At the recently held South China Final of CFA Global Research Challenge 2021-2022, EMMY, a team consisting of CUHK-Shenzhen students Fu Pingjue, Han Yichen, Lv Mengxi, Ye Xuan and Zhang Jinyi from the School of Management and Economics, emerged as the champion and qualified for the East Asia regional finals. Fu Pingjue, leader of Team EMMY, claimed the Best Individual Performance Award. It is reported that a total of 34 teams from 19 universities including Peking University HSBC Business School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, and Southern University of Science and Technology competed fiercely in this competition.

Since first participating in the CFA Challenge in 2017, teams of CUHK-Shenzhen have won four local championships in 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022, and two runner-ups in 2019 and 2020.

The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis and professional ethics. Each student will be tested on their analytical, valuation, report writing, and presentation skills, with an aim to gain real-world experience as they play the role of a research analyst. Teams will do research into a designated public company, complete a full English report on the development, and present their findings to the judges in a defense session.