Alternative Investments
Muhammad Yunus says that empowering entrepreneurs can create social businesses to eliminate poverty.
The profession of investment management has developed through an iterative process that adapts approaches for new models, new mindsets, and new markets.
Are we stuck in a low-growth, low-demand environment for the foreseeable future? Lord Adair Turner discusses whether governments and central banks have anything left in their arsenal.
Conversations around drivers of economic growth, transitioning away from oil production, and increasing entrepreneurship have gained greater relevance in the Middle East.
The 2016 Middle East Investment Conference will convene amid a market maelstrom of volatile oil prices, negative interest rates, geopolitical drama, and national budget revisions.
The young and rapidly evolving field of crowdfunding is democratizing investing like never before, making finance — donations, debt, equity — available where it wasn't previously. But to scale up, regulations need to be adopted, says Lars Kroijer.
Our generation of investors must navigate an anemic global economy that was inconceivable only a few years ago, unmoved by zero interest rates and bursts of experimental monetary policy. Mark Harrison, CFA, has identified key presentations to help professionals chart a path forward.
At the 2015 CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference, energy expert Fereidun Fesharaki argued that the major drop in oil price is good for the global economy but bad for oil exporting countries.
In Kuwait, the complexities of changing economic models and shifting priorities emphasize the challenges of investing in new realities.
Selections from CFA Institute Conference Proceedings for investment professionals ready to re-consider new investing realities by engaging with the latest thinking on global economics, frontier markets, innovative investment techniques and disruptive industry trends.