She received the award after participating in the “26e concours de mémories de
l’economie et de la finance” an international research competition run by Le
Centre des Professions Financières, the leading think-tank and professional
organisation for the French financial sector.
Ciara’s
thesis was undertaken as part of her MBS (Corporate Finance and Accounting) and
was completed under the supervision of Dr Mark Hutchinson (Department of
Accounting, Finance and Information Systems). Her thesis was applauded by Vincent Bazi, vice president of
SFAF (La Société Française des Analystes Financiers) as an extremely original
and innovative piece of research into new methods of performance evaluation in
the hedge fund industry.
“Le
concours de mémories de l’economie et de la finance” is a highly prestigious
competition which has been designed to reward original research by students in
the area of finance and economics.
Currently in its 26th year the competition is an annual educational
initiative designed to foster a close relationship between leading academic
institutions and financial professional bodies. Applications are made annually from leading international business
schools with this year’s competition seeing 132 applications from 51 academic institutions
including EDHEC Business School, HEC Paris and London Business School. Nine prizes totalling almost €60,000 in
prize money were awarded to students from ULS Solvay Bruxelles, Université
Toulouse, Université Bordeaux IV, ESSEC Paris, EM Lyon, Université Paris I,
IIM-CNAM Paris, ISFA Lyon and UCC.
Professor
Ciarán Murphy, Head of the Department of Accounting, Finance and Information
Systems, congratulated Ciara on her achievement which he said once again highlights
the quality of research carried out by both students and academics in the field
of business within UCC.
Pictured
in BNP Paribas’s global headquarters in Paris L-R: Vincent Bazi, Vice-President
of La Société Française des Analystes Financiers; Alain Cazalé, Co-president of
Le Centre des Professions Financières and UCC’s Ciara Connolly, recipient of
the “Mention SFAF” prize in the 26th annual concours de mémories de l’economie
et de la finance.
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