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Roman Novozhilov, CAIA, CESGA, PhD, Chapter Executive and China Subcommittee Member
Roman Novozhilov is currently the Head of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) at the New Development Bank. He has over 20 years of global experience across ESG matters in private markets focusing on infrastructure, private equity and credit. Before joining NDB, he was with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, D.C., Johannesburg and Hong Kong, focusing on managing ESG risks of IFC’s investments and helping IFC’s clients to improve their ESG performance. Before that, he held various roles in sustainability policy at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
March 2024: Beyond Comparison - Total Portfolio Approach and Performance Analysis
Authored by Christie Hamilton
“Innovation Unleashed”: CAIA Association, in Conjunction with Some of the World’s Leading Asset Owners, Unveils The Rise of Total Portfolio Approach
Future Fund, CPP Investments, New Zealand Superannuation Fund, and GIC
lend their voices and insights to an approach representing
“one unified means of assessing risk and return of the whole portfolio”
Innovative Modeling and Analytics for Private Markets with Bella Private Markets
In partnership with Bella Partners, CAIA Boston, CAIA Carolinas, and CAIA Bay Area joined together for this webcast on Innovative modeling and predictive analytics tools for private markets. In this talk, Alex Billias, CFA and Sam Holt, CFA discussed their simulation-based approach, recently published in the Journal of Portfolio Management, for liquidity and performance modeling in private markets.
Semi-Liquid Funds: Growth, Fundraising Trends, and Adoption
The proliferation of semi-liquid fund structures has grown substantially over the past decade, as GPs have sought new ways to offer private markets to the wealth management channel.
Adoption has simultaneously increased from investors seeking exposure to private markets while maintaining operational and tax efficiency.
Where is the interest? Where are funds being raised and in which asset classes? Is there more innovation on the horizon?
FDP Candidate Orientation Q2-2024
This webinar featured members of the FDP Curriculum, Candidate & Member Relations and Operations Teams. The following topics were discussed: Curriculum materials, Learning Objectives and Practice Question review. We went over the exam structure and format, and available resources. Preparation for exam day and items permitted during the exam were covered.
Kushagra Poddar, CAIA, CFA, MBA
The CAIA journey helped me deepen my understanding of the alternative investment space. After the CAIA program, I am better able to appreciate the finer nuances of investing through private equity, hedge funds, commodities, and real estate and this helped me immensely in my previous role when I was managing a multi-asset global investment portfolio and in my current role when I advise clients on private equity/M&A transactions.