http://eic.cfainstitute.org Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:02:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://eic.cfainstitute.org/2011/11/09/video-key-takeaways-from-the-fourth-annual-cfa-institute-european-investment-conference/ http://eic.cfainstitute.org/2011/11/09/video-key-takeaways-from-the-fourth-annual-cfa-institute-european-investment-conference/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:17:36 +0000 Len Costa http://europe.cfaconference.org/?p=1955 With the eurozone crisis casting ever-longer shadows, Nitin Mehta, CFA, Managing Director, CFA Institute, EMEA, reflects on the major themes and timeliness of the conference in Paris. 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