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Brexit Britain: Heading for a Variant of the Norwegian Model?

No country has ever left the European Union, and investment professionals are wondering whether the Brexit outcome will resemble a Norway model, a Swiss model, or something else entirely. Read More

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Five Themes Shaping the Future for Financial Professionals

Virginie Maisonneuve, CFA, sees an explosive combination of forces at work on the investment industry, and has ideas for addressing them. Read More

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How Do You Define Yourself?

Frederic P. Lebel, CFA, discusses how CFA Institute approaches the objective of making its members feel proud and recognized for being charterholders. Read More

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Tomas Sedlacek at the Intersection of Economic Choices and Moral Values

Tomas Sedlacek discusses economics with a view that stands between practicality and politics, at the boundary between quantitative and qualitative. Read More

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Raised Expectations, Lowered Rates of Return

Antti Ilmanen, a principal at AQR Capital Management, says everything is expensive because interest rates are at all-time lows. Read More

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Gleanings from Brexit: Recommended Links

A deeper understanding of the tensions that have driven ongoing clashes will be essential for investment professionals looking to adapt their approach to the global economy. Read More

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What Can You Change For The Better?

The profession of investment management has developed through an iterative process that adapts approaches for new models, new mindsets, and new markets. Read More

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Registration Open: 2016 European Investment Conference

Registration is now open for the 2016 European Investment Conference, held in Amsterdam on 7–8 November. Read More

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Building a Valued Service Culture in Investment Management

Dan Ariely set out to remind the 300 investment professionals at this year’s European Investment Conference of two simple facts: Read More

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Crowdfunding Needs Regulation to Scale Up

The young and rapidly evolving field of crowdfunding is democratizing investing like never before, making finance — donations, debt, equity — available where it wasn’t previously. But to scale up, regulations need to be adopted, says Lars Kroijer. Read More

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