Robins School of Business finance students win CFA Challenge of Virginia

June 2, 2009

A student finance team from University of Richmond's Robins School of Business won the CFA Institute Global Investment Research Challenge of Virginia.

The Robins School team topped five other competing Virginia colleges, among them the College of William and Mary, Hampden-Sydney College, James Madison University, the University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University.

The student teams researched, analyzed and reported on a company in the region - Norfolk Southern - as though they were practicing analysts.

In the subsequent Americas regional competition in New York, the Robins School team was eliminated by the eventual regional champion Fundacao Getulio Vargas of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Robins School's team included seniors John Bonner of East Islip, N.Y, Alaina Melichar of Manhasset, N.Y., Bryan Pendleton of New Orleans, La., and Michael John Rubbelke of Franklin, Tenn. They were coached by finance professor David North and mentored by Robins School alumnus Chris Dion, associate director of investments with Spider Management Co.