CFA Society Finland celebrated its traditional Christmas Dinner and Charter Awards on 4 December at Hotel Mestari in Helsinki, featuring engaging conversations and an inspiring presentation on Nordic startups by Jyri Engeström of Lifeline Ventures. We also warmly welcomed our newest Charterholders. On the same evening, Estonian members gathered in Tallinn for their annual Christmas Dinner, highlighted by two insightful systematic equity strategy presentations

Fall event schedule continued in November with Fidelity’s Madeleine Kuang speaking on Asia area market outlook. Interesting topics covered with lively Q&A session with the audience.

Good company, great games, and a few new pool skills! Members gathered for a fun evening of billiards and networking in Helsinki — thank you to everyone who joined in.

A new season of Research Challenge is here. CFA Finland team hosted the kick off session virtually at the beginning of November.

The 2025 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index ranks 52 countries’ retirement systems, with the Netherlands, Iceland, and Denmark leading. This index highlights global challenges in pension adequacy, sustainability, and integrity.

Our CLO breakfast event offered a great start to the fall season, with interesting discussions around this asset class. Thank you Cathy Bevan, Alcentra and Colin McGinnis, PennantPark, for presenting on the topic!

CFA Society Finland gathered at Katajanokan Kasino for the 2025 Annual General Meeting & Dinner. The evening celebrated achievements from the past year, welcomed a new Board, and honored our newest charterholders. With strong momentum, we look forward to another year of growth, community, and impact.

Interested in deepening your knowledge in private wealth? CFA Institute is has launched a learning program that offers content from the CFA program level III specialized private wealth pathway.

Good news! CFA Institute members can now get the Sustainable Investing Certificate at a discounted prize. Take up on this offer before July ends.

We had a wonderful time on the Helsinki coast with old-fashioned wooden sailing ship Astrid. CFA members and candidates hopped onboard on a cloudy but enjoyable evening filled with great discussion and delicious food and drinks.

As tradition we held a candidate networking event after the May exam rounds of the CFA exams. It was important hearing thought from the attendees on their respective candidate experiences.

We were delighted to arrange a professional learning breakfast on the topic of digital euro at the end of May. The attendees got an interesting glimpse into the preparation stage of this initiative.

Check out what went on at the Society in April, complete with a professional learning webinar as well a a chance to network among members and candidates.

Helsinki was the setting for the fifth annual Nordic Investment Conference. CFA Society Finland was grateful to welcome a great number of attendees from the Nordics and beyond. This was a day filled with presentations, discussions, networking and new insights.

On February 27th we organized the final event of Research Challenge in Helsinki with four finalist teams participating. After a suspenseful event we celebrated this year’s winner.

CFA Society Finland is always delighted to organize this annual dinner that features guest speakers, dinner with networking, forecast results, diplomas and casting predictions for next year.

Our year started off with a fun evening at the casino. Networking, poker and dinner was on the agenda on this Janury evening with our members and candidates.

We were happy to gather with members for the last time during 2024 at our Christmas events in Helsinki and Tallinn. Also the latest charterholders at our Society were awarded.

CFA Society Finland hosted a real-estate themed event with Fidelity International in mid-November. Topic sparked much conversation which hopefully will continue at a later event.

Local Research Challenge has kicked off for this year with nine participating universities from Finland and Estonia. Kempower as a subject company and FactSet as data provider, it will be an interesting research project for the students again!