CFA Russia recognizes that other big cities in the rest of the country play an important role in the economy.

The calibration process is CFA Russia’s own approach that ensures student reports receive similar scoring regardless of who marks them.

By doing a financial analysis of Russia’s largest exchange group, students will gain valuable experience that will later give them the edge in future employment.

The two experts argued that the growth of fintech start-ups might represent a disruption of skills to the traditional banking system.

Moscow Exchange (MoEx), this year’s subject company, held a Q&A session during which experts answered to numerous questions raised by participating students.

CFA Association Russia held this year’s annual CFA Charterholder Recognition Event on December 5 at Moscow’s Soho Rooms club.

The Global Passport Program allows members of all participating CFA societies to attend each other’s events at the local member price.

CFA Institute recognizes not only the hardship of long hours spent studying for the exam, but also a financial burden the CFA exam may put on one’s budget. When there is a will, there is a way. That is why the CFA Institute offers annually 3,400 access scholarships worldwide to help candidates facing difficulties with paying the full price of the enrollment to the CFA exam.

On November 19, CFA Association Russia held the CFA Mock Exam at the Economic Faculty of the Moscow State University.

Guests gathered at Correa’s Café had an opportunity to hear about these and other issues surrounding the liquid alternative investment.

On November 11, CFA Association Russia held the 2016-2017 Investment Research Challenge Kick-Off Event within the walls of the Moscow Exchange.

Although many might have heard about the Bitcoin payment system, not everyone knows how the decentralized cryptocurrency system works. CFA Association Russia invited Dr. Sviatoslav Rosov, CFA, analyst at CFA Institute London office, to talk about the nitty-gritty details of financial blockchain mechanics and implications, using the example of Bitcoin.

Almost 25-years ago first franchise stores began pouring into the Russian market. A lot has changed since, with Russia becoming one of the fastest growing markets in the world of franchise business. CFA Association Russia held a business breakfast on October 11 at Greene King Pub & Kitchen. Thanks to two presentations, made by Yuri Mikhailichenko, Patrick and Jack Findaro, guests had a great opportunity to learn about modern trends in franchise development.

On September 6, CFA Association Russia co-organized a presentation on ModelOff, the world’s largest financial modeling championship. The event took place in the PricewaterhouseCoopers company’s office and was the very first such event in Russia.

On Sunday, August 28, CFA Association Russia kick-started a new season with a traditional Golf Day that brought together members to the Moscow City Golf Club on Mosfilmovskaya Street.

Sanctions were the key theme at Russia's most important finance event of the year, the 2016 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. At one of its sessions Paul Smith, CFA Institute’s president and global CEO, presented a study entitled “Geopolitics For Investors”.

On June 22 at the Kazan bar CFA Russia hosted a business-breakfast on hedge funds.

A seminar on the theme “ETFs: international practices and Russia” was held on June 16. This course consisting of five sessions, developed by experts at the stock exchange specially for the CFA Association (Russia), is intended to broaden one’s knowledge of investment funds and evaluating prospects for launching one’s own investment business. The lesson was moderated by Alexei Fedorov (from the division for working with participants in the stock market at the Moscow Exchange). A presentation was given by Vladimir Kreyndel from FinEx Plus. In that company he is responsible for developing the range of products for exchange-traded funds (ETF) and portfolio decisions based on index products.

On June 1 at the Kazan Bar, the CFA Association held a business breakfast on the theme “Effects of macroeconomic and political changes on asset management: risks in the Russian market”. Sharing their views on the country’s present and future were Business New Europe editor and publisher Ben Aris and founding partner and chairman of the research firm GaveKal-Dragonomics and GaveKal Research Limited, Charles Gave.

Two weeks before the real CFA exam, on May 21, 2016, the Live Mock CFA Exam was held in Moscow, organized by the CFA Association (Russia) together with Kaplan Schweser and the Department of Finance and Banking of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).