On October 31, 2008, NYSSA announced that Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. (NYSE: PVH) will be the subject company for the 7th Annual Investment Research Challenge.

The Investment Research Challenge is a six-month educational initiative in which leading industry professionals teach business and finance students how to research and report on a publicly traded company. It consists of training in research and report writing, analysis of a public company, mentoring by a professional research analyst, assessment of written reports, and presentation of research to a high-profile panel of Wall Street experts. NYSSA introduced the Challenge as a means to promote best practices in research among the next generation of analysts.

The Gold Sponsor for the Challenge, EDGAR Online (Nasdaq: EDGR), is supplying students with access to its award winning I-Metrix product, a suite of interactive XBRL data applications and analytical tools that facilitate research.

This year’s challenge has grown to include 14 area universities. Returning universities are Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business, Columbia Business School, Fordham University’s College of Business Administration, Hofstra University’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business, NYU Stern School of Business, Pace University’s Lubin School of Business, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University, Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick, Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University. New to this year’s challenge are: Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, The Hagan School of Business at Iona College, Stony Brook University’s College of Business, Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business at William Patterson University, and Yale University.
The winning team will be selected based on the combined scores for the written report and the presentation and will qualify for the CFA Institute Global Investment Research Challenge to compete against teams from across the world.

NYSSA is currently seeking volunteers to help grade the student’s research reports. For more details, please contact Brian Stype at bstype@nyssa.org or (646) 871-3406.

For more information, please visit www.nyssa.org/IRC.