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CFA Houston ZOOM Webinar - David Giroux - T Rowe Price

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CFA Society of Austin - Monthly Luncheon

Topic: Digital Infrastructure Credit: A Compelling Investment Case Supporting Responsible Growth in an Increasingly Digital World Synopsis: Digital Infrastructure is a crucial asset class that facilitates the provision of mission-critical bandwidth, connectivity, and computer resources across multiple use cases. Patrick and Sean will provide a background on the sustainable, secular demand drivers for digital infrastructure and elaborate on the fundamental characteristics that support an attractive investing framework. Speakers: Patrick Fear and Sean Kennedy from Alliance Bernstein Sean Kennedy joined AB in 2014 and is a Director of AB Private Credit Investors, where he is involved in originations primarily focused on the digital infrastructure and services sector as well as generalist sponsor coverage. He was formerly a director on the Credit team at AB Private Credit Investors, where he was involved in structuring, underwriting and execution, and portfolio management. Prior to joining AB-PCI, Kennedy was an associate in the Fixed Income Global Credit Research Group at AB, focusing on high-yield and leveraged-loan transactions. Prior to that, Kennedy was an associate in the Asset and Principal Finance Group at Nomura Securities. He holds a BS in business administration from Carnegie Mello University. Members of CFA Society of Austin are invited at no charge. Guests and non-members may attend for a guest fee of $40 per person due at registration. Membership will be verified after registration. Members of other CFA Societies within Texas may attend as members. Please indicate the city you are a member of on the registration page.

CFA Texas Advocacy Day

FOR TEXAS CFA CHARTERHOLDERS: Morning Session in the 500 West 2nd Street Building Keynote speech by Margaret Franklin, CFA, CEO of the CFA Institute Update on Financial Legislation in Texas, State Senator Tan Parker, District 12 · Fireside chat with top regulators in Texas Marshall Gandy, SEC National Associate Director of investment Advisor examination Scott Maestri, FINRA Examination Director for Texas Travis Illes, Commissioner of the Texas State Securities Board Afternoon Session at the Texas State Capitol Meet with your local Congresspeople to discuss the role of CFA charterholders and CFA Texas in protecting investor interest in our great state. Cocktail Hour in historic Texas Capitol conference room. Seating for the morning event will be limited. Host: CFA Societies Texas Advocacy Committee CFA TEXAS ADVOCACY DAY INFORMATION AND REGISTRATON

CFA Austin - Cocktail Reception and Discussion

Title: Cocktail Reception and Discussion on the Current Market Environment Through a Research Based Approach Speaker: Wes Crill is the Head of Investment Strategists and a Vice President at Dimensional. As a member of the Investment Solutions Group, he directs empirical research on a broad range of investment topics to support client relations. A frequent speaker at Dimensional and industry events, Wes is responsible for developing investment content, analysis, and education that is distributed across a variety of platforms. Wes earned a BS and a PhD in materials science engineering from North Carolina State University. Description: This presentation takes recent market events and examines them through a research-based lens to provide a framework for not only understanding current market events, but also their broader implications. This review of market events lends itself to the other focus of the conversation, which is breaking down the news and information and structuring productive, informative client conversations around them. *This is a CE-approved presentation. Agenda: Cocktail reception 4pm – 4:30pm Presentation (interactive): 4:30 – 5:30 Q & A: 5:30pm Location: Dimensional Fund Advisors 6300 Bee Cave Road Building One, 2 nd floor Austin, TX 78746 *Guests can park in Building One's garage

CFA Austin May 2023 Webinar

Title: ARK Big Ideas 2023 Speaker: Jack Stock, CIMA, Vice President, Product Specialist, ARK Invest Description: Innovation is imperative to long-term growth. Despite its potential, innovation can take longer for the mass market to adopt. Perception is key and investors should focus on promising areas of disruptive innovation, including those missed or underrepresented by traditional investment styles. According to ARK Invest Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer Catherine D. Wood, “Disruptive innovation is not priced correctly by traditional investment strategies because people don’t understand how big the ultimate opportunities will be. They aren’t sizing the opportunity or analyzing the disruption.” This program will discuss technological convergence and 12 critical technologies in the disruptive innovation categories comprising the major innovation platforms, how they may lead to growth, and how to capitalize on those opportunities. Date/Time: May 3 rd 11:30am – 12:30pm CT / ZOOM Webinar

CFA Houston ZOOM Webinar - Marc Faber

CFA Society of Austin - Monthly Luncheon

Description: Are Small Caps back? Jeff John, CFA (Senior PM) and Mike Rode, CFA (Senior Client PM) with American Century, will discuss the outlook for the US Small Cap asset class and debate which style, Growth or Value, has the advantage going forward. Speakers: Jeff John, CFA, is a vice president and senior portfolio manager for American Century Investments, a premier investment manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. He is based in the company’s Kansas City, Missouri office. Jeff co-manages and provides fundamental equity research and analysis for the U.S. Small Cap Value and U.S. Small Cap Value Income strategies. He has been a member of this team since joining American Century Investments in 2008. Previously, he was an equity research analyst with Kornitzer Capital Management – Buffalo Funds Group in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Prior to that, Jeff was a sell-side analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in Atlanta. He also held analyst positions at Equitable Securities Corporation and Lee, Robinson & Steine, Inc. He has worked in the investment industry since 1991. Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in business administration from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He is a CFA® charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute, and a member of the CFA Society Kansas City. Mike Rode, CFA is vice president and senior client portfolio manager for American Century Investments, a premier investment manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. He is based in the company’s Kansas City, Missouri office. Mike is a member of the Global Value Equity group and is responsible for communicating global value equity strategies and real estate investment strategies and results to the firm’s clients and consultants. Prior to joining American Century Investments in 2018, Mike was managing director, Institutional Equity Sales, at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Previously, Mike was managing director, Institutional Equity Sales, at Needham & Company LLC. Mike has worked in the investment industry since 2003. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in finance with a minor in English from Marist College. He is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.