IES students won the local round of the CFA Research Challenge

On February 4, 2022, a team of four students of the Institute of Economic Studies, Jakub Bobysud, Matej Leško, Peter Palovič and Ondřej Rosický, won the local round (Czech and Slovak finals) of the prestigious international competition CFA Research Challenge, which is organized annually by the CFA Institute. 

The CFA Research Challenge is a unique opportunity for students from all over the world to experience the financial valuation of a specific company in the market. In this year's competition, the task was to prepare an analysis of the company Pilulka.cz. 

The jury evaluated the students based on their analytical skills, the quality of the final report, as well as their presentation skills. Our students won the 1st place by 17.5 points over the second place team. The final evaluation report with complete results can be found here. 

Congratulations on your well-deserved success!