CFA Institute Take 15 Podcast Series (Audio only version)
Summary: CFA Institute Take 15 Series: 10-15 minute interviews with leading practitioners on timely topics in market and credit risk as well as ethics. CFA Institute is a global membership organization that awards the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. CFA Institute leads the investment industry by setting the highest standards of ethics and professional excellence and vigorously advocating fair and transparent capital markets.
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- Copyright: Copyright 2011
Podcasts:
Adam Litke discusses the problem of counterparty risk in credit derivatives and provides possible solutions including a clearing house for derivatives trades. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Matt Orsagh, CFA, CIPM, discusses the report recently released by the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity entitled "Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors at Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors".
Ludovic Phalippou discusses the problems with internal rates of return as the performance metric of choice in the world of private equity. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Shishir M. Udani, CFA, discusses hedge fund demand for equity tranches in CDOs. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Jim Allen, CFA, discusses the report recently released by the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity entitled The Compensation of Senior Executives at Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors.
Christopher C. Finger, Head of Research at RiskMetrics Group, Inc., discusses techniques that can be used by pension funds to hedge their natural exposure to inflation. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Charles Tschampion, CFA, discusses applications of ethics in proxy voting, front running, and GIPS presentation situations. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Charles Tschampion, CFA, discusses applications of the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct as well as an application of its Corporate Governance Manual.
Christopher C. Finger, Head of Research at RiskMetrics Group, LLC, discusses the use of the ABX index to help with the problems of accurate marking of positions. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
Kenneth L. Grant, President of Risk Resources, LLC, discusses where we've been, where we are now, and where we may be going with systemic risk in structured products. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
In this Take 15 episode, Richard F. DeMong, CFA, defines the concept of moral hazard and discusses its significance for the subprime mortgage market problems. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
In this Take 15 episode, Richard F. DeMong, CFA, discusses the following topics in interview format: The basics of mortgage securitization and creation of CDOs -- Risk transfer and rating risk. Please visit http://www.cfawebcasts.org/ for more info.
