Join us Tuesday, August 15th on Zoom for the 3rd Annual FPA DFW Virtual Super CE Day. Super CE Day features five topics and registrants may earn up to 5 CFP, CPA, CIMA CE credits, based on sessions attended. Your registration includes and or all sessions and you can come and go as needed. Questions: contact Melisa Hall execdir@fpadfw.org.
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM: Sign on + Welcome, Housekeeping & Announcements
8:10 AM - 9:00 AM: Positioning in a Late Cycle Environment (1 CE)
Salvatore Ruscitti, U.S. Equity Strategist - MRB Partners
Investors face a challenging macro environment. U.S. economic growth has been resilient and inflation is moderating. However, low employment, elevated corporate profits, and higher-for-longer interest rates, are consistent with late-cycle economic conditions. This presentation will focus on the U.S. equity market outlook and how investors should position equity portfolios for the next 6-12 months. Learn more.
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM: Break
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM: Has Factor Building Been Overdone? Assessing Tradeoffs in Systematic Strategies (1 CE)
Jeromey Thornton, CFA - Avantis Investors
Financial science and our understanding of what drives asset prices have evolved considerably. The implications of the financial services industry have also been significant, including the introduction of passive index funds, single-factor and multi-factor strategies. Recent studies have highlighted that the rise in indexing and has been driven by asset class segment, or non-total market index funds. While index-based strategies offer transparency in exposures, any non-total market index involves active decision making in both design and ongoing execution. Learn more.
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM: Break
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM: Compliance - The Gift That Keeps Giving (1 CE)
Neala D. Moore - Sapphire Compliance Management, LLC
Powered by: Per Stirling Capital Management
During this session, we'll cover SEC hot topics including recent rulemaking, risk alerts, enforcement cases, and examination document request lists. Learn more.
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM: Break
11:20 AM - 12:10 PM: Protecting Against Cyber Threats (1 CE)
Steven Ryder - Visory
It is easy to become overwhelmed with the number of data breaches that continue to dominate the news and wondering how we can possibly protect ourselves. If large organizations cannot prevent a breach, how can a smaller company possibly prevent one. However, with each breach we can learn and understand how they happened and no matter the size of a company, some simple affordable measures can be deployed to reduce the likelihood of a cyber event. Additionally, as most applications have become cloud-based and no longer on premise nor owned by the company, it has become a new challenge to secure this data. . This session will review how some common breaches happen, consequences as a result and steps participants can put in place to better protect their organization, including ways to protect and limit access to your cloud-based applications. Learn more.
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM: Break
12:20 PM - 1:10 PM: Investment Due Diligence for RIAs (1 CE)
Matt DenBleyker, CAIA® - Commerce Street Investment Management
Our session will cover: sourcing and due diligence of private investment managers, running internal investment committee processes related to chosen managers and suggested ongoing due diligence, monitoring and reporting. Learn more.
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