Volatility often creates opportunity. Join industry professionals from the derivatives space as they assess pricing and liquidity in today’s options market. Various hedging and income strategies will be discussed along with associated costs. Learn how the markets have recently behaved and what may lie ahead. Are implied volatilities fairly priced, are skews too steep, should…
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve was recently quoted saying “An aging population is driving demand for bonds, pushing their yields lower. We’re so used to the idea that we don’t have negative interest rates, but if you get a significant change in the attitude of the population,…
Join Sheila C. Bair, Founding Chair of the Systemic Risk Council, and Former Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Jeremy Stein, former Federal Reserve Board Governor, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University to discuss their thoughts on the economic impacts of COVID-19, the state…
Join us on May 11 at 4 PM ET for a live webinar discussion with ETF expert, Mariana Fariña Bush, CFA, Managing Director for Global Manager Research, a division of the Wells Fargo Investment Institute. Mariana is the head of the closed-end fund (CEF) and exchange-traded tracking product (ETP) research team at Wells Fargo and…
Many of us are struggling with the realities of the “new normal,” as it challenges the typical way we communicate with our colleagues, clients, and loved ones. Yet these relationships are our most precious resource and, as the Harvard Study on Adult Development has demonstrated over and over again, strong relationships are the key to…
Join us virtually on Tuesday, April 28th at 4 PM ET to hear about how the emerging markets equity universe has been impacted by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Many forces are challenging the development of these countries that didn’t exist ten years ago. Headwinds such as environmental concerns, more unified human rights activists, and commodity…
The US and the global consumer sectors of the economy and stock markets continue to be strong. However, the current US market expansion has been underway since 2009 with the manufacturing and business investment sectors slowing which can quickly cause the current low level of volatility and a number of other threats both known and unknown to…
The best presentations contain the right mix of information flow and interactivity, and are uniquely balanced to best fit audience interests, needs and priorities. And whether our audience consists of organizational leaders, hiring managers, colleagues, prospects or clients, we must be careful to avoid making our presentation all about the facts or all about what…
As interest rates creep lower, banks, custodians and money managers are finding creative ways to generate revenue. Though it’s not a new practice, many are forcing cash into sweep bank accounts and paying a lower rate of return than offered by comparable money markets. A recent study pointed out that the average RIA held about…
This seminar will provide an understanding of the fundamental concepts of AI and the impact of what is often called the "Third Wave" in investment management and finance. What You'll Learn: What is Artificial Intelligence and how has it the use of AI in investment management evolved over the years? How will AI disrupt finance…
Is there another investment path for portfolio managers to explore? Based on a recently released in-depth analysis of risk-adjusted returns over a 20-year period, perhaps there is. CFA Society Washington, DC has partnered with The Options Industry Council and Nasdaq as they host Dr. Edward Szado, author of a study titled "Endowment Risk Management and…
CFAW is pleased to offer CFA® candidates the opportunity to take the practice exam prepared by the CFA Society Boston. For many years, CFAB has created highly-regarded, full-day practice exams for the three levels of the CFA® exam. CFAB's exam is all new each year, based on the most recent CFA® Candidate Body of Knowledge®.…
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