CAIA Association’s 10 Lessons in Finance 2022 - Lesson 6: Venture Capital (VC) Investment - The Founder's Insights

Often times the louder voice prevails but it may not be representative of the eco-system.

In this webinar, we assembled Mumbai-based young enthusiastic business founders, heard their thoughts on the Venture Capital (VC) industry, and learned about its funding mechanics. The switch here is that we heard what the investee company think about the VC investments they receive. The founders shared their thoughts and insights on fund raising activities, and revealed the good, the great, and the ugly from their experiences.

CAIA Association Partners with The Milken Institute to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Alternative Investment Industry

Organizations provide enhanced access for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) students to the world of alternative investing

Pipeline effort part of long-term commitment to champion DEI and create industry accountability 

Irene Aldridge Discusses Explainable AI: Exploring Unsupervised Learning

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a great buzzword in scientific and business communities and even the popular press. This webinar was designed to explore the technology underlying AI, known as “unsupervised learning.” Unsupervised learning allows us to hear the data speak for itself, reducing reliance on researchers’ potentially biased frameworks and sometimes discovering unexpected factors. In the course of the webinar, we considered AI applications in Finance and contrasted those with traditional machine learning (ML) models.

Adam Packer, CAIA

I would encourage aspiring industry professionals to network and always keep learning. Continuing education is vital as the industry continues to evolve, especially alternative investments as they have become more prevalent in the wealth management industry.

Perspectives on the Korean Asset Management Industry

Description: Based on a survey of industry leaders, this webinar discussed recent trends in Korea’s financial markets and the asset management firms’ reactions to those trends. Including discussions on how asset management firms can adapt to changes in the behavior of retail investors since 2020. Retail investors increasingly rely on new media to form their investment views, but asset management firms could provide added value to individuals by offering personalized products and services. Dr.

CAIA Association’s 10 Lessons in Finance 2022 - Lesson 5: Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) – An Emerging Investment Avenue

Alternative investment funds (AIFs) have gained much traction in India and overseas in recent years, especially among high net-worth individuals, as they warm up to sophisticated capital market instruments. With the increasing popularity of the product it becomes very important to provide better access to these products in terms of disclosures and benchmarking to enable investors take an informed decision.

CAIA Association’s 10 Lessons in Finance 2022 - Lesson 4: Relevance of Gold as a Strategic Asset

Gold has remained the most precious asset in our lives ever since the concept of wealth creation was curated by human civilisation. Our country is the second-largest consumer of gold worldwide, and Indian people possess a profound attachment with gold, considering it an integral part of auspicious occasions. The webinar covered the drivers of gold demand in India. Thoughts on why gold is to be looked at as a strategic asset class were shared.

CAIA Association’s 10 Lessons in Finance 2022 - Lesson 3: Evolution of Digital Assets

As digital assets continue to gather broad appeal as an asset class, and flourish by creating an entirely new financial ecosystem, it is important to understand how we define these assets, their key characteristics, the regulations related to this emerging asset class, and challengers when accessing to these assets.