Alvin Kressler, Executive Director of NYSSA, and the Yale University team, winner of the 7th Annual Investment Research Challenge, preside over the opening bell to celebrate the 2009 Investment Research Challenge.
The New York Society of Security Analysts introduced the Investment Research Challenge as a means to promote best practices in research among the next generation of analysts. The Challenge is a six-month educational initiative in which leading industry professionals teach business and finance students how to research and report on a publicly traded company.
About The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA):
The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) is a leading forum for the investment community. NYSSA's mission is to promote best practices and the highest professional and ethical standards in the industry. NYSSA, with over 11,000 members, is the largest of the more than 136 societies worldwide that make up CFA Institute, which has more than 100,000 members.
About NASDAQ OMX:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with over 3,900 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, including First North; and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs.
NASDAQ OMX Group technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.