CIFP Case Challenge 2026

2026 Nationals: First Place

Humber Polytechnic

Abhishek Nada
Riya Sarda
Saksham

Coaches: Sanjiv Sawh, Richard Kingston

CIFP Case Challenge Overview

The CIFP Case Challenge is meant to provide students with an opportunity to take what they have learned in their financial services programs and demonstrate their financial planning acumen. The CIFP Case Challenge will give students an opportunity to: interact effectively in team situations, analyze real business and financial planning problems, develop appropriate solutions, and present these solutions to a panel of Financial Planner title holders.

The CIFP Case Challenge intends to raise the profile of entry-level practitioners who are graduating from Financial Planning Certification programs within the public college and university systems. It is a forum where sponsoring organizations can network with students to discover performance-tested individuals in practical and applied financial planning. Sponsoring organizations will be able to see these students in action and have access to the best and most qualified pre-graduates in financial planning from across Canada.

Qualifiers

Saturday
March 28, 2026

Nationals

Saturday
April 25, 2026

Schedule of Events

Eastern Time (ET)

Nationals - Subject to change

9:45 AM to 10:00 AM

Registration

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM

Team Orientation Meeting

10:45 AM to 5:00 PM

Teams Sequestered

(2.5 hours per team, staggered start)

1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Team Presentations

(30 minutes per team, staggered start)

3:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Judges Deliberate

4:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Awards Ceremony

The team sequestered and presentation times are randomly selected during the team orientation meeting. Based on the selection they are:

Selection 1

10:45 AM to 1:15 PM

Team Sequestered

1:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Team Presentation

Selection 2

11:15 AM to 1:45 PM

Team Sequestered

2:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Team Presentation

Selection 3

11:45 AM to 2:15 PM

Team Sequestered

2:30 PM to 3:00 PM

Team Presentation

Selection 4

12:15 PM to 2:45 PM

Team Sequestered

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Team Presentation

Presenting Sponsor

IG Wealth Management is leading the industry for those who want to focus on true integrated financial planning that includes: investments, mortgages, tax planning, estate plans, philanthropy, retirement, insurance, private company advisory and private wealth planning. With over 1 million clients and over $121 billion in assets under advisement, IG is built to win through our top-performing product shelf, advanced financial planning capabilities and cutting-edge technology. Founded in 1926, IG is part of the Power Financial group of companies, which has over $968 billion in assets under management.

For more information, please visit: https://www.ig.ca/content/igca-spa/en/careers.html

Qualifiers: Tied for Third Place

Team A

Kaitlyn McCauley
Yvonne Morrison
Melissa Redekop

Coach

Ethan Fenwick
Christy Hemmingway

Qualifiers: First Place

Team B

Katie Dorsch
Joel Giesbrecht
Carlina To

Coach

Bruce Eyford
Lorraine Presonka

Qualifiers: Tied for Third Place

Team E

Abhishek Nada
Riya Sarda
Saksham

Coaches

Sanjiv Sawh
Richard Kingston

Qualifiers: Second Place

Team G

Logan Capes
Jacob Garagazzo
Jake Gingrich

Coach

Christopher Clifford

Team A

Kaitlyn McCauley
Yvonne Morrison
Melissa Redekop

Coach

Ethan Fenwick
Christy Hemmingway

Team B

Katie Dorsch
Joel Giesbrecht
Carlina To

Coach

Bruce Eyford
Lorraine Presonka

Team C

Tanush Bhandari
Stephanie Chen
Shubh Sharma

Coach

Isabelle Au-Yuan
Thomas Varghese

Team D

Parneet Kaur
Vincent Morgado
Mario Ricci

Coaches

Sanjiv Sawh
Richard Kingston

Team E

Abhishek Nada
Riya Sarda
Saksham

Coaches

Sanjiv Sawh
Richard Kingston

Team F

Michael Joseph
Eric Sim
Ujwal Telang

Coach

Ryan Laverty

Team G

Logan Capes
Jacob Garagazzo
Jake Gingrich

Coach

Christopher Clifford

Team H

Kiara Ando
Mark Christian Santarina
Emily Das Neves

Coach

Christopher Clifford

Competition Alternates

The following students are participating as an alternate for their respective schools. We would like to thank these individuals for their dedication to the event.

Sehaj Arora
Ainsley Martis
Ngan Ha My (Vivian) Vu