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Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 At 05:15 PM Duration: 1 Hour |
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 Venue: Sunderland Theatre, Medical Building (Corner of Grattan Street and Royal Parade)
The Department of Finance would like to invite BCom (Finance major) and Master of Finance students to attend the information session on the CFA Program, CFA Partnership, and CFA Global Investment Research Challenge. CFA Global Investment Research Challenge
The University of Melbourne has been invited by the CFA Society of Melbourne (CFAM) to participate in this year’s Investment Research Challenge. The Challenge is a competition in which student teams from the top area business schools write an equity research report on an assigned company and present their findings to a panel of investment industry experts. The winning team will advance to compete in regional, and ultimately, the final of the 5th Annual Global Investment Research Challenge hosted by the CFA Institute.
The Challenge consists of the following components:
I. Analysis of a Public Company
II. Mentoring by a Professional Research Analyst or Portfolio Manager
III. Writing an Equity Research Report
IV. Presentation of Research to a High-Profile Panel of Experts
The preliminary challenge to select The University of Melbourne team will be hosted by the FMAA and the Department of Finance at The University of Melbourne.
CFA Institute
The CFA Institute is a global association of investment professionals with more than 90,000 members and 135 societies worldwide. The CFA Institute publishes research, conducts professional development programs and sets ethics-based professional and performance reporting standards for the investment industry. They also offer a range of educational services across the world, including the CFA® (Chartered Financial Analyst®) Program which specializes in portfolio management and investment analysis. The CFA® Program is an educational program that entails a series of three exams, with each level offered every year. It is widely considered as the investment profession’s most rigorous credentialing program with less than one in five candidates enrolling in the program ultimately successful in earning the CFA® Charter.
For more details on the information session, please contact the Partnership Directors,
Paul Kofman at
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or Sean Pinder at
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