Day 2 Recap: The Investment Case for Africa (Video)

CFA Institute content directors Ron Rimkus, CFA, and Jason Voss, CFA, highlight more takeaways from the 66th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Singapore. Read More

Audience Poll: Investment Pros and CFA Charterholders Weigh In on Future of Asset Management

Using live-response polling technology, Annual Conference attendees forecasted equity market returns and identified major drivers of risk and reward. Read More

Investing and Withdrawal Strategies During Retirement: The “Retire Well” Bucket Approach

Today retirees face five perils: inflation, investment, longevity, withdrawal, and healthcare risk. Providend Ltd. CEO Christopher Tan says retirees need a plan not only to cope with these risks but also to provide reliable income. Read More

“Professionals Must Take the Lead in Restoring Trust,” Says CFA Institute CEO John Rogers, CFA (Video)

Markets may be up, but the bear market in trust is still very much with us, he contends. Read More

Aswath Damodaran: Valuation in the Face of Uncertainty

The NYU professor applies a common-sense, mathematical approach to challenge general “rules of thumb” of valuation while still using accepted methodologies, such as the discounted cash flow model. Read More

Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Sargent on Risk, Ambiguity, and Investment Decision Making

The New York University professor contends that investors often mistake ambiguity premia for risk premia because of faulty financial models. Read More

Dambisa Moyo: Search for Alpha Leads to Frontier Markets in Africa

Today only $4 billion is invested in frontier markets, says the international economist. Yet Africa enjoys good public finances, strong growth prospects, and favorable productivity and demographic trends. Read More

How to Invest in a Low-Yield World

Lim Chow Kiat, CFA, group chief investment officer of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, tackled one of the most vexing questions in the investment world today: how to invest in a low-yield world. Read More

CFA Institute CEO John Rogers, CFA: “The Future of Finance Starts With You” (Video)

Finance professionals must take the lead in restoring trust in the global finance industry, says the CFA Institute President and CEO. Read More

Investment Risk in the Real World

If volatility is not a good measure of risk, what are the risks that actually matter? The founder and CIO of APS Asset Management outlines six. Read More

Kyle Bass: Central Bankers Are Building Potemkin Villages to Deceive Us

The prominent hedge fund manager, who believes that policymakers are simply shifting the day of reckoning into the future, updated his thesis on Japan. Read More

Lessons from a Whistleblower: Putting Integrity into Practice

Question your assumptions and never underestimate the importance of culture, former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford told delegates at the 66th CFA Institute Annual Conference. Read More

New Era for Global Bonds: Everything You Know Is Wrong

It used to be that investors most feared interest rate risk in industrial countries and credit risk in emerging economies. The rules have changed, says Ramin Toloui, PIMCO's global co-head of emerging markets portfolio management. Read More

BlackRock’s Nick Good on the “Rise of the Asian Investor” (Video)

The firm's managing director and head of strategy and business development, Asia Pacific, talks to Bloomberg Television about investment trends in the region. Read More

Kishore Mahbubani: The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World (Video)

The Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy says that despite the US-China rivalry, poverty, and other global ills the world is becoming a better, more peaceful place. Read More

Recap: Uncovering Fraud in Japan, China’s A-Shares, and the Benefits of Meditation (Video)

CFA Institute content directors Ron Rimkus, CFA, and Jason Voss, CFA, highlight key takeaways from the first full day of the 66th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Singapore. Read More

The Roaring Dragon: Global Investment Implications of a Rising China (Video)

A panel chaired by Ng Kok Song, adviser and chair of global investments at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, discussed the implications of slower growth, rising debt, increasing wealth, and a volatile domestic equity market in China. Read More

Asia and the Future of Finance: Restoring Trust Is an Urgent Task

Asia holds an eminent position in the post-crisis global financial order — and has a large stake both in restoring trust in the financial system and in shaping its future. Read More

Day 2 Recap: Central Banking, Strategies for a Low-Yield World, Notable Quotes (Video)

CFA Institute content directors Ron Rimkus, CFA, and Jason Voss, CFA, highlight more key takeaways from the 66th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Singapore. Read More

The Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Derivatives

Bloomberg's head of quantitative research delivered guidance on how to extract value and avoid pain from the intricacies of the derivatives market. Read More

Financial Reform in Asia: Sector Must Shift from Master to Servant of Real Economy

Fung Global Institute President Andrew Sheng says the central challenge for financial reform is reining in the sector, which has grown too big. Read More

Bull Market Is Back, But Trust and Confidence in Financial Services Remain at a Low Level (Video)

CFA Institute president and CEO John Rogers, CFA, discusses the future of global finance with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "Asia Edge" at the 66th CFA Institute Annual Conference held in Singapore on May 20. Read More

The Economist’s Vijay Vaitheeswaran: Can Innovation Save the World?

Terrorism and financial crises continue to grab headlines, but they pale when compared to three mega-trends that humanity must address in the coming decades. Read More

“Finance Must Serve the Real Sector” Says China Banking Regulatory Commission Chief Adviser (Video)

Andrew Sheng, chief adviser for the China Banking Regulatory Commission, discusses regulatory reform and the outlook for the Asian economy. Read More

Opening Address by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Video)

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Singapore addresses delegates at the 66th CFA Institute Annual Conference on 20 May 2013. Read More

66th CFA Institute Annual Conference

19-22 May 2013
The Sands Expo and Convention Center at Marina Bay Sands
Hosted with CFA Society Singapore

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Kyle Bass: Central Bankers Are Building Potemkin Villages to Deceive Us

The prominent hedge fund manager, who believes that policymakers are simply shifting the day of reckoning into the future, updated his thesis on Japan. Read More

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If volatility is not a good measure of risk, what are the risks that actually matter? The founder and CIO of APS Asset Management outlines six. Read More

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