Search
CloseWhat’s the best way to measure volatility of private equity? Perhaps simply assigning a leverage multiple isn’t enough. Join Jack Wu, CFA, William Kinlaw, CFA, and Megan Czasonis as they discuss some of the main takeaways of “Private Equity and the Leverage Myth.” This paper was published in the Winter 2021 edition of The Journal of Alternative Investments, and is available for all to read.
Description: In recent years, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of individual and high net worth investors allocating to collectibles. In addition to their aesthetic benefits, investors enjoy the tangible nature of sports collectibles, classic cars, vintage watches, art, and handbags as opposed to the paper assets of stocks and bonds. The collectibles space is becoming more sophisticated, adopting institutional structures such as auctions, price indices, free ports, IPOs, and fractional ownership.
Africa’s financial industry is continuing to move towards a path of major growth, impacting economies, savings, and investments. This webcast highlights key trends and future industry issues while bringing together institutional investors, private equity players and stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities across the Continent. The agenda has been designed to provide local and foreign asset owners and managers a clear and comprehensive view of the African alternative investment market.
Description: Join us for a webinar with Blayne Fox, Client Success Manager at Prometric. Blayne will share best practices for the Remote Proctored Exam Day on April 18 or 19, 2021. To ensure we meet your expectations: Please share your questions upon registration.
Panelists: Blayne Fox, Client Success Manager, Prometric, and Mirjam Dekker, Project Manager, FDP Institute
Description: The Financial Data Professional Institute (FDPI), founded by CAIA Association, was created to address the growing need in finance for a workforce with the skills to perform in a digitized world where an increasing number of decisions will be data and analytics-driven. FDPI Executive Director Mehrzad Mahdavi, Sr. Curriculum Advisor Hossein Kazemi, and FDP Charterholder Keith Black share how you can obtain your Financial Data Professional credential.
Dear Investment Professional,
As the New Year approaches, we first wanted to thank you all for your interest and contributions to our content and continuing education efforts. We look forward to seeing you (hopefully in person!) in 2021.
Description: Interest in Private Markets investment continues to abound around the world, and no more so than from the Asia Pacific. Widely held belief sees a strong and sustained demand ahead. The asset classes making up Private Markets are both likely to demand a disproportionate share of the growth in investment allocations, as well as a likely increased disproportionate allocation of capital flowing to the larger player funds. How will this impact the sector? What does it mean for both Investors and Investments in the Asia Pacific?
A hearty congratulations to President-elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris.
Often, investment professionals tend to focus on the quantitative aspects of selecting external managers. However, a very important part of the manager research process heavily relies on qualitative factors, such as personnel and team, firm culture, and alignment of incentives. Mark Rzepczynski, Keith Black, PhD, CFA, CAIA, FDP, and Aaron Filbeck, CFA, CAIA, CIPM discuss the results of a recent survey conducted by CAIA Association to better understand the qualitative factors of importance to LPs and GPs during the manager research process.
Organization made an early call to shift fall 2020 exams to include an online proctoring option; approach has allowed testing in more than 90 countries
©2025 Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association®