Learn to See What Others Miss in 2026: Earn the CAIA Charter.
2025: A Transformative Year That Started with a Long-Term Vision
CAIA Appoints Jason K. Morrow to Board of Directors
Vision 2035: Riyadh Edition
Total Portfolio Approach, Part 2: Implications for the Broader Investment Ecosystem
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There’s a rhythm to this time of year. New goals. New predictions. And the ongoing challenge of making sense in uncertain markets.
You already know investing demands more than surface-level thinking. It asks for commitment, depth, and a different kind of discipline. The CAIA Charter is built for that.
There’s still time to reserve your spot for the March 2026 CAIA exam–registration is open until February 2.
Everything is an alternative.
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Why wait for the future when we can build it? CAIA’s 2025 Impact Report is out – from global events to new products to exponential community growth, see what we accomplished. And remember, this is just the beginning!
Everything is an alternative.
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CAIA Association is pleased to announce that Jason K. Morrow, CAIA, CFA, Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Utah Retirement Systems (URS), has been elected to its Board of Directors. His first three-year term began on January 1, 2026.
Everything is an alternative.
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After conversations in Los Angeles, Toronto, New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mumbai, we arrived in Riyadh to discuss what may be the most dynamic investment landscape we encountered all year.
CAIA’s Laura Merlini shares insights from our Saudi Arabia roundtable.
Everything is an alternative.
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What happens when asset owners stop managing asset classes and start managing the whole fund? How do portfolios change, and how does the industry reorient their business models around them? In this episode of Capital Decanted, we break down how TPA changes investment processes, how portfolios differ under an SAA framework, and what this means for external managers.
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