{"id":9259,"date":"2021-02-08T16:11:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/?p=9259"},"modified":"2021-02-08T16:37:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T21:37:37","slug":"students-compete-in-cfa-institute-research-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/08\/students-compete-in-cfa-institute-research-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Compete in CFA Institute Research Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2021\/02\/CFA-Research-Team.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9264 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2021\/02\/CFA-Research-Team-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2021\/02\/CFA-Research-Team-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2021\/02\/CFA-Research-Team-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2021\/02\/CFA-Research-Team.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2021\/02\/CFA-Research-Team-120x68.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a>Congratulations to the Frank J. Guarini School of Business CFA Research Challenge Team members: Jocelyn Encalada &#8217;21, Douglas Hall &#8217;21, Anton Moore &#8217;21 and Valeria Moreno &#8217;22 for competing in the CFA Institute Research Challenge regional competition on Friday, February 5. The annual competition promotes ethics and best practices in equity research through mentoring and training and applies what is learned in the classroom to real world situations.<\/p>\n<p>The Saint Peter\u2019s team was mentored by Samar Issa, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics and finance at Saint Peter\u2019s University, with support from CFA Institute Research Challenge industry coach Robert King, CFA. This year&#8217;s team conducted a deep dive financial research project on A10 Networks, a U.S. public company specializing in the manufacturing of application delivery controllers (software and hardware). 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