institute, the organization uniting all investment professionals from all over the world,  arranges the Competition on the regional and international level.

The Competition is arranged for teams of 3 to 5 students from the 4th or 5th years of studies for “Bachelor” educational level and/or 1st or 2nd years for the “Master” educational level. During 2 months, the participants should write an investment report about one of the leading Ukrainian public company.

According to the Competition rules, the investment report and its’ presentation should be made in English.

More detailed information about the Competition can be found in the Information booklet, as well as at the website http://challenge.cfaukraine.org.

The Competition will be held during one semester. It will include the following rounds:

I. Preliminary round.
II. Public company analysis.
III. Work under the supervision of an experienced investment analyst.
IV. Report preparation.
V. Research presentation by the winning teams (according to the results of the written reports check).

The team that will win the All-Ukrainian investment research competition will present Ukraine in the Regional Competition Round in London (the United Kingdom).

More detailed conditions of the Competition, as well as requirements to the participants can be found in the Official Competition Rules.

The leading Ukrainian academic institutions from Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Ternopil, Odessa etc. were invited to participate in the Competition.

We will be grateful, if you take the decision to participate in the Competition and register your institution on the following link (University Application Form) by September 30, 2012.

If you have any questions, please, contact Anna Reshetova,
CFA Institute Research Challenge Coordinator in Ukraine
Tel.: +38 093 940 9000
E-mail: [email protected]