

Enterprising Investor
CFA Institute
Enterprising Investor is the flagship podcast of CFA Institute and the definitive program for the investment management industry. As stewards of the investment industry, Enterprising Investor will feature intimate conversations with some of the most influential people from the world of finance about the topics that matter most to investment professionals.
Episodes
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Jun 7, 2010 • 12min
Insights on Human Behavior and Markets
In episode #050, Dan Ariely discusses Behavioral Economics vs. Rational Economics and the future directions of economic research.

Jun 4, 2010 • 11min
Private Equity after the Credit Crisis
In episode #042, Tim Jenkinson discusses the drying up of bank financing, difficulty in exiting investments, and the shift in balance of power within the private equity asset class.

Jun 2, 2010 • 7min
Exchange-Traded Funds: What Investors Need to Know
In episode #049, Mark Armbruster, CFA, discusses what makes ETFs different from mutual funds and the advantages and disadvantages of ETFs.

May 25, 2010 • 15min
Strategic Wealth Management in Asia and Europe
In episode #047, Stuart Lucas, CFA, discusses the wealth strategist and strategic wealth management principles applicable in the European and Asian contexts.

May 25, 2010 • 15min
Asset Liability Management in Private Wealth
In episode #048, Noël Amenc discusses current private wealth management practices and how they can take into account a client's specific concerns regarding risk management, spending objectives, and time horizon.

May 14, 2010 • 9min
Hedge Fund Due Diligence after Madoff
In episode #045,François Lhabitant discusses if it is possible to prevent another Madoff-like scandal by means of better due diligence.

May 7, 2010 • 14min
Risk Return Efficiency of Equity Benchmarks
In episode #041,Felix Goltz discusses why cap-weighted equity benchmarks are not risk–return efficient portfolios and alternatives to current cap-weighted equity benchmarks.

Apr 28, 2010 • 7min
Applying Behavioral Finance to Personal Investment Management
In episode #040, Harold Evensky discusses how behavioral biases affect individual decision making and techniques for illustrating these behavior patterns to clients.

Apr 26, 2010 • 10min
A View into Distressed Mortgage Credit
In episode #039, Randy Appleyard discusses the landscape of non-agency MBS after the financial crisis and how mortgage finance will evolve in the future.

Apr 19, 2010 • 9min
Sovereign Wealth Funds Sourced by Oil Revenue
In episode #038, Bernd Scherer discusses sovereign wealth funds (SWF) sourced by oil revenue and the impact uncertainty of oil reserves has on asset allocation by SWFs.


