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Introducing: CFA Institute Research and Policy Center

By Erin Prosser posted 06 Sep, 2023 03:17 PM

  

The new CFA Institute Research and Policy Center is live! 

The future of the global investment industry and its role in society is marked by unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Many are systemic and must be solved collectively. The Research and Policy Center brings together CFA Institute expertise along with a global, cross-disciplinary community of experts working collaboratively to solve complex problems.

Features and Benefits:

Features

CFA Institute Research and Policy Center Features CFA Institute Research and Policy Center is a positive influencing force in the global investment industry, transforming research insights into actions that strengthen markets, advance ethics, and improve investor outcomes for the ultimate benefit of society. The Research and Policy Center (RPC) delivers new leadership thinking informed by the perspective of practitioners and the convening power, impartiality, credibility, and leadership of CFA Institute, whose mission is to lead the investment profession globally. 

The structure and approach of the Research and Policy Center are unique.

  • It is independent. The Research and Policy Center is anchored to longstanding CFA Institute tenets of intellectual independence, impartiality, and technical rigor.
  • It is actionable. The Research and Policy Center delivers policy and advocacy positions on the most important themes shaping the investment industry that elevate the profession, and the industry.
  • It is influential. The Research and Policy Center amplifies the mission of CFA Institute by extending its influence to new audiences while deepening its relevance and relationships with core constituencies such as investment practitioners and regulators.

Benefits

The distinguishing benefits of the Research and Policy Center help industry to achieve what a singular entity alone can not do. 

  • The future of the global investment industry and its role in society is marked by unprecedented challenges and opportunities, many of which are systemic and must be solved collectively.
  • RPC brings together CFA Institute expertise along with a global, cross-disciplinary community of subject matter experts working collaboratively to solve complex problems.
  • Forward-looking research themes drive its content engagement, action, and outcomes. They are:
    • 1. Strengthening the structural resilience of the capital markets
    • 2. Understanding the latest developments in data analytics, technology and automation
    • 3. Providing new insights into the future of the profession
    • 4. Leading the industry’s thinking on sustainability challenges
  • RPC transforms its research into content offerings built and delivered to connect with a range of audience consumption preferences in practical formats, such as tools, frameworks, and summaries.
  • Its commitment to content offered in different formats for different needs enables audiences to act on its new leadership thinking in ways that they want, when they want.

Learn more: https://rpc.cfainstitute.org/en/