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.

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.