<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/cfa-institute-research-challenge.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/23/2026</pubDate><title>Team of Finance Students Excels in CFA Institute’s Prestigious Equity Research Competition</title><description>A group of University of New Haven graduate students placed second in a 2026 CFA Institute Research Challenge Local Final, competing against 22 teams from 14 universities across Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.</description><hide-description/><author>Tapiwanashe Bonzo ’27 M.S., Antony Mamombe ’27 M.S., Addington Muza ’27 M.S.</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 23, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2026/cfa-presentaion.jpg" alt="cfa presentation"/></image><image-caption>UNew Haven team presenting their investment analysis to industry professionals at the CFA Institute Research Challenge.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>about</tag><tag>college-business</tag><tag>name-fang-chen</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-finance</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>