The event is an international university competition that aims to identify star financial analysts of the future.

Krystle Liew Tianni, Terence Lim Ying Fan, Jeremy Teo Jun Liang, and You Yewei beat rivals from three other finalist teams: University College Cork, Ireland, Yale University, USA, and Funga��o Getulio Vargas School of Business, Brazil.

The quartets' efforts won NTU US$10,000 (S$15,000).

In the span of one academic year, participants were mentored by a professional research analyst, analysed a public company, wrote a research report, and presented the results and recommendations to a high-profile panel of experts.

Commenting on the event, Mr John Rogers, CFA, president and CEO of CFA Institute, said: 'I am very impressed by the standard of talent that the Challenge attracts and my congratulations go to Nanyang Technological University for their winning report and professional presentation.

Throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas, more than 1,000 students from 240 universities have taken part in this year's competition and the amount of time and hard work they have put into their research is remarkable.'

The Global Investment Research Challenge is an educational initiative, in which leading industry professionals guide business and finance students on how to research and report on a publicly traded company.