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Marquette finance students again advance in CFA investment competition
March 02, 2011
MILWAUKEE – Five undergraduate students from Marquette University’s College of Business Administration again have advanced to the next round of the Charted Financial Analyst’s Investment Research Challenge. The CFA Institute’s Americas regional competition will be held in Omaha, Neb., April 5-7. Four winners from the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe/Middle East/Africa regions will compete in this year's global finale on April 8 in Omaha. This is Marquette University’s third year participating in the prestigious CFA competition and they have won the local competition each year.
The Marquette students, who are all part of the college’s Applied Investment Management program, defeated teams from Carroll University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, UW-La Crosse and UW-Milwaukee on Feb. 24 in the final presentations of the local competition, which was hosted by the CFA Society of Milwaukee. Members of the winning team include Luke Darkow, Kristin Holzhauer, Mark Rutherford, Christina Starkey and David Zakutansky. The panel of judges comprised Joseph M. Eberhardy, CFA, Wells Fargo Advantage Funds; Lucas W. Fairborn, CFA, Artisan Partners; and Andy Hintz , CFA, Grace Matthews.
"Like previous teams from Marquette, this is a group of very talented students," said David Krause, AIM director and professor of finance. "They worked many hours outside of the classroom researching and preparing their case presentation. Their dedication and level of professionalism helped secure our third consecutive Milwaukee CFA GIRC championship. We are thankful the CFA Society of Milwaukee again hosted this event. We are looking forward to the next round of the investment competition in Omaha."
Marquette and the other student teams analyzed Quad/Graphics (NYSE: QUAD), a Sussex, Wis.-based commercial printing firm. The CFA Society of Milwaukee arranged for all the participating students to meet with investor relations personnel from the company’s management.
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