The CFA Institute's Global Investment Research Challenge offers students the unique opportunity to learn from leading industry experts and compete with peers from top business schools in Asia, Canada, Europe, and the US. This annual educational initiative is designed to promote best practices in equity research among the next generation of analysts through hands-on mentoring and training in company analysis and presentation skills.

Over the course of the competition, university teams of 3-5 students each are mentored by industry professionals in writing an equity research report on a publicly traded company. This years challenge iuncludes students from Edinburgh University and Stirling University. The team’s final presentations are locally evaluated by high-profile panels of heads of research, portfolio managers, and chief investment officers from the world’s top firms. Past panelists have included directors of research, chief strategists and CIOs from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and others.