Past Research Challenge Champions
2024
Global Final and Americas Regional Champions
University of Waterloo — representing CFA Society Toronto and CFA Society Ottawa
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), Sao Paulo – representing CFA Society Brazil
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: Australian National University – representing CFA Society Australia
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: University of the Philippines Diliman – representing CFA Society Philippines
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Qatar University – representing CFA Society Doha
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management – representing CFA Society Germany
2023
Global Final and Asia Pacific Regional Champions
University of Sydney — representing CFA Society Sydney
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: California Polytechnic State University – representing CFA Society Sacramento and CFA Society San Francisco
- Americas Regional Final Champions: California State University, Fullerton – representing CFA Society Los Angeles
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: Universitas Indonesia – representing CFA Society Indonesia
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Polytechnic University of Milan – representing CFA Society Italy
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: University of Neuchatel – representing CFA Society Switzerland
2022
Global Final and Americas Regional Champions
Northern Illinois University — representing CFA Society Chicago
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of British Columbia – representing CFA Society Okanagan, CFA Society Vancouver, and CFA Society Victoria
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: University of Sydney – representing CFA Society Sydney
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: IE Business School – representing CFA Society Spain
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Polytechnic University of Milan – representing CFA Society Italy
2021
Global Final and EMEA Regional Champions
BI Norwegian Business School — representing CFA Society Denmark and CFA Society Norway
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Appalachian State University – representing CFA Society North Carolina
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Waterloo – representing CFA Society Ottawa and CFA Society Toronto
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: University of Sydney – representing CFA Society Sydney
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management – representing CFA Society Germany
2020
Global Final and Asia Pacific Regional Champions
University of Sydney — representing CFA Society Sydney
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Seton Hall University – representing CFA Society New York
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Universidade de São Paulo– representing CFA Society Brazil
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: BI Norwegian Business School — representing CFA Society Denmark and CFA Society Norway
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: University of Lausanne – representing CFA Society Switzerland
2019
Global Final and Asia Pacific Regional Champions
Ateneo de Manila University – representing CFA Society Philippines
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Canisius College – representing CFA Society Buffalo and CFA Society Rochester
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México – representing CFA Society Mexico
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Moscow State University – representing CFA Association (Russia)
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: University of Lausanne – representing CFA Society Switzerland
2018
Global Final and EMEA Regional Champions
University of Lausanne — representing CFA Society Switzerland
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Jacksonville – representing CFA Society Jacksonville, CFA Society Miami, CFA Society of Naples, CFA Society Orlando, CFA Society South Florida, CFA Society Tampa Bay
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Minnesota Duluth – representing CFA Society Minnesota
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: Sunway University – representing CFA Society Malaysia
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: BI Norwegian Business School — representing CFA Society Denmark and CFA Society Norway
2017
Global Final and Americas Regional Champions
Barna Business School — representing the CFA Institute Research Challenge in Central America
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Seton Hall University – representing CFA Society New York
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: Singapore Management University — representing CFA Society Singapore
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: BI Norwegian Business School — representing CFA Society Denmark and CFA Society Norway
2016
Global Final and Americas Regional Champions
University of Waterloo — representing CFA Society Ottawa and CFA Society Toronto
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Georgia – representing CFA Society Alabama, CFA Society Atlanta, and CFA Society South Carolina
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: Ateneo de Manila University — representing CFA Society Philippines
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Politecnico di Milano — representing CFA Society Italy
2015
Global Final and Americas Regional Champions
Canisius College — representing CFA Society Buffalo and CFA Society Rochester
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Florida — representing CFA Society Jacksonville, CFA Society Miami, CFA Society of Naples, CFA Society Orlando, CFA Society South Florida, CFA Society Tampa Bay
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: Ateneo de Manila University — representing CFA Society Philippines
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Kyiv National Economic University — representing CFA Society Ukraine
2014
Global Final and Asia Pacific Regional Champions
University of the Philippines Diliman — representing CFA Society Philippines
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Missouri – Kansas City — representing CFA Society Kansas City
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Politecnico di Milano — representing CFA Society Italy
2013
Global Final and EMEA Regional Champions
Wroclaw University of Economics — representing CFA Society Poland
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Nevada, Las Vegas — representing CFA Society Nevada, CFA Society New Mexico, CFA Society Phoenix, and CFA Society Tucson
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies — representing CFA Society India
- New York Regional Final Champions: Fordham University — representing CFA Society New York
2012
Global Final and Asia Pacific Regional Champions
Thammasat University — representing CFA Society Thailand
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Illinois Institute of Technology — representing CFA Society Chicago
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Stockholm School of Economics — representing CFA Society Sweden
- New York Regional Final Champions: Rutgers University — representing CFA Society New York
2011
Global Final and EMEA Regional Champions
Politecnico di Milano — representing CFA Society Italy
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Southern California — representing CFA Society Orange County
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: Thammasat University — representing CFA Society Thailand
- New York Regional Final Champions: Rutgers University — representing CFA Society New York
2010
Global Final and Asia Pacific Regional Champions
University of the Philippines Diliman — representing CFA Society Philippines
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Brigham Young University — representing CFA Society Salt Lake
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: University of Cape Town — representing CFA Society South Africa
- New York Regional Final Champions: Fordham University — representing CFA Society New York
2009
Global Final and Asia Pacific Regional Champions
Nanyang Technological University — representing CFA Society Singapore
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Fundação Getulio Vargas - São Paulo — representing CFA Society Brazil
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: University College Cork — representing CFA Society Ireland
- New York Regional Final Champions: Yale University — representing CFA Society New York
2008
Global Final and Asia Pacific Regional Champions
Hong Kong Baptist University — representing the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts Ltd.
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of Houston — representing CFA Societies Texas
- Americas Regional Final Champions: University of New Brunswick — representing CFA Society Atlantic Canada
- EMEA Regional Final Champions: Universidad Carlos III — representing CFA Society Spain
2007
Global Final and Americas Regional Champions
Babson College — representing CFA Society Boston
Regional Finals Champions
- Americas Regional Final Champions: Rice University — representing CFA Societies Texas
- Asia Pacific Regional Final Champions: The Chinese University of Hong Kong — representing the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts Ltd.
- New York Regional Final Champions: Seton Hall University — CFA Society New York