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CFA results are in for 2500 finance professionals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
More than 2500 Australian investment professionals have now received their results from the June CFA Institute exams, earning global recognition and certification of their skills. The CFA Institute, an international organisation of investment professionals ...

Black swans test strength of portfolio construction

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... portfolios need to be designed to withstand unpredictable turbulence. Tom Robinson, managing director of education at the CFA Institute, a global organisation of investment professionals, told a media briefing seminar that fat tail risk for portfolios ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes, Matt Moran, vice president of business development for the CBOE, told the CFA Institute Australia Investment Conference in Sydney that it had been a challenging period for those invested in the developed ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... China, for JP Morgan, said China had to contend with imbalances in its economy in the medium to long term. Speaking at the CFA Institute Australia Investment Conference in Sydney, Ulrich said the Middle Kingdom may have to live with lower growth rates ...

ANU partners with CFA Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
CFA Institute has partnered with the Australian National University's Bachelor of Finance program so students qualifying for a major in Corporate Finance and Investment Management will receive recognition by the CFA. The CFA Institute said the degree ...

Senior departures at Acadian

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... minor as it was a quant fund. "It has a heavily integrated computer trading strategy, where they have 15 PhD holders and 21 CFA charter holders as part of the research process," he said. "So they are losing two people out of a 36 to 38-member senior ...

SSgA names new Aus equities head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... and experience in active quantitative investing with Commonwealth Investment Management and Colonial First State. Engel, a CFA, was also president of the CFA Society of Sydney from 2007 - 2009. State Street Global Advisors is the investment management ...

Zenith expands research team

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... securities lending and international clearance operations. He has a degree in commerce from Monash University and is a level II CFA candidate. Zenith director and co-founder David Wright said the appointments would strengthen Zenith's already highly ...

Crafter resigns as ARIA CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... years as head of the quantitative research team. Crafter has a Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of CFA Institute. He received a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Science degree ...

Ambassador wins Copper Rock mandate in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... Stephen Dexter is the chief investment officer of global equities at Copper Rock. The senior team members include Denise Selden, CFA, portfolio manager and David Shea, CFA, portfolio manager. Collectively, the team has over 75 years of investment experience ...