CFA Institute

since 1947
  • 501-1,000 employees
  • Financial Services

CFA Institute

CFA Institute is a global community of more than 190,000 investment professionals working to build an investment industry where investors’ interests come first, financial markets function at their best, and economies grow. We are driven by the belief that lasting economic growth depends on trust, competence, and transparency in financial markets, and we know that it must be led by professionals adhering to the highest levels of ethics and investment expertise. We achieve these goals by: raising standards of professional excellence in the industry; championing ethical behavior in investment markets; serving as a respected source of knowledge in investment markets; and creating a strong global community of investment professionals.

Expertise

Ethics and Education and Professional Excellence in the Investment Industry

Richard Bookstaber: Understanding Markets Through Complexity and Human Behavior
  • 2 days ago

Risk expert and author Richard Bookstaber joins guest host Genevieve Hayman, senior researcher at CFA Institute, to explore why traditional financial models often fail to capture the real dynamics...

Christine Mahoney: What the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index Says About the Health of Retirement Systems
  • 19 days ago

Mercer Senior Partner Christine Mahoney joins host Mike Wallberg, CFA, to unpack key findings from the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index 2025. She explains how 52 retirement income systems...

Winston Ma, CFA: Sovereign Wealth, AI Strategy, and the Future of Global Capital
  • 1 month ago

In this episode of Enterprising Investor, Winston Ma, CFA, investor, attorney, author, and partner at Dragon Capital, joins guest host and editor of the Enterprising Investor blog, Cathy Scott, to...

Rob Arnott: Rethinking Risk, Fear, and the Future of Asset Pricing
  • 1 month ago

Rob Arnott, founder and chairman of Research Affiliates, joins The Enterprising Investor to challenge long-held assumptions about the equity risk premium and asset allocation. Drawing on Fear, Not...

Baxter Hines, CFA: Tokenization, Security Tokens, and the Future of Blockchain
  • 2 months ago

Guest host Chris Wiese, CFA, Managing Director of Education at CFA Institute, speaks with Baxter Hines, CFA, Chief Investment Officer at Honeycomb Digital Investments and author of Digital Finance:...

Brian Pisaneschi, CFA: Demystifying AI for Smarter Investing
  • 2 months ago

CFA Institute Research and Policy Center senior investment data scientist Brian Pisaneschi, CFA, breaks down the future of AI in investing—covering retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic wor...

Mark Anson, CFA: Rethinking Portfolio Construction in a Globalized, Uncertain World
  • 3 months ago

At CFA Institute LIVE 2025, guest host Chris Wiese, CFA, managing director of \education at CFA Institute, sat down with Mark Anson, CFA, CEO of Commonfund, for a wide-ranging conversation on how i...

Christopher Shipley: Navigating US Equities, Tariffs, and Global Markets in 2025
  • 3 months ago

What’s driving the curious performance of US equities in 2025—and what risks are flying under the radar? Christopher Shipley, Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Fort Washingto...

Nerina Visser, CFA: Elevating Investment Impact Across Africa and the Middle East
  • 4 months ago

Guest host Chris Wiese, CFA, Managing Director of Education at CFA Institute, sits down with Nerina Visser, CFA, President’s Council Representative for the Middle East and Africa, during the CFA In...