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CNID Investment Challenge 2022
Sponsored by CN Investment Division (CNID)
Attention Students:
The 2022 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.
Sign up for this year's competition and:
- 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:
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Lululemon
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Lyft
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Alimentation Couche-Tard
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Roblox
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Prologis
- 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 2023 internship
in the global equites team at CNID!
Timing
- Sign up by submitting your two-page report - due October 6, 2022.
- The winners of Round 1 will be notified by October 12, 2022.
- The Virtual Training Day is on October 14, 2022.
- Pitch Day is on November 18, 2022.
- The winner of the challenge will be announced on November 21, 2022.
How to Participate
Email your two-page report for Round 1 of the challenge in PDF format by 11:59 p.m. on October 6, 2022, to investmentchallenge@cnid.ca - Make sure to include your name, your email address, and the name of your university.