Wednesday webinar at one: Future state of the investment industry: Diverging worlds and digital transformation

Wednesday 21 February 2024 | 13:00 - 13:40 | Webinar

Join Rhodri Preece, CFA, Senior Head of Research at CFA Institute and Ryan Munson, Research Manager, CFA Institute for a webinar where they delve into the repercussions of deglobalisation, demographics, and geopolitics on the industry. 

Deglobalisation, geopolitical conflicts, inequality, demographic disruptions, and technological innovation collectively contribute to the emergence of distinct and divided perspectives as targeted content and personalisation create alternate realities. While rapid technological innovation in the form of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and big data, among other applications, leads to accelerating change in the investment industry.

Rhodri and Ryan will analyse:

• How society is adapting to the accelerated rate of innovation.
• The collaborative dynamics between artificial intelligence (AI).
• The human intelligence in addressing our most pressing challenges.

This event is one of three that explores CFA Institute’s report, Future State of the Investment Industry. CFA Institute surveyed its members and consulted with experts to see how they expect the investment industry and profession to evolve over the next five to ten years, and what they are doing to prepare for that evolution.

The report identifies four key scenarios:  Diverging Worlds, Sustainable Finance, Digital Transformation, and The End of Cheap Money. Join us for a webinar with expert speakers who will focus on diverging worlds and digital transformation.

You can also book on to the other two events in the series:

Thursday 8 February - Future state of the investment industry: Mega trends and the end of cheap money 

Wednesday 6 March - Wednesday webinar at one: Future state of the investment industry: Sustainable finance transformation 

Timings

Registration: 12:55
Event: 13:00 - 13:40

Speaker:

Rhodri Preece, CFA, Senior Head of Research, CFA Institute

Rhodri Preece, CFA is Senior Head, Research for CFA Institute and is responsible for leading the organisation’s global research agenda, originating and developing research projects on key investment themes and topics, managing the research staff and collaborating with leading investment practitioners and academics.

Rhodri previously served as head of capital markets policy EMEA at CFA Institute, where he was responsible for leading capital markets policy activities in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, including content development and policy engagement.

Rhodri is a current member of the PRI Academic Network Advisory Committee, and a former member (2014-2018) of the Group of Economic Advisers of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Committee on Economic and Markets Analysis.

Prior to joining CFA Institute, Rhodri was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the investment funds group (2002-2008). He has a BSc and a MSc in Economics and is a CFA charterholder since 2006.

Ryan Munson, Research Manager, CFA Institute

Ryan Munson is a research manager at CFA Institute. His research focuses on the future of finance, exploring how extra-financial factors impact the investment industry and investment professionals.

Ryan is the author of several CFA Institute publications, including the Future State of the Investment Industry, the Future of Work in Investment Management series, and the CFA Institute Investor Trust series. He holds an MBA and MS in business analytics from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a BS from the University of Virginia.

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