Faculty and Research Master Classes

Master Classes

In partnership with Cass Business School, the CFA UK is pleased to offer a series of Master Classes based on CFA Institute' s Global Body of Investment Knowledge and given Cass' faculty. A total of six evening lectures will be presented covering topics from managing currency risk to economic forecasting. The audience will comprise of CFA UK members, Cass students, staff and alumni. A detailed lecture schedule follows below together with abstracts for each topic.

Seminars

Please note that registration opens from 18:00hrs and the seminar commences at 18:15hrs, prompt.

Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 18.00-20.30
Lucio Sarno, Head of Faculty of Finance, Cass Business School
Managing Currency Risk (Seminar 1)
Venue: Cass Business School.

Tuesday 29 September 2009, 18.00-20.30
Meziane Lasfer, Professor of Finance, Cass Business School
To Trade or Not to Trade: The Strategic Trading of Insiders around News Announcements (Seminar 2)
Venue: Standard & Poor's.

Tuesday 6 October 2009, 18.00-20.30
Roy Batchelor, Professor of Banking and Finance, Cass Business School
Why Forecasts Differ (and why they are so bad)? (Seminar 3)
Venue: Cass Business School.

Tuesday 20 October 2009, 18.00-20.30
Geoffrey E. Wood, Professor of Economics, Cass Business School
Long Term Interest Rates since 1550 (Seminar 4)
Venue: TBC.

Tuesday 27 October 2009, 18.00-20.30
Stewart Hodges, Professor of Finance, Cass Business School
Risk Management before and after the Credit Crunch: How will the crisis change the theory and the practice of investment risk management? (Seminar 5)
Venue: Cass Business School.

Tuesday 3 November 2009, 18.00-20.30
Stephen Thomas, Professor of Finance, Cass Business School
Prospective Utility and Time-Varying Optimal Asset Allocation for the UK: 1803-1995 (Seminar 6)
Venue: Bank of New York Mellon.

CFA UK plans to contribute the Cass webcasts to CFA Institute for posting on the MyCFA platform. The webcasts will also be made available directly to UK members via CFA UK's webcast platform. The MyCFA platform is the primary distribution mechanism for providing lifelong learning to members worldwide and will go live to members in the autumn. CFA UK provides members with quality educational content aligned with the Global Body of Investment Knowledge that will help them maintain and improve their lifelong professional competence. The webcasts (both highlights and in full version) will also be available from the Cass Knowledge online website, to share this knowledge transfer with the Cass community and general public.