For the third consecutive year, Canisius College Finance Students placed first in the local CFA Institute Research Challenge hosted this year by Canisius on Tuesday, February 19. This annual educational initiative promotes best practices in equity research through hands-on mentoring and intensive training in company analysis and presentation skills.
The following nine university teams competed for the local title: Canisius College, Niagara University, St. Bonaventure, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Oswego and Syracuse University.
The faculty advisor for the Canisius team is Richard Wall, PhD, CFA; the Director of the Financial Markets Lab is Michael Piemonte, and the industry mentor for the team is Jeffrey Viksjo, CFA of First Niagara Financial Group. Congratulations to Wehle School of Business team members Drew Pettit (team captain), Brandon Carnovale, Drew Jaskowiak, Don Monroe and Micah Puscheck.
Next stop for the team is the North and South American regional competition in Toronto, March 20-21, 2013.
Submitted by: Lisa Fischer, executive associate to the vice president, academic affairs
