CFA Association Russia invited Philippe Delmotte, a CEO of POD Consulting FFF, to a business breakfast to give his advice on getting market Alpha and outperforming the market.

Dawn Kendall and Jeremiah Silkowski of SQN Capital Management spoke about various fixed-income investment strategies during a CFA Russia evening seminar held at EY Business Academy.

UFG Wealth Management’s executive director, Andrey Pozhitkov, and the company’s head of taxation department, Yuri Kulikov, held a two-hour presentation on the new tax regulations and the subsequent requirements taken in offshore jurisdictions.

In the fourth event of the fintech series between CFA Association Russia and the German management consulting firm Horvath & Partners, Christian Barte, the company’s principal, focused on the use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in the financial services.

Five universities from Moscow – the Higher School of Economics (HSE), New Economic School (NES), Moscow State University (MSU), and Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) - and a team was from Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC) competed in the Russian final of the 2018-2019 CFA Institute Research Challenge.

Currently, CFA Association Russia is working together with the Central Bank of Russia toward expanding the role of GIPS in the country.

CFA Association Russia held the third event of the fintech series with the German management consulting firm Horvath & Partners. Ritavan, a senior machine learning specialist, gave a presentation on the use of AI to detect fraud and improve risk management processes.

Having moved from Britain several years ago, Michael Barry is now a successful financial adviser in Moscow. Although most people seem to know in theory that they should start saving money for their future, a few start doing it on time and using proper strategies, Michael said.

A beta version of the online study platform is already running with around 120 users actively using the service. In 2019, CFA Association Russia plans to produce a full CFA Level 1 Exam prep course available online.

The typical CFA Russia member is a 36-year old man, who lives in Moscow and works as an equity analyst at Sberbank.

22 out of 30 student teams submitted draft reports as part of the local stage of the CFA Institute Research Challenge. Final reports are due on January 21, 2019.

With all the exciting things going on at once, keeping internal finances in check may not be the fanciest role in a digital startup; however, it is definitely one of the most important one.

134 new CFA charterholders joined CFA Russia, while the Central Bank's Ksenia Yudaeva received the Annual Ethics Award.

CFA Russia's business breakfast focused on how CFA charterholders will benefit from an upcoming Central Bank law that will regulate the financial advisory professions.

During the event Research Challenge participants asked questions to Vladimir Zhukov, a vice-president of Norilsk Nickel, and Anna Antonova, a J.P. Morgan equity analyst, to learn more about a subject company that they're currently researching.

The mock exams last six hours, observe all the official rules set by CFA Institute, and are identical in their format, difficulty, and length to the actual CFA Exam.

Over the next decade there will be a great deal of development in the AI field. As computers are getting more powerful, more data becomes available and more companies are willing to integrate new technologies in their daily operations the importance of AI will continue to grow.

Hobbies outside of work help to build psychological capital, improve the overall performance at work, lead to better decision-making, develop creativity, and connect a leader with the rest of employees in a company.

30 teams from 25 universities are participating in the local stage of the 2018-2019 Research Challenge. Students will be researching Norilsk Nickel as the subject company.

CFA Russia and ACCA are planning to host a series of joint events in the future to bring more benefits to Russia's finance community.