SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU), SEOUL, KOREA

An SKKU student team (advising professor: Young Han KIM) comprised of Kyung Won MOON (Global Business, '12), Hwa In KIM (Russian Language and Literature, '13), Jin Geun PARK (Business Administration, '12), Jung Jin LEE (Business Administration, '12), and Tae Hee LEE (Business Administration, '11), won at the 'CFR Institute Research Challenge 2016' which was organized to select representatives from Korea for Asian competition.

Five teams were selected to participate in the final competition from the intense preliminary round with many universities in Korea, and two of SKKU's teams competed in good faith. This event is known as a great networking opportunity for students, because many analysts and fund managers with the CFA participate on the evaluation panels.

The winning team will participate in the Asia competition taking place in Bangkok (May 2017) as representatives of Korea and will compete with teams from various countries including Singapore and the Philippines.