From left to right: Ian McAvity, Brian Bagnell and Dustin Besaw

May 1, 2008
UNB Fredericton News Release: E334
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Four students from UNB’s faculty of business administration won the North American championship at the second annual Global Investment Research Challenge on April 30th in New York City.

In the competition, students from universities around the world present and defend their stock recommendations and are judged on their performance by industry experts.

During the competition, the student teams were given 10 minutes to pitch their stock recommendation to panel members from companies such as UBS, Neuberger Berman, Strategas Research Partners and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute.

Dustin Besaw, Jason Misener, Jack Ma and Brian Bagnell of Fredericton competed on the team and Nathan Ough and Ian McAvity of Saint John were observers.

In the North American challenge, the University of Houston placed 2nd and the University of Pittsburgh placed third.

For more information, visit www.unb.ca/news/view.cgi?id=1547

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