20 februari 2012
Tilburg University won the Dutch/Belgian CFA Institute Research Challenge Local Finals after beating Duisenberg School of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. Ten teams, seven from the Netherlands and three from Belgium started in October 2011 analyzing the subject company (Imtech N.V.), mentored by experienced investment professionals (members of CFA Netherlands Society) and university mentors. They made a company presentation and had one-on-one meetings with company management. In the semi-finals, four teams were selected on the basis of the quality of their report. In the local finals, a 10-minute presentation followed by a thorough Q&A-session determined the final score. Tilburg University was the team with the best overall score (report and presentation).

Jury

The jury consisted of Teun Teeuwisse, Head of Equity Research ABNAMRO, Frans Jurgens, CFA, Founder of Juno Investment Partners and Michael Kretschmer, CFA, Portfolio Manager at Perlargos Capital. 

Prizes

The Tilburg University team won 1,000 euro, ABNAMRO/CFA Society of the Netherlands scholarships and an exchange cup and will go on to represent The Netherlands/Belgium at the European finals in London in March.

Winning team

The Tilburg-team consists of the following students:

·         Zahra Afzal

·         Gergana Ilieva Aleksieva

·         Muhammad Suffian Tariq

·         Talha Bin Zafar

The Dutch/Belgium CFA Institute Research Challenge is sponsored by ABNAMRO.