CFA Institute Investment Research Challenge 2024/2025

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute organizes an international student competition in company valuation. Teams of 3-5 students are assigned a mentor, a CFA charter-holder with extensive business experience. Winners proceed to the European and global rounds. Find more information about the competition on the CFA website, sample presentations at YouTube. The kick-off presentation will take place on October 8, 2024, at the premises of the Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE) - room RB 211 from 6 p.m. till 09:15 p.m. Additional information will be provided at Prague Banking Club on October 9, 2024. You can also read the RC Factsheet. 

Applicants should note that participating in the competition is highly rewarding for one's professional development as it yields valuable experience and a rich network of contacts. Nevertheless, successful performance is rather time-consuming and requires effective collaboration in the student team. Succeeding in the competition requires in-depth understanding of the valued company, the industry it operates in, and the macroeconomic outlook. It also requires solid analytical skills needed to analyze the data, interpret them, and draw appropriate conclusions. It is also crucial to deliver a well-structured presentation with a coherent message and convincingly  respond to judges’ questions. Find information about Charles University team’s successful participation in the competition in 2022 here and here, in 2021 here, in 2018 here and here and in 2016 here.

In case of successful participation of the Charles University team in the Czech national final (1st, 2nd, or 3rd place), all team members receive 6 ECTS credits counted as a professional internship in the group of elective courses. 

We invite applications by individual students that shall be accompanied by

(i) a CV,
(ii) a transcript of records from the Student Information System (SIS) in pdf (a printscreen is sufficient),
and (iii) a 1-page long motivation letter highlighting an applicant's qualifications for contributing to the team and specifying his/her time possibilities.

Applicants are welcome to indicate their preference of teammates they would like to form the team with. Selection of team members will be based on the competence, motivation, commitment of individual applicants, and teammate preferences.  

Email your application and the required appendices to Jiří Novák (jiri.novak@fsv.cuni.cz)
by October 17, 2024, at 23:59.