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London Business Challenge Week Experience: Exploring Investment Strategy in Frontier Markets

By Guzalya Latipova, MFA2025 Before I even applied to London Business School, I heard about London Business Challenge Week (LBCW) from a fellow alum of my undergraduate university. They described it as one of the most intense and rewarding parts of their LBS experience. It was a chance to work directly with a company on a […]

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London Business Challenge Week Experience: LEARNING BY DOING

By Giusy Maria Ciccone, MFA2025 What made me choose LBS in the first place was its promise of a practical, hands-on approach to learning. The London Business Challenge Week (LBCW) is the perfect example of that. How do investment professionals make decisions when data is incomplete? How do they convince an investment committee that an […]

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Navigating the London Business Challenge Week: A Journey with Belfry Medical

I very much enjoyed my experience of the London Business Challenge Week. The project choice was quite straightforward for me. The allure of working with Belfry Medical was undeniable to me; I have a background in the healthcare space and have a strong interest in going into healthcare investing. Belfry is a medical device startup with […]

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London Business Challenge Week: How a hedge fund internship can turn you into a better consultant

By Fred Li (MFA 2023) London Business Challenge Week background The London Business Challenge Week is a unique one-week experience that allows MFA students to work with real-world clients in solving business challenges. Our team of seven was assigned to an innovative company that was disrupting food and beverage retail. I was particularly excited about […]

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London Business Challenge Week: Everything you need to know

By Joao Miguel Rodrigues Pereira (MFA2023) London Business Challenge Week (LBCW) is one of the Masters in Financial Analysis’ unique selling points. It’s an intensive but rewarding experience that allows students to address complex business challenges and develop solutions with real impact. Simultaneously, it constitutes a chance for businesses to gain fresh ideas and insights from our […]

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London Business Challenge Week 2021

By Callum Charman, MFA Recruitment Associate London Business Challenge Week (LBCW) is the Master in Financial Analysis’s exclusive experiential learning module, that allows students to immerse themselves in a live project for one intensive week. Working with mentors from London-based companies, many of whom are LBS alumni, students will have the opportunity to apply learning […]

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London Business Challenge Week: What’s involved?

by Hennes Hamann, MFA2020 As an integral part of the Masters in Financial Analysis (MFA) programme at LBS, the London Business Challenge Week (LBCW) is a great opportunity for students to apply their skills outside the classroom and work on a real-world project for a business client. Simultaneously, it constitutes a chance for businesses to […]

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A Global Experience week in Austin: How Finance Powers Breakthrough Technologies

By Eesita Poddar, MFA2025 When I first signed up for the Breakthrough Technologies Global Experience in Austin, I expected robots, self-driving cars, and maybe a dramatic Elon Musk cameo. While that didn’t happen (I wish!), what I did get was even better: a deep understanding of how finance and innovation are no longer operating separately. They’re colliding, […]

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