KSU Student Managed Investment Fund Secures First Place at 2025 CFA Ethics Challenge

Kennesaw State University’s Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) recently earned a major victory, taking first place at the 2025 Southeast Regional CFA Ethics Challenge hosted at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. The win marks a return to the top for Kennesaw State, which last claimed the title in 2021.

The team—Jennifer Remer, Carolina Julian, Matt Hammer, and Quinn Skurpski—competed under the guidance of Govind Hariharan, Chair and Faculty Advisor to KSU SMIF and longtime advisor for the CFA Ethics Challenge teams. Facing strong contenders from other universities across the state, KSU’s students distinguished themselves with their analytical depth and teamwork.

“We tried to approach it with an understanding of what winning teams did before us that set them apart,” said team leader Jennifer Remer. “We didn’t want to reinvent the wheel, but we wanted to be sure we set ourselves apart, taking away what they did and how we could build on that.”

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