Upcoming Events

CFA Society Vancouver Events

CFA Society Vancouver hosts a variety of webinars and in-person events to support its members' professional development and networking opportunities. Many events are open to the public and qualify for member pricing through the Global Passport Program.  

Python 2: Visualization and Analysis

This hands-on course is intended for anyone who uses Python and who is already comfortable with the skills that were taught in “Python 1: Core Data Analysis”. This course continues to build the skills needed to develop Python programs to solve typical finance problems, cutting through the noise of generic “Data Science” courses. Participants will be introduced to best practices programming in Python to analyze and visualize financial data. Prerequisites Participants require basic prior programming knowledge in Python and an understanding of the pandas package. Participants should also understand finance and statistical concepts, but in-depth analytical understanding is not necessary. It is recommended that participants take “Python 1: Core Data Analysis” before this course. You will be required to download and install Anaconda or an equivalent Python distribution – links provided in advance of the course.

The Future of Emerging Markets and The Rise of a Digital India

The Third Wave of global digitization has reached an inflection point. The conditions and technologies born in Silicon Valley have now spread, evolved, and matured worldwide, creating billions of digital natives and numerous unicorns in all corners of the globe. With the India’s swelling middle class of youthful online consumers as the catalyst, the country stands apart and is poised to lead global growth as it enters a golden age of digital transformation. CFA Society Vancouver and CFA Society Winnipeg welcome Kevin Carter to our virtual stage to take us through the following: ·  Understanding the flaws in traditional Emerging Market Investing ·  Why India is the perfect emerging market + diversifier right now ·  How to invest in India's digital transformation .  Next Wave of the Digital Revolution: LatAm and SE Asia

Python 3: Web Scraping and Dashboarding

During this hands-on course, participants will work with Python and several popular packages to create programs that acquire, consolidate, analyze and present large data sets. Whether originated from websites or internal databases, this course will demonstrate core techniques to efficiently manage and explore business data through interactive dashboards. Prerequisites A general understanding of programming principles and Python is recommended for this course. The course material will build on the content of “Python 1: Core Data Analysis”. Although not required, participants will benefit from having taken “Python 2: Visualization and Analysis”. Participants should be familiar with Python packages and their installation. You will be required to download and install Anaconda or an equivalent Python distribution – links provided in advance of the course.