CFA Institute: CFA Magazine: Table of Contents

The Echoes of “Occupy”

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (John Rogers) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:56 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 7-7.
“While it may be unfair to paint our industry with a single broad brush, particularly for those of us who abide by high ethical standards and put investors’ interests first, the reality is that our image has been tarnished by those who placed the business of finance or personal interests above the profession.”

The Leadership Gap

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Dave Ulrich et al) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:55 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 8-10.
“The investment industry community will be well served to develop more rigorous analytical tools to determine the quality of leadership within potential investment opportunities.”

Encouraging a Behavioral Shift

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Philippe Sarasin) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:54 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 10-10.
“We need to find not only new answers but new ways of finding these answers.”

Goal-Based Reporting and Traditional Metrics

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Charles M. Opincar) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:54 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 11-12.
Empowering investors “means creating goals-based reporting tools that resonate both objectively and subjectively.”

CFA Institute Moves with the Times

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Ashvin Vibhakar) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:49 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 51-51.
“CFA Institute and its members recognize the need to educate and develop more stewards to face challenges in the world’s investment markets, especially within the Asia-Pacific region.”

TIPSy

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Ed McCarthy) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:50 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 34-37.
After a decade of outperformance, have inflation linked bonds reached a tipping point?

On a Mission

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Jonathan Barnes) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:51 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 38-40.
Analyst Mike Mayo, CFA, explains “how Wall Street has gone astray.”

You Must Remember This

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Maha Khan Phillips) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:51 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 42-44.
Is hindsight “an insidious cognitive error” that will prevent us from learning the right lessons about the global financial crisis?

A Pioneering Spirit

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Jonathan Barnes) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:46 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 46-40.
“Where you have problems to solve, you have investment opportunities”—Renée Blasky, CFA, on why she’s “very positive” on East Africa.

MF Global: Another Ethics and Regulatory Blunder?

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Kurt Schacht) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:46 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 13-13.
“What has changed since similarly risky behavior brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse?”

Overhauling Europe’s Securities Markets

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Rhodri Preece) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:47 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 14-15.
“After nearly a year in the making, the legislative package puts transparency at the forefront with ambitious proposals to shed light on trading in practically all financial instruments.”

Have UCITS Grown Too Complex for Retailer Investors?

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Agnés Le Thiec) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:47 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 15-16.
“Even though we are concerned about the protection of investors, it seems to us that prohibiting the sale of structured UCITS outright to retail investors may not be the right answer.”

An Inside Look at the Disciplinary Process

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Dorothy Kelly) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:52 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 20-21.
“The basic process hasn't changed much over the years, but how we execute it has changed quite a bit.”

In Transition

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Lori Pizzani) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:52 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 24-26.
The voice of experience: making career moves in the current market

Short It and Forget It?

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Dennis Dick) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:54 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 28-29.
Trading mechanics and the hidden costs of shorting

Social Graces

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Ed McCarthy) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:53 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 30-31.
How advisers are using social media to get an edge

Enforced Cooperation

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Lori Pizzani) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:49 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 32-33.
Will the SEC's new enforcement regime work?

Streams of Professional Education

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Usman Hayat) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:48 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 53-53.
Streaming is particularly attractive to CFA Institute given the global nature of our membership.

How Do You Know When You're Done?

cfapubs@cfainstitute.org (Ralph Wanger) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:49 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 55-55.
“If you are looking at a company for the first time, you may find that reading all the company releases, U.S. SEC filings, and some other analyst reports provide a massive data dump, but how do you get a coherent story out of all that stuff?”

January/February Issue

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:01:43 GMT

CFA Magazine Jan 2012, Vol. 23, No. 1: 1-58.
This PDF contains the complete January/February 2012 issue of CFA Magazine.