University Connect Series
CFA Society Pakistan launched the University Connect Series in 2020 to help connect industry practitioners and CFA Charterholders with students aspiring to enter the fields of finance and investment management in their professional lives. Members volunteer as guest speakers in sessions covering a wide array of topics involving capital markets, banking, investment management, security analysis and valuation, ethics and others where they share insights on key happenings in the financial world to help expand the knowledge base of students.
The University Connect Series has received an enthusiastic response from leading universities of Pakistan, with significant student participation.
Topics covered till date include, but are not limited to:
- Banking on equality and gender diversity
- Fintech and jobs of the future
- Investment analysis and portfolio management
- Pakistan capital markets – introduction and outlook
- Practical application of equity valuation techniques in Pakistan
- Retail investing in the equity market
- Security analysis – introduction and application
- Stock market efficiency and behavioral biases in Pakistan
- Why invest in the stock market?