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.

Almost 25-years ago first franchise stores began pouring into the Russian market. A lot has changed since, with Russia becoming one of the fastest growing markets in the world of franchise business. CFA Association Russia held a business breakfast on October 11 at Greene King Pub & Kitchen. Thanks to two presentations, made by Yuri Mikhailichenko, Patrick and Jack Findaro, guests had a great opportunity to learn about modern trends in franchise development.

On September 6, CFA Association Russia co-organized a presentation on ModelOff, the world’s largest financial modeling championship. The event took place in the PricewaterhouseCoopers company’s office and was the very first such event in Russia.

On Sunday, August 28, CFA Association Russia kick-started a new season with a traditional Golf Day that brought together members to the Moscow City Golf Club on Mosfilmovskaya Street.

Sanctions were the key theme at Russia's most important finance event of the year, the 2016 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. At one of its sessions Paul Smith, CFA Institute’s president and global CEO, presented a study entitled “Geopolitics For Investors”.

On June 22 at the Kazan bar CFA Russia hosted a business-breakfast on hedge funds.

A seminar on the theme “ETFs: international practices and Russia” was held on June 16. This course consisting of five sessions, developed by experts at the stock exchange specially for the CFA Association (Russia), is intended to broaden one’s knowledge of investment funds and evaluating prospects for launching one’s own investment business. The lesson was moderated by Alexei Fedorov (from the division for working with participants in the stock market at the Moscow Exchange). A presentation was given by Vladimir Kreyndel from FinEx Plus. In that company he is responsible for developing the range of products for exchange-traded funds (ETF) and portfolio decisions based on index products.

On June 1 at the Kazan Bar, the CFA Association held a business breakfast on the theme “Effects of macroeconomic and political changes on asset management: risks in the Russian market”. Sharing their views on the country’s present and future were Business New Europe editor and publisher Ben Aris and founding partner and chairman of the research firm GaveKal-Dragonomics and GaveKal Research Limited, Charles Gave.

Two weeks before the real CFA exam, on May 21, 2016, the Live Mock CFA Exam was held in Moscow, organized by the CFA Association (Russia) together with Kaplan Schweser and the Department of Finance and Banking of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).

On April 28, CFA Association Russia held a business breakfast at Kazan Bar in downtown Moscow. Offering their views on the present and future market for venture investment in Russia were Oskar Hartmann, founder of KupiVip, Fast Lane venture fund and main investor in CarPrice, and Pavel Bogdanov, general partner in Almaz Capital.

The CFA Association (Russia) held its annual main dinner, the Forecast Dinner, at the Tchaikovsky restaurant.

30 марта в "Казан баре" на Цветном состоялся бизнес-завтрак «Новые тенденции на рынке недвижимости: Европа 2016» (Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Europe 2016). Руководитель Группы по оказанию услуг компаниям сектора недвижимости PwС в России Доктор Хольгер
Мюллер представил результаты ежегодного опроса, проведенного ULI Russia и PwC в конце 2015 года, а также отдельно сделал уклон в своем выступлении на привлекательность группы с точки зрения инвесторов.

Наш популярный тренинг «Финансовое моделирование инвестиционных проектов» теперь доступен в дистанционном формате!

The Annual General Meeting of the Board of Directors and active members of CFA Association (Russia) was held at the Sberbank office at Romanov Dvor on March 16, 2015.

On Tuesday, March 15 at the Kazan Bar on Tsvetnoy Boulevard a business breakfast was held on the theme “Relations with the tax authorities: what can taxpayers in different fields of economics and investment expect?” The event was organized by the CFA Association (Russia) and PwC (Russia).

On Monday, February 15, members of CFA Association Russia gathered in Hyundai Motorstudio on New Arbat street to attend the Master-class on How to Deliver Effective Presentations by Oleg Braginsky, prominent consultant and coach.

The CFA Association (Russia) along with experts from the international tax services group Ernst & Young and the Confideri company, a multi-family office headquartered in Singapore, looked at the distinct features of doing business in the "Switzerland of the East", as Singapore is being called these days due to its investment-driven boom.

On Wednesday, January 27, the members of the CFA Association (Russia) gathered early in the morning at the restaurant Movida for breakfast and to hear a talk on such exotic financial instruments as derivatives based on weather, electricity, and energy.

As usually in December, CFA Association Russia presented CFA charters to new charterholders from Russia, Kazakhstan and Armenia. This year, 83 individuals from different countries joined CFA Association Russia.

On November 12, 2015, CFA Association Russia launched the local stage of CFA Institute Research Challenge 2015-2016. Event was attended by the representatives of CFA community, EY company, and the students – main participants of the challenge.