ISEG has just come runner-up in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) regional final of the CFA Challenge, the world's largest competition for finance students, and for the second year running it is the only Portuguese school to make it this far in this internationally renowned competition. The Lisbon School of Economics & Management's Masters in Finance students ranked among the top 4 in Europe and, consequently, in the CFA Challenge Top 20 worldwide. The ISEG team represented Portugal in the European final in Zurich, after winning the 2019 national competition, as in 2018 and 2017. ISEG is the only Portuguese school to reach the top in the regional finals, which happened in both 2019 and 2018. In this edition, only 20 business schools worldwide reach the big stage of the regional finals, in a competition in which around 1,200 schools and more than 5,000 finance students from all over the world take part. "ISEG was, once again, the Faculty that won the competition among the Masters in Finance in Portugal, qualifying to represent the country in the regional final of this important world competition. Under the guidance of Prof. Victor Barros, our students made us proud by demonstrating the quality of our very thorough training, both in technical aspects and in forecasting skills, as well as in teamwork and the ability to overcome personal challenges," confesses Clara Raposo, President of ISEG. "These impartial and independent initiatives prove how ISEG students stand out and differentiate themselves by their excellence in terms of practical knowledge and soft skills," adds Clara Raposo. The CFA Research Challenge is a global competition that takes place every year, promoted by the renowned American Chartered Financial Analysts Institute, and which offers university finance students practical guidance, intensive training in financial analysis and the chance to get in touch with leading professionals in the sector.  

  The ISEG team in Zurich: Ana Filipa da Silva Carreira, Carolina Filipa Abreu Freitas, Joana Catarina Sampaio Pina, Joana Jetal Chhotobhai and Zarko Ljubenovic