Events for Tuesday, May 13 - Friday, April 25

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Professional Review Day

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Join the Career Development Group and CFA Society New York on June 5th for an exclusive opportunity at our Professional Review Day. This day contains four individual elements where each participant can register for any of these elements. These elements vary from enhancing an elevator pitch, professionally reviewed resumes, professional headshot, and a Linkedin panel. Each of these elements is designed to help you grow professionally.

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Career Development, Membership Committee, Young Leaders

Young Leaders Summer Social 2018

Novotel 226 W 52nd Street, New York, NY, United States

Come celebrate the start of the summer season with the Young Leaders! Mix and mingle with other CFA Society members at this after-hours reception while enjoying drinks on the roofdeck of Novotel in Times Square. Register early to reserve your spot!

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Young Leaders

28th Annual High Yield Bond Master Class & Conference

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Master Class focuses on the basic building blocks of high yield investment; CFA Society New York’s longest-running conference brings attendees up to the minute on the market outlook and key innovations.

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Portfolio & Risk Management

How Institutional Investors Use and Think About Exchange-listed Options

Webinar

Many public and corporate pension retirement systems worldwide are confronted with lower investment returns on existing assets that currently underfund the ultimate financial obligations of those plans. As a result, pension plans have been exploring different investment strategies and exposure to alternative asset classes. Between December 2017 and March 2018, Greenwich Associates interviewed 80 institutional investors in the U.S., incorporating a mix of asset managers, corporate pension plans and public pension plans. Respondents were asked a series of questions seeking to understand their perceptions of listed options strategies and to explore how institutional investors utilize exchange-listed equity options to achieve investment goals.

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Free Webinar, Other Industry Events, Sponsored Event*

Leadership Advancement Program: Are We Hard Wired for Change?

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Kaplan Professional conjointly with the CFA Society New York Career Development Group presents a series of symposiums offering an introduction to ELEVEN—a Kaplan Professional leadership development program. In this introductory series, keynotes augmented by audience participation will be presented by ELEVEN program director (Milo-Arne Wilkinson) followed by full panel discussions and Q&A with industry leaders. The kickoff event on June 26, 2018 at CFA Society New York's office begins with the topic, “Are We Hard Wired for Change?” All topics will be presented in 45-minute workshops and include quick snapshots of the Eleven methodology. Each topic is highly interactive with a 60% / 40% split over theory and practical with a humorous, storytelling overlay to them all.

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Career Development, Sponsored Event*

Midyear Market Outlook

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Midyear Market Outlook will examine the state of financial markets in a panel format. Panelist will come from a variety of market disciplines, Fixed Income, Equity, Macro Economy and Alternative Strategies as well as buy and sell side. A broad view of many markets will help asset managers and analysts look at opportunities and risks not only in their own markets but also in other markets where an overlap is not always apparent. This multifaceted view will encourage thinking that uncovers links in financial instruments that often are overlooked in siloed focused investment discussions. The notion is financial managers and analysts benefit from exploring and hearing a diverse set views from established market participants.

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CE Credits, Institutional Asset Management

Multi-Asset Investment Products and Solutions

Yale School of Management 165 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT, United States

Take advantage of the emergence of factor and goal-based investing. Join Yale School of Management and EDHEC-Risk Institute for a three-day executive education seminar, Multi-Asset Investment Products and Solutions. This seminar provides participants with an in-depth introduction to modern risk allocation techniques and their applications to the design of innovative forms of welfare improving investment products and solutions. Participants will learn how to perform factor investing and risk allocation, apply strategic asset allocation in the presence of liability constraints, and implement liability-driven investment solutions with cash and derivative instruments, among other takeaways. One of three seminars, participants can complete all three to receive the prestigious joint Yale School of Management-EDHEC-Risk Certificate in Risk and Investment Management.

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Other Industry Events

Litigation Finance – An Alternatives Strategy Event

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

This event will explore the growing litigation finance market, and associated investment opportunities. Speakers will include practitioners, i.e. investment managers, who provide litigation funding, LP investors and attorneys. Discussion will cover the origins of the litigation finance market, the size of the opportunity and various market dynamics. What makes a good case, what makes a bad case, and importantly what are the ethical considerations that investors and practitioners need to be aware of. Topics will also explore how investment opportunities become available across antitrust, fraud, contract disputes, IP theft cases and beyond, and provide insight on how are deals structured between key participants: law firms, plaintiffs, defendants and funders.

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Alternative Investments, CE Credits

Japan Investment Conference 2018

Tokyo Convention Hall GA

Asset owners, the first ring in the investment chain, need new asset management approaches when investing in assets offered in Japan, an ultra-aging society under ultra-low interest rates. Thus, this yearʼs Japan Investment Conference will focus solely on investment and welcome large-scale asset owners in and outside of Japan. The conference will be titled Asset Owners 2.0 in the Investment Chain and shed light on new approaches to asset selection, portfolio management, risk management in a low interest rate environment.

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Asset Owner Series

Member Discussion: Diversity and Inclusion

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Join your peers for an informal open discussion on how CFA Society New York can provide leadership to enhance diversity and inclusion in the investment management industry. The goal of the conversation is to identify opportunities for volunteers to shape diversity and inclusion initiatives that will benefit members and employers. Research has consistently demonstrated how attracting and advancing diverse talent increases the bottom line, improves investment outcomes, expands client bases, and drives innovation. As the largest CFA society in the world, CFA NY has a unique opportunity to shape and influence the industry, building upon CFA Institute’s global Diversity and Inclusion. We encourage you to join this important and timely discussion!

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Enterprising Investor Writing Seminar

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor has reached more than 9.3 million readers since 2011 with its signature mix of insights from CFA Institute members, staff, and leaders in the investment community. Its intentionally wide-ranging coverage is authored for investment professionals by investment professionals and benefits immensely from CFA Institute's global network of societies. In addition to regular explorations of portfolio management techniques and analysis of the global investment industry, recent updates have included a detailed look at Switzerland's Vollgeld initiative, the Bangladeshi capital markets, and Daniel Kahneman's keys to better decision making. This 9th August, Paul McCaffrey (the Editor) and Sloane Ortel (a frequent contributor) will lead an interactive writing workshop for the members of CFA Society New York.

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Career Development, Free for Members

Introduction to Data Science and Python for Finance

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

The amount of data available to organizations and individuals is unprecedented. Financial services sectors, including securities & investment services and banking, have the most digital data stored per firm on average. As a result, financial companies have been on an innovation and technology push to create new, disruptive technologies that can maximize use of the these data assets to solve some of the industry’s toughest problems.

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2018 ARPM Bootcamp

NYU Skirball Center 566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

In 6 intense days, the Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management (ARPM) Bootcamp: - Consolidates portfolio managers' and risk managers' expertise into a structured and rigorous quantitative framework - Empowers avid learners with backgrounds in hard sciences to gain the deep technical knowledge necessary to operate across the complex world of quantitative trading, asset management, and risk management In operation since 2007, the ARPM Bootcamp has over 2,000 alumni from around the world, including industry leaders and academics.

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Member Exclusive Rate, Other Industry Events