We invited Petr Paklin, vice-president, senior analyst at Moody’s Investors Service, to speak about the irreversible changes within the banking industry (Russian Language).

This is the 11th consecutive local stage of the Research Challenge, an annual global competition among university students that provides them with hands-on mentoring and practical training in financial analysis.

We invited a tax expert, Maria Semenova, PhD, ACCA, to shed the light on the major Russian tax policy trends over the past few years.

In his November update, Andreas discussed the role of fiscal stimulus by the Fed and ECB, as well as potential changes in the US equity market after the US election

Being a member of CFA Institute and the local society isn’t only about belonging to the elite circle of finance professionals but having particular membership benefits as well.

With the pandemic situation and since this year CFA Institute was planning to hold the last paper-based exam, the stakes were unusually high for the upcoming exam changes.

The presentation focused on how the economic crisis induced by the coronavirus impacted capital markets, investment management, and what were the authorities' response.

CFA Russia spoke about the theoretical foundations of financial modeling and showcased a few examples and best practices of the modeling techniques.

Sofya gave a thorough macroeconomic overview of the countries in the CIS Region in the post-COVID world.

On August 25, CFA Russia invited Anastasia Glebova, founder of the recruitment agency S.M.Art. The speaker gave a presentation on the labor market in the finance industry during these rickety, recession-hit times.

As ESG-minded practices have grown in both importance and popularity in recent years, several ESG tracking indices have increased. To stay current with the trend, CFA Association Russia invited Nikita Pavlov, a Senior Sales Manager of Investment & Advisory,CEE / CIS at Refinitiv, to give an overview of the ESG market and discuss ESG indices.

CFA Association Russia held an online presentation with Ruben Enikolopov, PhD, Head of New Economic School, and discussed possible economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Russian economy.

On May 19, CFA Association Russia invited Maxim Lapin, CFO of Moscow Exchange, to a live broadcast to discuss the issues around the sovereign debt, the cycles of recessions and comparing economic crises in different countries.

On May 14, CFA Russia invited Maria Semenova, ACCA, PhD, to an online presentation. She focused on tax efficiencies in project financing. Read a full breakdown and recommendations from the auhor inside the article.

On April 29, CFA Association Russia held an online seminar with Yakov Mirkin, PhD, a renowned Russian economist and Head of the Department of International Capital Markets at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO).

CFA Association Russia continued a series of online presentations on April 7, 2020. The society was joined by Andreas Bickel, PhD, a portfolio manager with over 25 years of experience, who lead investment departments of Goldman Sachs, Rothschild Bank and currently is CIO of Blackfort.

Karolina Shalimova, a senior tax consultant at Mazars, joined CFA Association Russia’s webinar on April 6 to discuss the questions around controlled foreign corporations (CFCs), companies that are registered and conduct business in countries other than the residency of their owners.

CFA Association Russia elected a new president, Maria Kharlashkina. Three new members joined to the society's board of directors.

On April 1, CFA Association Russia held a soft skills seminar with Alena Agniashvili, a business coach from EY’s Academy of Business. This was the third event on soft skills that CFA Russia held jointly with EY in 2020.

On March 27, CFA Association Russia held its third live webinar. This time the society invited Joachim Klement, CFA, Head of Investment Research at Fidante Partners, a financial professional with over 20 years of experience in financial markets, to share his thoughts on how to avoid common mistakes when investing.