CFA UK

In this episode Alan Livsey, CFA, LEX Editor at the Financial Times chats with Alberto Gallo, CFA, CIO & Co-founder of Andromeda Capital Management. They discuss the dramatic shift in perceptions towards inflation and interest rates and what that means for the markets. Together they endeavour to predict the answers to the following questions: • Has the multi-decade bull market paused, or ended? • Will central banks have to hike even higher next year? • What will that mean for the job and credit market across the world? • Has the worst passed for the UK gilt market? • Looking at global economies currently, what can we expect to see in 2023?

Tatjana Puhan is Deputy Chief Investment Officer at TOBAM, which became the first European asset manager to launch a Bitcoin fund in Europe in 2017. For CFA UK’s ‘In Conversation’ Podcast, Puhan talked to Maha Khan Phillips about sustainability and cryptocurrencies, technological innovation, and what the future may hold in a blockchain world.

Professor Raghu Rau is the Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School. In CFA UK’s ‘In Conversation’ Podcast, Rau talked to Maha Khan Phillips about a study that examines how traumatic childhood events can go on to impact a fund manager’s investment performance decades later.

Today, 18 October, is World Menopause Day. For too long menopause has been an under-discussed, and underfunded area of women’s health, and because of this there is a fundamental societal misunderstanding of the impact it has on women. David Clarke, CFA chats with Victoria McLean, CEO, City CV about the symptoms of menopause and ways business can adapt to create a menopause friendly workplace.

In this episode of the In Conversation podcast series Lisa Lewin, CFA, is joined by Alisa Grafton, Author and practising Scrivener Notary and partner to discuss the art of networking. She will explain how to build authentic relationships based on her four-point approach. Alisa argues that the most effective networking is when you approach it first as an opportunity to ‘give’ rather than looking for what you will ‘receive’. Then, Alisa shares a few ways in which you can start to create deeper relationships despite the lack of interaction in a virtual networking setting. Alisa will dig deeper into the art of networking at her talk on Tuesday 01 November 18:30 - 20:30 in London. Book your place by registering for our portal and signing up here https://www.cfauk.org/events/the-art-of-networking#gsc.tab=0

In a new episode of our Climate Change podcast, Vishal Hindocha, CFA, Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, MFS and John Teahan, CFA give us an insight to their conversations over coffee about climate, and the role of the investor in Net Zero. Vish highlights the importance of education and knowledge sharing with clients, especially in a time where best practice is yet to emerge, and the climate science is constantly evolving. During their discussion Vish talks about his involvement with NZAM (Net Zero Asset Management), a collaboration between asset managers who agree there is not one way forward but however they are committed to sharing insights that are not prescriptive but and galvanise change. He discusses the challenges companies face with meeting climate targets whilst manging risk and returns and dealing with markets where climate-related issues become political.

Aneeka Gupta, CFA, is Director of Macroeconomic Research at WisdomTree. In CFA UK’s ‘In Conversation’ Podcast, Gupta talks to Maha Khan Phillips about the rising spectre of geopolitical risk and its impact on the investment landscape

The world of behavioural analysis has shifted significantly since its origins in the 1970s and 1980s. Discussing its evolution, Rick Di Mascio, Chief Executive of Inalytics - the firm which has compiled the largest private database of institutional investor transactions globally in order to identify investment skill – examined some of the reasons behind the growth of behavioural analysis and discussed how approaches are changing.

In this episode of the In Conversation podcast series Ben Ashby is joined by former trader and hedge fund manager David Murrin who is now an author, consultant and public speaker who asserts that Europe and the US are in decline, partially due to the Covid pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. He argues that by looking at patterns in history we can see that we are entering an era of volatility and increased danger. This recording was originally a webinar organised by CFA UK’s Fixed Income special interest group in March 2022

In a new episode of our Climate Change podcast, Mike Hugman, Director of Climate Finance at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation speaks about his experiences as one of the leading investors in climate action and sustainable projects. Mike discusses his new role at CIFF and his thoughts on climate investing, from why investors should back companies who are all-in on sustainable strategies, onto how you can level the regulatory playing field by working in tandem with industry.