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CFA Society Germany and CAIA Germany - Seminar with K. Black, PhD, CAIA, CFA - The State of Alternative Investments A Global View

Date(s):
January 28, 2019
Note:
All times listed are in local time
Venue:
Simmons & Simmons LLP, Frankfurt am Main
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49
Frankfurt am Main, HE 60308 
Fee(s):
This event has a fee
Description:

CFA Society Germany & CAIA Germany Sponsored Event:
 
Seminar with Keith Black, PhD, CAIA, CFA 
 
The State of Alternative Investments. A Global View.

The world of alternative investments continues to grow and change. Nearly USD10 trillion in assets have flowed into the alternative investment industry in the last fifteen years. Now alternatives are starting to show up in mutual funds and ETFs.
  • What might the future hold?
  • Which asset classes are likely to most quickly grow assets
  • Which are more likely to decline in importance over time
Delegates will receive a hard copy of Alternative Investments: A Primer for Investment Professionals, co-authored by Dr. Black and recently published by CFA Institute Research Foundation.

Agenda:
5:45 PM - Registration
6:00 PM - Seminar followed by networking and lunch


Registration Fees:
Free  (CAIA and CFA Members) | 35 USD (Guests) 
 
Please note that the event will be in English. This Seminar gives credits (see registration link).
As there is a limited capacity for the event, we ask that you please register as early as possible to reserve your spot.

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Keith Black
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Keith Black has over twenty-five years of financial market experience, serving approximately half of that time as an academic and half as a trader and consultant to institutional investors. He currently serves as Managing Director of Curriculum and Exams for the CAIA Association. During his most recent role at Ennis Knupp + Associates, Keith advised foundations, endowments and pension funds on their asset allocation and manager selection strategies in hedge funds, commodities, and managed futures. Prior experience includes commodities derivatives trading, stock options research and CBOE floor trading, and building quantitative stock selection models for mutual funds and hedge funds. Dr. Black previously served as an assistant professor and senior lecturer at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He contributes regularly to The CFA Digest, and has published in The Journal of Wealth Management, The Journal of Trading, The Journal of Investing, and The Journal of Alternatives Investments, among others. He is the author of the book “Managing a Hedge Fund,” as well as co-author of the 2012 and 2015/2016 second and third editions of the CAIA Level I and Level II textbooks. Dr. Black was named to the Institutional Investor magazine’s list of “Rising Stars of Hedge Funds” in 2010. Keith Black earned a BA from Whittier College, an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, and a PhD from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and was a member of the inaugural class of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) candidates.