A new Board of Directors was acclaimed, without dissent, by the members present at the meeting.

Six best teams advanced to the 2016-2017 CFA Institute Research Challenge Russian final.

Apart from regular board members, the association’s staff invited active CFA members and candidates.

Increasing number of people are starting to pay attention to the CFA Charter and advantages it brings to one’s professional growth.

Out of 17 teams that submitted their final reports a couple of weeks ago, 13 managed to make the videos of their presentations.

The EY tax expert warned about potential financial hazards that companies might encounter with M&As, especially when foreign companies have their shares within Russian enterprises.

January 30 was the deadline for the final report submission and 17 teams managed to complete their work on time.

A group of local CFA charterholders visited one of Moscow’s certified photographic studios to participate in a photoshoot as part of CFA Institute’s ongoing branding campaign.

CFA Russia recognizes that other big cities in the rest of the country play an important role in the economy.

The calibration process is CFA Russia’s own approach that ensures student reports receive similar scoring regardless of who marks them.

By doing a financial analysis of Russia’s largest exchange group, students will gain valuable experience that will later give them the edge in future employment.

The two experts argued that the growth of fintech start-ups might represent a disruption of skills to the traditional banking system.

Moscow Exchange (MoEx), this year’s subject company, held a Q&A session during which experts answered to numerous questions raised by participating students.

CFA Association Russia held this year’s annual CFA Charterholder Recognition Event on December 5 at Moscow’s Soho Rooms club.

The Global Passport Program allows members of all participating CFA societies to attend each other’s events at the local member price.

CFA Institute recognizes not only the hardship of long hours spent studying for the exam, but also a financial burden the CFA exam may put on one’s budget. When there is a will, there is a way. That is why the CFA Institute offers annually 3,400 access scholarships worldwide to help candidates facing difficulties with paying the full price of the enrollment to the CFA exam.

On November 19, CFA Association Russia held the CFA Mock Exam at the Economic Faculty of the Moscow State University.

Guests gathered at Correa’s Café had an opportunity to hear about these and other issues surrounding the liquid alternative investment.

On November 11, CFA Association Russia held the 2016-2017 Investment Research Challenge Kick-Off Event within the walls of the Moscow Exchange.

Although many might have heard about the Bitcoin payment system, not everyone knows how the decentralized cryptocurrency system works. CFA Association Russia invited Dr. Sviatoslav Rosov, CFA, analyst at CFA Institute London office, to talk about the nitty-gritty details of financial blockchain mechanics and implications, using the example of Bitcoin.