2008-2009 INVESTMENT RESEARCH CHALLENGE – TEXAS
RESULTS OF THE TEXAS COMPETITION

Held in Conjunction with TIPS at Rice University
Saturday February 21, 2009

The winner of the Investment Research Challenge - Texas this year is the Texas A & M University team.   Our sincere congratulations!  All the teams did an exceptional job.  The judges and the societies want to thank each of the members of the four teams for a very tight competition.  You made the judges' job difficult, but this just made for a better competition.  And each one of the judges is happy to give your teams feedback you can share with your schools, advisors, mentors for this and future years.

The winning team from Texas A&M University.  The team member will receive 100% of their next level of the CFA exam paid for.  In addition the TAMU team will also move forward to the Regional Competition.  For coming in second, University of Texas at Austin team members will receive 50% of their next level of the CFA exam paid for by Investment Research Challenge - Texas.

Again, both organizers Leah Bennett and Sharon Criswell want to thank everyone but especially both teams for their knowledge, their hard work and their commitment to Investment Research Challenge - Texas and we look forward to welcoming them in the future as our colleagues in the investment management business.

Four teams competed in the oral presentations.
(click on name to see the team's written presentations)