Lunch and Presentation
Guest Speaker:
Rebecca Fender, CFA
Future of Finance
Firm: CFA Institute
Rebecca Fender, CFA, leads the Future of Finance initiative, the thought leadership platform for CFA Institute. As part of the industry research group, her team works with industry partners, academics, and a volunteer network to produce studies to help shape a trustworthy, forward-thinking investment profession that better serves society.
Recent publications include: Investment Professional of the Future; Investment Firm of the Future; Driving Change: Diversity & Inclusion in Investment Management; Uncertain Futures: 7 Myths about Millennials and Investing; and The Next Generation of Investor Trust. Ms. Fender is also the co-leader of the CFA Institute Women in Investment Management initiative. She speaks regularly at industry events and has appeared in media outlets such as the Financial Times, Bloomberg, and the New York Times.
Prior to joining CFA Institute, Ms. Fender was a vice president at BlackRock working with pension funds and endowments, and she also worked at Cambridge Associates, where she published research about manager selection. She earned her undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton University and holds an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. Previously, Ms. Fender also served as the director of the flagship CFA Institute Annual Conference.