Tag Archives: economy
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
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
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
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
4 Lessons from Iceland for Surviving a Financial Crisis
Halla Tomasdottir cofounded Audur Capital in the year before Iceland’s massive financial crisis. She credits the survival of her firm to four key values. Read More
Geopolitics and Economics: Markets and Analysts Must Connect the Dots
Geopolitical conflicts are connected to economic pressures, said Philippa Malmgren, president and founder of DRPM Group, at the 2014 European Investment Conference. However, Malmgren argued, financial analysts are largely unable to analyse this connection and financial markets fail to respond. Read More
Checking Assumptions and Challenging Mindsets: A Crucial Investment Strategy
If we truly aim to serve clients and our societies to the full, prudence guides us to check the assumptions and challenge the mindsets we instinctively rely on. Read More
Nkosana Moyo: The Perceived Risks of Africa Create Investment Opportunities
The founder and executive chairman of the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) believes perceived risks of investing in Africa are higher than the actual risks and that attractive investment opportunities can arise from the ‘negatives’ associated with Africa. Read More
Petra Roberts on the Key Issues Facing Investment Professionals in Europe
In this interview preceding the fifth annual European Investment Conference, Petra Roberts, CFA, executive director, CFA Society Czech Republic discusses the key themes. Read More
John Rogers: We Need to Seek a Sustainable Place for the Future of Finance
The president and CEO of CFA Institute opened the Fifth Annual European Investment Conference by calling on investment professionals to think about a sustainable way forward and how to rebuild trust in the industry. Read More
