Americas

Transforming the Workplace: Recruiting and Cultivating for Inclusivity

Description: Organizations face any number of challenges over their lifecycle, but 2020 has presented some of the most unique and demanding – while also, perhaps, being the most stimulating and inspiring. Tackling the issues of diversity and inclusion while also shifting to a totally-remote workforce requires skillsets and thinking that may never have been considered before. How do hiring practices change? What are the implications for the existing teams? How do you “bring everyone along”?

CAIA Charter Information Session

Description: In this recording William Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association and Aaron Filbeck, Associate Director, Content Development, CAIA, explore and review information about the CAIA Association and our flagship program, the CAIA Charter Designation program.

Panelists: William Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association, and Aaron Filbeck, Associate Director, Content Development, CAIA Association

Modeling Expected Returns Across the Beta Spectrum

Description: In this recording, Aaron Filbeck, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, Associate Director of Content Development at CAIA Association is joined by Paisley Nardini, CFA, CAIA, Strategist at Invesco, and Vanessa Wieliczko, CFA, CAIA, CFP®, Director of Investments at HoyleCohen where they discuss forward-looking capital market assumptions (CMAs) that might alter desired future portfolio positioning. 

The Art of Due Diligence: Exploring the Qualitative Aspects of Manager Research

Description: 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.

CAIA Association and State Street Associates Present: Decarbonization Factors

Description: Investors navigating an era of climate change are demanding more data to measure the upstream and downstream climate risk and opportunities. But, how can investors use different approaches to climate data in portfolio construction to improve outcomes? We test three types of climate data to understand the circumstances in which they are a value-add to portfolio construction. Building on "decarbonization factors" research, Prof.

CAIA Charter Information Session

Description: In this recording William Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association and Aaron Filbeck, Associate Director, Content Development, CAIA, explore and review information about the CAIA Association and our flagship program, the CAIA Charter Designation program.

Panelists: William Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association, and Aaron Filbeck, Associate Director, Content Development, CAIA Association

Real Estate Around the World: Size, Geography, and Long-Term Trends

Description: Aaron Filbeck, CAIA, CFA, CIPM, Associate Director, Content Development, CAIA Association joined Bert Teuben, Executive Director of Real Estate Research, MSCI to discuss the current and long-term trends of the industry, key takeaways from the latest real estate market size report, and the impact of COVID-19 on the real estate sectors.

Panelists: Bert Teuben, Executive Director of Real Estate Research, MSCI, and Aaron Filbeck, CAIA, CFA, CIPM, Associate Director, Content Development, CAIA Association

The History and Evolution of Valuation

Description: In their 2020 edition of Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, McKinsey & Co. provides new insights on corporate valuation such as the impact of digital valuation techniques, ESG issues, and long-term investing. In this one-hour discussion, we will not only discuss the history and evolution of corporate valuation, but also place particular emphasis these topics and the impact on private markets investing today.

CAIA Association and State Street Associates Present: Decarbonization Factors

Description: Investors navigating an era of climate change are demanding more data to measure the upstream and downstream climate risk and opportunities. But, how can investors use different approaches to climate data in portfolio construction to improve outcomes? We test three types of climate data to understand the circumstances in which they are a value-add to portfolio construction. Building on "decarbonization factors" research, Prof.