CFA INSTITUTE REPORT
Learned and the Way Swiss CFA Society
EDUCATION
Forward. Richard Thaler, In a move aimed at
professor of behavioural bolstering the values and CFA Institute academy for journalists
science and economics at the mission of CFA Institute in The second CFA Institute Academy for Financial Journalists of
Graduate School of Business, Switzerland, the Swiss CFA 2009 took place in May, and discussed foreign exchange
University of Chicago, Society has appointed fundamentals. The event was lead by Nitin Mehta, managing
chaired a session entitled: Anne-Katrin Scherer, CFA, director of CFA Institute (EMEA), and attracted journalists
Practical Applications of as its executive director. from publications that included the Financial Times,
Behavioural Finance. Scherer was a founding Investments & Pensions Europe and Global Investor.
member of the society and
MEMBERSHIP
has been an active volunteer Executive education
for CFA Institute for many CFA Institute members are being offered the opportunity to
years. She has marked CFA take part in a further executive education programme. The
EMEA Regional Meeting exams for nine years and International Fixed Income and Derivatives (IFID)
– South Africa 2009 was awarded the CFA Certifi cate Programme is being offered by the International
The EMEA Regional Institute Special Service Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the ICMA Centre at
Conference took place in Award in 2006. Henley Business School (University of Reading). More
Cape Town at the end of information can be found at
www.icmacentre.ac.uk/
February. The meeting was CFA Kuwait inaugural executive_education.
the largest to date, with event
over 80 delegates, including CFA Kuwait, the seventh
65 society leaders member association to be
CFA INSTITUTE CENTRE FOR
representing 32 societies. established in the Middle
Points for discussion East and the 136th globally,
FINANCIAL MARKET INTEGRITY
included opportunities in held its inaugural
the fi nancial crisis for charterholders’ ceremony in CFA Institute offi ce opens the event, included Paul
societies to occupy an April. It will strive to in Brussels Boyle, CEO of the Financial
important space in their promote the highest At the end of March, CFA Reporting Council, John
investment communities, standards of integrity and Institute celebrated the launch Purvis, MEP, and Pierre
and collaborative professional excellence in of the Brussels’ offi ce with a Cardon, governor of CFA
approaches for societies to the Kuwaiti investment reception in the European Institute. Heading up the
work together, as well as industry and raise Parliament. The event, offi ce is Martin Sjöberg
how best to support awareness of the CFA attended by nearly 100 manager of European affairs,
members in diffi cult times. designation. representatives of the whose role is to:
European Commission, • monitor and comment on
European Council, European legislative and regulatory
Parliament, and trade developments in the EU
associations, as well as society which may affect CFA
leaders and governors, marks Institute members;
the extension of our regulatory • develop responses in
outreach into the centre of the conjunction with the rest
European Union. The of the EMEA Centre team;
European Commission is the and
executive arm of the EU, • build effective
which initiates legislation and relationships with
policy and, increasingly, European regulatory
directs Europe’s fi nancial structures, including the
services policy. Therefore, a European Parliament.
relationship with its
departments and personnel is EU supervision
essential for meaningful The most signifi cant
Delegates at EMEA regional conference
dialogue. Keynote speakers at development that will shape
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