Enterprising Investor
CFA Institute
Enterprising Investor is the flagship podcast of CFA Institute and the definitive program for the investment management industry. As stewards of the investment industry, Enterprising Investor will feature intimate conversations with some of the most influential people from the world of finance about the topics that matter most to investment professionals.
Episodes
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Jul 17, 2008 • 13min
Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors at Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors
In episode #011, Matt Orsagh, CFA, CIPM, discusses the report recently released by the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity entitled "Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors at Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors".
Apr 15, 2008 • 18min
Performance Issues in Private Equity
In episode #010, Ludovic Phalippou discusses the problems with internal rates of return as the performance metric of choice in the world of private equity.
Mar 28, 2008 • 19min
Hedge Fund Demand for Equity Tranches in CDOs
In episode #009, Shishir M. Udani, CFA, discusses hedge fund demand for equity tranches in CDOs. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Mar 14, 2008 • 15min
Executive Compensation: An Investor's Guide to Appropriate Disclosures
In episode #008, Jim Allen, CFA, discusses the report recently released by the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity entitled The Compensation of Senior Executives at Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Feb 29, 2008 • 19min
Pension Funds and Inflation Risk
In episode #007, Christopher C. Finger, Head of Research at RiskMetrics Group, Inc., discusses techniques that can be used by pension funds to hedge their natural exposure to inflation.
Feb 15, 2008 • 18min
Asset Manager Ethics in Proxy Voting, Avoidance of Front Running, and GIPS Compliance
In episode #006, Charles Tschampion, CFA, discusses applications of ethics in proxy voting, front running, and GIPS presentation situations. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Jan 31, 2008 • 18min
Ethical Dilemmas in Soft Dollars, Gift Giving, and Proxy Voting
In episode #005, Charles Tschampion, CFA, discusses applications of the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct as well as an application of its Corporate Governance Manual. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Jan 15, 2008 • 19min
The Pricing of Illiquid Securities in the Subprime Space
In episode #004, Christopher C. Finger, Head of Research at RiskMetrics Group, LLC, discusses the use of the ABX index to help with the problems of accurate marking of positions. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Dec 28, 2007 • 20min
Systemic Risk in Structured Products
In episode #003, Kenneth L. Grant, President of Risk Resources, LLC, discusses where we've been, where we are now, and where we may be going with systemic risk in structured products. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Dec 12, 2007 • 15min
Moral Hazard and Excess Liquidity
In episode #002, Richard F. DeMong, CFA, defines the concept of moral hazard and discusses its significance for the subprime mortgage market problems. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
