{"id":554,"date":"2025-12-30T14:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T14:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herpowerweb.com\/cfap\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2026-05-09T01:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:10:58","slug":"research-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herpowerweb.com\/cfap\/insights\/research-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Independent, high-quality research for prudent investment decisions.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Providing independent, high-quality research to infuse the finance community with knowledge, education, and ideas for better investment decision-making.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Strengthening Pension Savings in Emerging Markets: The Role of Behavioral and Technological Tools<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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By Carolina Cabrita Felix, PhD, and Seda Peksevim, PhD<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Five Financial Eras: How Financial Markets Transformed the World<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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By Bryan Taylor, PhD, Chief Economist at Global Financial Data<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Stocks for the Long Run Revisited: Dividends and \u201cThe Return Nobody Got\u201d<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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How LLMs Transform Investment Workflows: Fine-Tuning, RAG & Agents<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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With Francesco Fabozzi, PhD, Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial Data Science (Part 2 of 2)<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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How NLP Evolved: From Word Counts to Transformers<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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With Francesco Fabozzi, PhD, Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial Data Science (Part 1 of 2)<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Financial Thought Exchange Podcast<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Financial Thought Exchange Podcast offers listeners invaluable insights from top financial thought leaders across various sectors.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The Efficient Markets Hypothesis and the Professional Status of the Investment Management.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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With Stephen Brown, PhD, 2025 Vertin Award Winner - watch the recording.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Research Foundation Board of Trustees<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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CFA Institute Research Foundation Trustees are diverse finance experts, chosen annually for their varied backgrounds and global perspectives.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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This award was established in 1996 to honor James R. Vertin, CFA, for his outstanding leadership in promoting excellence and relevancy in research and education.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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