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.

Refinitiv (London Stock Exchange Group) remains one of the few global companies that have implemented ESG principles evaluation criteria. Our guest speaker, Irina Avetisyan, senior analyst at Refinitiv, spoke on how they are arranged and work.

CFA Association Russia invited Dr. Andreas Bickel, CIO of Blackfort Capital for a regular update on the current state of the global financial markets. The webcast was moderated by Maxim Matveev, CFA, CEO at Aterra Capital.

CFA Association Russia invited Dmitry Polyakov, CFA, a consultant on the regulation, organization and operation of alternative funds, a partner of the fund with a focus on junior mining companies (geological exploration), to talk about alternative investment funds in the Russian jurisdiction, their present and future.

CFA Association Russia invited Artem Antonov, CFA, Project Office Director at the Risk Block, VEB.RF, to speak about the launching of ESG-based financing in Russia.

CFA Association Russia invited Emil Vasenin, head of EVIEV Group, Canada, to talk about GIPS and other mechanisms for investments evaluation.

During the webcast, Dmitry Ryabykh, CFA, CEO at Alt-Invest, touched upon the following topics: what are the technologies being implemented now, how they look from a financial point of view, how political statements and reality differ, and what it all will mean for the Russian economy in long term.

This Thursday, October 21st, CFA Association Russia held an offline business breakfast in Novotel Moscow Kievskaya. The speaker was Vladimir Potapov, CEO at VTB Capital Investment Management and Board Member of the CFA Association Russia.

This Tuesday, October 19th, CFA Association Russia held an online event with Olivier Fines, CFA, Head of Advocacy EMEA at CFA Institute. Olivier spoke about the tendencies and prospects of the global economy recovery after the COVID-19.

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

On October 2 - 3, 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.

First offline event of the CFA Association Russia in this financial year took place last Tuesday in Novotel Moscow Kievskaya. Members of the CFA Association Russia and participants of the NES «Masters in Finance» program gathered for an in person event for the first time since May.

Last Thursday, August 19th, CFA Association Russia opened a new business season with a regular online macro update with Dr. Andreas Bickel, CIO of Blackfort Capital. For the first time the event was held in Zoom, so that all participants could ask questions personally at the end of the session.

On June 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 June 19 – 20, CFA Association Russia held offline training on exposing manipulation in financial reports. The course participants learned what goals are set by the company's management when forming financial reports, what techniques exist for their "purposeful" achievement and how external users can detect such manipulations.

On June 19 – 20, 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.

On June 11th, CFA Association Russia together with Oxford Business Alumni held an online event "Inflation: How to Live and Earn in the Current Conditions".

On May 31, CFA Association Russia held a master class in online format on the topic «Estimating the full historical return on shares using MS Power Query and MS Power Pivot". Oleg Schenker, expert in investment portfolio management, financial analysis and arbitrage pricing, was the guest speaker.