Wisconsin MBA Students Place Second in National Competition

A team of Wisconsin MBA students competed in a Mergers and Acquisitions Case Competition at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. One student in the Applied Security Analysis program and three students the Applied Corporate Finance program competed. The team, consisting of Andy Bruno, Karl Poehls, Heather Pahl and Robert Trainer, took second place. They were given a real-world investment banking case at noon on Thursday and had to hand in their presentation by 6 a.m. Friday. A group of corporate executives, Wall Street bankers and professors judged the team’s presentation. Associate Professor Jim Seward, Finance, Investment and Banking, was among the judges. The Wisconsin team won $2,500 and first place Columbia Business School won a $5,000 prize.