NES Investment Research Challenge 2025

The New Economic School Finance Competition is organized by the NES Banking & Finance Society with the assistance of NES. We invite every student, who shares our passion for finance, to participate.

Event Profile

Main information

  • Participants will provide a research of the selected company and pitch their investment recommendation
  • The competition will consist of three rounds: 1st (One-pager), 2nd (Report), 3rd (Final Round)
  • The 3rd round (Final Round) will take place on NES campus

Participants

  • Only Bachelors or Masters degree students can compete
  • You must compile a team of 3-4 participants
  • If you do not have any team members we can help you find them

Judges

  • Our judges are investment industry professionals with extensive experience

  • They grade participant’s presentations and provide feedback

BFS Role

  • We organise every step of the competition
  • We provide support and interim feedback for participants during the process
  • We negotiate with judges and HR departments
  • We organize master-classes and consultations for participants with top researchers concerning main aspects of research

Reasons to Compete

Competitive advantage

Upgrade the candidate profile and enhance chances

Learning opportunity

Hands-on mentoring and Intensive training in financial analysis from top experts in financial industry

Test yourself

Each student will be tested on their analytical, valuation and presentation skills

Try a research analyst role

Students gain real-world experience as they assume the role of a research analyst

Event Timeline

Registration

  • Participants have to prepare a team of 3-4 people
    • In case a participant needs a team, they must type “seek a team” or “no team” in order for us to connect them with others who seek a team
  • During registration each participant who has a team must select a company that their team is going to analyse
  • Each participant must familiarise themselves with official rules and policies

First Round (One-pager Submission)

  • Participants have to validate selected companies with NES BFS team
    • After the registration every team will receive the confirmation of their choice
  • The task is to submit one-pager with brief description of their analysis and recommendation
  • The round will be rated as “pass” for the team if the deadline will be submitted without evaluation of the work

    • BFS Team take record of all the teams with and without “pass”

Second Round (Report Submission)

  • Participants have to prepare an equity research report of the chosen company. Report should include:
    • Recommendations
    • Business description
    • Industry overview
    • Valuation and financial analyses
    • Risks
    • Investment summary
  • NES BFS will make sure that students are well informed about the report and provide the participants all needed information
    • Our Team provide good examples of reports, which were highly acclaimed by our Judges within NES IRC 2021
    • NES BFS Team take record of all the teams with and without “pass”
  • Our partners, who are investment industry professionals, will provide support and feedback for participants with possibility of discussion sessions
  • Judges will assess each report and will choose the best ones whose authors will be invited for the Final Round of NES IRC 2025

Final Round and NES Investment Research Day

Final Round

  • Each team has to prepare slides with a pitch of their investment recommendation. The required sections are:
    • Stock Performance
    • Investment Recommendation
    • Business Description
    • Competitive Positioning
    • Operations
    • Valuation
  • Submit their slides prior 3 days to final round
    • Our Team provide good examples of presentation slides, which were highly acclaimed by our Judges within NES IRC 2021
    • NES BFS will make sure that students are well prepared for final round and provide final remarks

  • Present their slides in front of the judges during “The NES investment Research Day” and receive feedback from judges

HR Sessions and Lectures

  • We organise HR sessions from HR departments of judge’s companies for the participants of the final round
  • Organise lectures from NES professors

Our Partners

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Feedback and Grading

Judges will assess the presentation by 5 sections.  Grade for each section will be an average of judges’ grades

  • Speech & Presentation
  • Slides’ Structure & Design
  • Reasonable Valuation
  • Industry Analysis
  • Company & Operations Analysis
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