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How CFP® Courses Can Transform Your Approach to Financial Planning

International College of Financial Planning

The CFP Program Structure Comprehensive Curriculum Design The CFP program offers a unique 4-in-1 certification structure that covers all essential areas of financial planning: Investment Planning: Understanding market dynamics, portfolio management, and asset allocation strategies Retirement and Tax Planning: Mastering retirement solutions and tax-efficient (..)

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

Investigative Research Process: Receive assignment from a portfolio manager or sector analyst. Our process was developed and refined by the team that manages our Large- Cap Sustainable Growth Strategy—Portfolio Managers Karina Funk and David Powell, and ESG Research Analyst Emily Dwyer.

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

The following are ways we seek to identify additional risks and opportunities outside traditional analysis: Investigative research. ESG analysis. Quantitative risk analysis and reporting. Investigative Research Process: Receive assignment from a portfolio manager or sector analyst. Emily Dwyer.

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Accountant vs. Financial Advisor: What Are Your Goals & Who Will Help You Get There?

Zoe Financial

CFAs also show accounting, economics, portfolio management, and security analysis knowledge. Additionally, CFAs typically work in portfolio management, research, consulting, risk analysis, and risk management.

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Irrational Behaviour, Rational Investing: How We Overcome Our Biases

Brown Advisory

Most investment managers focus on the investment side, or the “treasure hunt,” but we have seen that spending equal time on determining how much capital to put behind each investment can be even more impactful from a return perspective. The goal of capital allocation is to improve the risk-adjusted returns of our portfolio.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Effective risk analysis, then, requires us to balance competing goals in a portfolio, and to use a combination of quantitative analysis and subjective judgment to guide future decisions. In other words, it does not effectively measure the actual probability that investors will achieve their stated goals.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Effective risk analysis, then, requires us to balance competing goals in a portfolio, and to use a combination of quantitative analysis and subjective judgment to guide future decisions. In other words, it does not effectively measure the actual probability that investors will achieve their stated goals.