This Tuesday, September 6th, members of CFA Association Russia and representatives of New Economic School gathered for the first in-person event in the new financial year to discuss possible strategies that can be used on stock market nowadays.

We discussed Astana and Dubai as two of the most attractive jurisdictions for international investors in EMEA region. On August 4, CFA Society Kazakhstan and CFA Association Russia invited four lawyers, two from each jurisdiction, to discuss the most important differences that investors should know about.

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Year 2022 brought several dramatic news to family offices around the world. This mostly applies to the territories of former Soviet Union, but the geography is stretching far broader across the CEE region and the whole of EMEA. This requires totally new approaches to cross-border asset management available to family office clients.

As the number of ESG Certificate holders goes up worldwide, every opportunity should be taken to have their experience shared with new candidates. Is it worth going for the Certificate in ESG Investing by CFA Institute? Will it be of use for building your career in CEE and EMEA regions?

On June 4-5, CFA Association Russia organized offline training on financial modeling of investment projects in Excel (level 2). Our tutor, Alina Kosunova, CFA, shared her experience in financial modeling and demonstrated how to check models for errors and include complex calculations, as well as correctly determine the source data and assumptions.

On May 28 - 29, CFA Association Russia held offline training on financial modeling in Excel (level 1). During the training, students learned how to create simple financial models from scratch, as well as build more complex dynamic models and execute an express verification.

CFA Association Russia continued its pipeline of events related to the topic of blockchain technologies. We again invited Daniel Wolfe, Independent Board Member in a number of Russian Public Joint Stock Companies, as well as Simoleon Long-Term Value Fund founder.

CFA Association Russia's volunteer project "Financial Literacy Trips to Orphanages" is gaining momentum. At the moment, three groups of volunteers, from three to five members each, are visiting three different orphanages: both in Moscow and in the Moscow region.

On March 26 - 27, CFA Association Russia organized offline training on financial modeling of investment projects in Excel (level 2). Our tutor, Alina Kosunova, CFA, shared her experience in financial modeling and demonstrated how to check models for errors and include complex calculations, as well as correctly determine the source data and assumptions.

On March 12 – 13, CFA Association Russia held offline training on financial modeling in Excel (level 1). During the training, students learned how to create simple financial models from scratch, as well as build more complex dynamic models and execute an express verification.

Экзамены CFA по ряду причин проводиться в России в ближайшие месяцы не будут, но профессиональная жизнь продолжается, и Ассоциация CFA Россия, являясь профессиональным сообществом, закрываться не собирается.

Yesterday, the Local Final of the Research Challenge 2021-2022 took place. Regardless the dramatic events of recent days, the event was not postponed, and six teams gathered to compete for the two winning places in their bid to advance to the EMEA and global stages of the competition.

Last Thursday, February 28th, CFA Association Russia held an offline business breakfast in Novotel Moscow Kievskaya. We invited Daniel Wolfe, Independent Board Member in a number of Russian Public Joint Stock Companies, as well as Simoleon Long-Term Value Fund Founder.

CFA Association Russia invited Maksim Strizhak to talk about interaction between investors and bankrupts.

On February 14, we received final reports and video presentations from teams participating in the current CFA Institute Research Challenge. Overall, 24 teams from 17 universities all over Russia and CIS region have managed to submit their final works on time and therefore successfully advanced further in the competition.

In 2021, CFA Russia Society started building up on its previous year's success with financial literacy video tutorials that were filmed for school children. This time, live financial literacy courses and intensive sessions were taken to small towns across the European part of Russia where orphan teenagers live without parents and prepare to join the society.

CFA Association Russia is one of the few CFA Societies that managed to hold an in-person Charter Awards Ceremony this year. Association's members. staff and friends gathered in Novotel Moscow Kievskaya on December 22 to congratulate new CFA charterholders.

CFA Association Russia invited Dr. Andreas Bickel for a regular update on the current state of the global financial markets.

CFA Association Russia continues its series of ESG-related events with a live webcast with Maria Malyukova, Assistant Vice President – Analyst at Moody’s Investors Service, Moscow office.