Moscow, 28th of April – Prospects of the Russian economic growth and the probability of large–scale sanctions against Russia were the main topics for discussion at the annual CFA Russia Association Forecast Dinner.

During the weekend of March 29-30, at the Renaissance Capital office CFA Association Russia held its core training for financial professionals: Use of Financial Models for Business Valuation.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of CFA Association Russia took place on February 27, 2014 at Dantes restaurant in Moscow. Traditionally, meeting is combined with the election of the new Board of Directors for the upcoming year.

This March, CFA Association Russia organized the winning team at the public speaking training for Institute Research Challenge. Students met with a coach from one of the Moscow theaters to improve their speaking skills.

Twenty representatives of CFA Association Russia took part in the parliamentary hearings on the Privatization of railways in Russia and Germany (examples of JSC “Russian Railways” and “Deutsche Bahn AG”) in the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, at its main conference hall on March 20th, 2014.

March 20-22 – CFA Association Russia Board members Neil Withers, Denis Sitnikov and Vladimir Tutkevich took part in EMEA Regional meeting in Athens.

The winner of 2013-2014 CFA Institute Research Challenge final in Russia, with the maximum score for written report and presentation, is the Moscow State University team, and will represent Russia in the regional final, which will take place in Milan, Italy on April 1-2, 2014!

CFA Association (Russia) publishes a monthly update with the list of current job vacancies from the leading participants of the financial market and major recruitment agencies. The update usually includes 10-15 open vacancies of different levels, from Junior analyst to CFO.

CFA Association Russia elects its Board of Directors annually, and this year the Board of Directors consists of 11 open positions. At the moment we have 15 nominees that include previous Board members and newly nominated members of CFA Association Russia.

The weekend of February 15-16, financial professionals in and around Moscow took part in a CFA Association Russia training event called Detection of Misleading Reporting Practices to Define Actual Financial Standings for Businesses.

During the weekend of February 8-9, CFA Association Russia held its core training for financial professionals: Use of Financial Models for Business Valuation.

Just like last year, February is the month when a new series of CFA Russia's intensive trainings begin. This past weekend on February 1-2 we held our popular training on financial modeling of investment projects.

On the 30th of January, members of CFA Association Russia received invitations to be considered as a board member of CFA Association Russia, or to volunteer to serve on a committee.

On the 23d of January 2014 CFA Association (Russia) for the fourth time sends out emails with job vacancies to the community of investment and finance professionals.

Student teams (members of CFA Institute Research Challenge) faced the task to write investment appraisal reports of QIWI Group - the leading payment services provider.

On behalf of CFA Association (Russia), we are pleased to congratulate and welcome new holders of the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Becoming a CFA Charterholder represents a truly significant achievement in your professional development and a commitment to lifelong learning!

This past weekend we ran one of our newer trainings - Financial Modelling of Investment Projects. This training focuses on development and operation of dynamic and error-free financial models that evaluate all stages of the project management.

CFA Association (Russia) in cooperation with Kaplan Schweser held CFA Mock Exam on 23rd of November at the Faculty of Economics of the Moscow State University.

The CFA Institute Research Challenge Competition was officially launched on November 13th at the office of OJSC RUSNANO in Moscow. For the first time over the past four years, the local segment of the competition is being supported by a key Russian State-owned investment institution.

On November, 13th CFA Institute and CFA Association (Russia) will be officially launching the local stage of CFA Institute Research Challenge 2013-2014. The Kick-Off event will be organised with support of RUSNANO company and will be hosted at their main office.