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CloseBrigid Connor is a Vice President at BlackRock where she leads research on fees, terms, and secondaries. Brigid’s prior professional experience includes transaction advisory, due diligence, and product development; she has worked across client segments including pensions plans, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds.
Enthusiastic, intellectually curious, optimistic, open-minded, eager to explore, and not just focused on one thing - that’s my impression of the people I have met who hold the CAIA designation. I earned the CAIA designation in 2012. There were around 500 CAIA Charterholders in Hong Kong. Fast forward a decade, and we have 13,000 CAIA Members globally. The CAIA curriculum is an excellent choice for finance professionals seeking a broad knowledge base in alternative investments.
Learn more about the Financial Data Professional Charter. There's never been a more crucial time to stand out. The transformative effect of data science on the finance industry requires today's finance professionals to understand the application of big data, data mining, workflow automation and machine learning in investment decisions. Founder of Pearl Quest LLC, Kathryn Wilkens, PhD, CAIA, and Project & General Operations Manager, Kim Durand shared how you can obtain your Financial Data Professional credential.
Leadership is the most important driver of company performance and, therefore, a fundamental component of Operational Alpha. Yet, despite leadership’s contribution to investment returns and the significant effort by private equity firms to articulate their value creation credentials, evidence suggests that GPs’ efforts to measure and optimise portfolio leadership are often unstructured and deprioritised – a paradox for an industry that is supposedly obsessed with, and paid for, performance.
Description: Today, ESG is no longer just an acronym but a reality, expected to reach a third of assets under management by 2025. It is spreading across all asset classes, including the less liquid ones. ESG now defines the new frontier of alternative investments. Our speakers had a lively discussion on the recent trends in alternative investments, how ESG impacts the alternative investment business and the important role of data.
Sponsored by One River Digital, the program will provide wealth management industry professionals with foundational education on the dynamic, but evolving, digital asset space
Description: To support FDP Candidates and those considering the pursuit of the FDP Charter, we offered a brief, live webinar with our Curriculum & Candidate Relations team to help prepare you for your exam experience. A typical Orientation Session includes:
Authored by Steven Novakovic, CAIA, CFA
In this episode, hosts Bill Kelly, CAIA CEO and Steven Novakovic, Managing Director, CAIA Curriculum examines commitment strategies - the challenges and opportunities, and the fear of the unknown.
Description: An increasing number of allocators are looking to European private credit, both as a diversifier to US direct lending and a return driver, in its own right. This educational seminar unpacked key areas of the market, ranging from European direct lending to non-sponsor, to real estate lending, specialty finance and everything in between. Along the way, we discussed the risk/return profile of each segment and specific considerations when allocating to this space.
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