Simon Fentham-Fletcher is Chief Investment Officer of Freedom Asset Management gave a thorough review of global macro investment approaches.

Vyacheslav Sinyugin, a professor of one of Russia’s top universities and member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, gave a presentation on the latest developments in anti-age science and biohacking technologies to improve health.

CFA Association Russia organized public speaking classes for the students of Moscow State University and the Higher School of Economics to improve their presentation skills prior to the CFA Institute Research Challenge EMEA Regional Finals in Zurich.

Mazars Russia experts, Ali-Sultan Kirgizbaev and Iurii Piunov, showed the ins and outs of using Microsoft’s business analytics service, Power BI, a software that helps to create interactive business reports for investment analysts.

Tactical short-selling and buying certain kinds of Chinese ETFs come with risks, but rewards can be very high.

A team from Moscow State University won the 2019 CFA Institute Research Challenge EMEA final and will now represent the region in the global showdown on April 25 in New York.

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.