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CNID Investment Challenge 2021

Sponsored by CN Investment Division (CNID)

Attention Students:

The 2021 CNID Investment Challenge is on!

The CNID Investment Challenge gives you a unique, real world chance to boost your skills as an investment analyst covering high-quality companies and private assets. Working with our team of professionals, finalists will gain on-the-ground experience to help prepare for life after graduation.

- Learn from the mentorship and real-life experience of buy-side investment professionals.

- Hone your skills by doing deep-dive company analysis.

- Pitch your investment recommendation to CNID's experienced investors.

- Win a summer internship at CNID.

Who it's for:

Undergraduate and graduate students. Click here to hear some testimonials from past participants of the challenge.

How it works

Round 1:

- Choose one of the following pre-selected companies or a company of your choice:

Costco
Netflix
Lyft
Equinix

- Submit a two-page report detailing where you see the company in 10 years – and why.

We'll pick up to three winning reports from each school – up to ten students will be selected and move on to the next round of the challenge...

Round 2:

- Participate in a CNID Virtual Training Day that will help you better analyze companies from the
bottom-up.

- You'll be working on the same company you presented in round 1 and prepare a 20-minute pitch to present to our panel of CNID portfolio managers.

- We'll assign you a mentor from the CNID investment team to guide you in preparing your pitch.

The winner of the challenge gets a summer 2022 internship

in the global equites team at CNID!

Timing

- Sign up by submitting your two-page report - due October 7, 2021.

- The winners of Round 1 will be notified by October 13, 2021.

- The Virtual Training Day is on October 15, 2021.

- Pitch Day is on November 19, 2021.

- The winner of the challenge will be announced on November 22, 2021.

How to Participate

Email your two-page report for Round 1 of the challenge in PDF format by 11:59 p.m. on October 7, 2021, to investmentchallenge@cnid.ca - Make sure to include your name, your email address and the name of your university.

About CN Investment Division (CNID)

Established in 1968, CNID, based in Montreal, manages one of the largest single-employer defined benefit pension funds in Canada, Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO), and holds a long track record of solid performance. CNID also manages the assets of the CN Pension Plan for Senior Management and the BC Rail Pension Plan. CNID's culture is nimble, innovative, collaborative and risk-aware. Pensioners are always at the heart of what we do. C$18.8 billion is actively managed in-house by about 80 employees, including some 35 investment professionals. Global equity investments make up approximately 40% of the Fund. Managed by talented managers and analysts combined into one team, these global equity investments are organized by specific sector groupings: consumer, cyclicals, financials, and technology, media and telecommunications. CNID is a long-term shareholder. We believe that buying and holding sound, growing businesses run by focused management will produce consistent, above-average returns. Emphasis is on companies with strong fundamentals, sustainable competitive advantages and good financial positions that will allow them to be successful for many years to come. Our average holding period is three to five years, but there are several companies in which we have had investments for over 15 years.