Our forest investments-themed breakfast event gathered members and candidates to listen experts on Finnish forestry market, carbon sinks, using forests for energy generation and more

CFA Institute has announced significant enhancements to the CFA Program as part of its continual efforts to evolve the Program. These changes address the way today’s candidates learn and prepare them for successful careers as investment professionals, while also supplying the industry with the well-trained, ethical professionals it so requires.

CFA Society Finland was able to organize a terrific Research Challenge local final at Nasdaq Helsinki. See the excellent photos and happenings at the event.

The newly refreshed Investment Foundations Certificate covers the essentials of finance, ethics, and investment roles, providing a clear understanding of the global investment industry.

CFA Society Finland is honoring the memory of Matti Kuhakoski, CFA.

We were happy to gather almost 50 of our members for traditional forecasts and quality presentations. Read what went on during the evening.

Read this new report on cryptoassets and the three key emerging issues that the market will need to clarify: valuation, fiduciary duty, and the custody of assets.

The Certificate in ESG Investing is being renewed for 2023. Learn about the changes in the Certificate and administration. These changes will apply to examinations taken from February 2023.

CFA Society Finland annual Christmas Dinner was held December 8th. We were happy to welcome eight new charterholders to our Society. Evening’s presentation was offered by Niklas Kaskeala, Compensate.

CFA Institute’s Brad Jealous and Julia McDonough gave a really interesting workshop on ethical decision-making at the end of November. The workshop was organized for our Affiliate University students here in Finland.

We had a very interesting conversation on sustainable regulation aspects in Europe and the global sphere. Gabriel Wilson-Otto, CFA and Nathaële Rebondy shared thoughts at our breakfast event at Hotel Klaus K.

CFA Society Finland was happy to welcome Niko Pakalén and Kai Tavakka, CFA as our experts into the topic of active investing. This pleasant afternoon event was held in Helsinki to our members.

A new season of Research Challenge began. Eight teams competing this year, as the students are researching Valmet in this local leg of the global competition.

It was time for some fall networking for our Society. We met at the Helsinki Distilling Company this late October for a tour&tasting.

The 2022 edition of the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index was launched today. Finland was fifth with its pension system this year where 44 pension systems were compared around the world. See the comments from CFA Society Finland board president Toni Iivonen.

Our first event of the fall season was a highly topical conversation on macroeconomic developments in the major economic regions, and the many unknown factors making forecasting short and long term scenarios challenging.

CFA Institute members can benefit from the annual Refresher Readings that are being published for the benefit of members continuous education, providing information in pivotal areas in the modern finance world.

This introductory course, designed specifically for financial professionals, will discuss key concepts needed to understand Python, and is ideal for analysts, portfolio managers, risk managers and quants wanting to sharpen their data science skills.

It was time again to recap the past year, present strategy and elect the board for the new financial year of the Society.

Find out more about four new Data Science for Investment Professionals courses that take learners through structured learning modules and deliver practical, relevant industry skills.