December 2018
Greetings!

Season's Greetings to all of our members and their families. We thank you for your support throughout the year. You let us know what topics are of interest to the industry and help us find speakers, prepare content, and plan events. Without your loyal attendance and other engagement, our Society would not be as strong as it it ... making us one of the five largest local CFA Societies in the world. Thanks for reviewing our newsletter. Watch your inbox next week to find out who our 2019 Market Dinner speaker will be!
Happy 2019!
UPCOMING EVENTS
 Wednesday, December 12, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Wednesday, December 12, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
 Tuesday, December 18, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Saturday, January 19, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Two December 12 Events to Choose From!
Why Not Both?
Meet Epsilon Theory Creator Ben Hunt
2:30 - 4:00 pm
Women's Initiative Holiday Reception
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Our traditional models of diversification and fundamental analysis don't work well with a polarized electorate and monolithic markets. New advances in computational linguistics can provide a useful tool kit to financial advisors in visualizing the narrative drivers of market behavior and communicating more effectively with clients. 
Please join CFA Society Boston, Boston Women in Finance, Women in ETFs Boston, Women in Investing for a Sustainable Economy for Sip, Save & Style, a holiday joint-networking event! Celebrate and have fun with cocktails, networking and wardrobe styling at The Trunk Club on Boylston Street in Boston.
Me mber Profile
This month's Member Focus features Will Krause, CFA, portfolio manager at Northern Trust's Boston office. Will is also one of the co-chairs of CFA Society Boston's Financial Literacy Initiative.
 
Learn more about Will's career path, his current responsibilities, and his CFA Society Boston membership experiences. 
                                     
CAIA Stacking Program Candidate Orientation
Thursday, December 13, 8:00 a.m
Special Program: Stack Your Acquired Knowledge with the CAIA Designation

The investment industry is in constant flux. To keep up, you must keep learning and CAIA Association is offering CFA charterholders a unique opportunity to increase their credibility and continue their professional development with the CAIA designation. Eligible CFA charterholders may advance directly to the CAIA Level II exam through a new pilot program.
2018 Sustainable Investing Conference
Summary
Our 6 th  Annual Sustainable Investing Conference – a highlight of CFA Society Boston’s Sustainable Investing Initiative – drew our largest crowd to date – with more than 200 attendees who joined us to see Keynote Speaker Jeremy Grantham and other outstanding speakers. 

With an emphasis on the “E” in ESG, Jeremy Grantham kicked off the day with a sobering – yet motivational – speech about ...
Continuing Professional Development
The Way Forward
By Paul Smith, CFA, CEO CFA Institute
Continuing professional development (CPD) and our Societies 2.0 initiative rank at the top of our priority list as an organisation. As we continue on our journey to professionalism, we view both of these initiatives as critical to our future path to be the professional body for the industry. The coming year will bring much more progress on these initiatives. Focus and collaboration remain our bywords, and we will continually seek input and feedback from societies and members as we move ahead.