Published: 02 Aprilie 2021

UBB-FSEGA students won the Eastern Europe regional competition of the prestigious CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute Research Challenge, thus becoming the first team of students from a Romanian university to achieve such a performance.

During this regional phase of the competition, the UBB-FSEGA team outclassed teams from prestigious international universities such as Lomonosov Moscow State University, Charles University in Prague, University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Corvinus University Budapest, University of Economics in Bratislava, or Westminster International University in Tashkent.

Thus, UBB-FSEGA is currently among the only 45 universities that remained in the contest, out of more than 1,100 registered universities at the beginning of the competition. Following this remarkable success, the UBB-FSEGA team will continue its journey to win the EMEA final (Europe, the Middle East and Africa).

The team:
✓ Diana Luca (Banks and Capital Markets specialization, 1st year)
✓ Dorina Șfabu (Banks and Capital Markets specialization, 1st year)
✓ Andrei Cruceru (Management specialization, 3rd year)
✓ Diego Perez Gutierrez (Accounting and Organizations specialization, 2nd year)

Coordinator:
✓ Assoc. prof. Miruna Pochea, PhD (Department of Finance)

Mentor:
✓ Mihaela Luția (Romania CFA Association)

CFA Institute Research Challenge is a competition that gathers the most prestigious international business schools, based on the curriculum of the CFA program which is considered the highest professional standard in investment analysis and research.

UBB-FSEGA students, under the coordination of assoc. prof. Miruna Pochea, have won three of the annual national phases of the competition held in Romania (2018, 2020 and 2021), this year becoming the first in Romania to win the Eastern Europe regional CFA competition.

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