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  • IIC 2021: A Conversation with Chris Mayer – Author of 100 baggers

    • May 21, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
    • Category: BLOG, Events
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    Speaker: Mr. Chris Mayer, Portfolio Manager & Co-Founder, Woodlock House Family Capital Moderator: Prof. Sanjay Bakshi, Managing Partner, ValueQuest Capital LLP Contributed By: Kapil Mehra, CFA, Volunteer, CFA Society India   Chris is a prolific writer...
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  • IAIC 2021: “Misadventures of a Hedge Fund Manager” by Christina Qi

    • May 19, 2021
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    • Category: BLOG, Events
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      What is it really like to start a fund? In an intimate talk about hedge funds, Christina Qi opened up vividly upon her roller-coaster journey of starting a hedge fund from her dorm room in 20s and all the mistakes she made along the way. She is now the CEO...
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  • Message from the Board: The Journey – From Unknown Unknowns to Unknown Knowns

    • April 14, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
    • Category: Updates
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      The financial year 2021 turned out to be one of the most eventful years in the recent history for society and all of us individually. Starting with Covid-19 related scare, prolonged lock-down, record recession and work from home to ending up with gradual...
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  • In Conversation with Mr. Chirag Mehta

    • April 13, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
    • Category: In Conversation With
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      Rajni: Quantum AMC is one of the early movers to set up fund in ESG space in India, please share your perspective for coming up with the idea. Chirag: At Quantum group, we began to adopt a “Governance” factor in our investment decisions in 1996 – so...
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  • Cover Story: ESG – The Next Big Investment Theme in India

    • April 12, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
    • Category: ExPress
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    Written by Labanya Prakash Jena, CFA   Sustainable investing has come a long way – from earlier ethics-based to currently achieving a more conventional investment practice. The increasing environmental and social risk awareness leads to community and public...
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  • In Conversation with Dr. Barbara Buchner

    • April 12, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
    • Category: In Conversation With
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      “Currently, it’s exciting to see the climate conversation more mainstream than it’s ever been”, remarks Dr. Barbara Buchner, Global MD of Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and our guest for Mar’21 ESG theme newsletter. After all, hours after being...
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  • In Conversation with Mr. Ruchit Mehta, CFA

    • April 12, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
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      Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are becoming an important part of investment thesis. The world is already dealing with climate change and the recent pandemic has increased awareness for social issues further supporting the case for ESG...
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  • In Conversation with Mr. Chandru Badrinarayanan, ECube

    • April 6, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
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      ESG investment in listed companies is still a new concept for retail investors and family offices. Funds like E-cube are providing an investment avenue to investors for ESG participation. For this section, our guest is Mr. Chandru Badrinarayanan, Managing...
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  • In Conversation with Ms. Shami Nissan, Actis

    • April 6, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
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      ESG has been gaining prominence worldwide, as funds incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) themes into their mandate and focus on companies that fall in the purview of socially responsible investments/ESG sectors. To get a deeper insight...
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  • Independent Directors – I Saw the Loch-Ness Monster!!!

    • March 13, 2021
    • Posted by: CFA Society India
    • Category: ExPress
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      (Disclosure: The views, analysis and conclusions expressed in this article are personal. They do not represent the views of my employer in anyway whatsoever.)   Nowadays if one were to evaluate the composition of the Board of Directors of any listed...
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