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150,000 candidates cramming for CFA exams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... accomplishment when you ultimately receive your charter is very special." Managing director and co-lead of Education at CFA Institute John Bowman added: "Candidates dedicating themselves to the CFA Program are committed to shaping an investment industry ...

Fostering ethical standards crucial to industry reputation: CFA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... helped them benefit from insurance and created a lot of wealth for a lot of people." Investor First Week is part of CFA Institute's global Future of Finance initiative, a long-term effort to shape a trustworthy, forward-thinking financial industry that ...

CFA Societies launches initiative to raise ethical standards

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... financial services industry and finance professionals. Investor First Week in Australia and New Zealand is part of CFA Institute's global Future of Finance initiative, a long-term effort to create a stronger ethical culture in the financial services ...

Financial execs have poor ethics, little regulatory knowledge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... without "flexible" ethical standards and only 12% are confident in their knowledge of the regulatory environment, a CFA Institute research found. The global study, entitled A Crisis of Culture: Valuing Ethics and Knowledge in Financial Services, has ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... direct impact on the market, according to Cato Institute senior fellow Dr William Poole. In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said that the expansionary ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... including Australian superannuation funds is gathering pace in the global financial services sector, according to the CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing director Paul Smith. The losses investors experienced during the GFC have prompted the industry ...

CFA to host Australia Investment Conference in Melbourne

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The CFA Institute and CFA Societies Australia is hosting its Australia Investment Conference at the park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne on 24 October 2013. The Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governer Dr Phil Lowe and president and chief executive at CFA ...

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 ...