CFA Institute Research Foundation Collaborations
The CFA Institute Research Foundation collaborates with member societies, universities, corporations and other organizations to share our content globally.
The CFA Institute Research Foundation thanks these CFA Societies, universities, corporations and other organizations for their use of the CFA Institute Research Foundation resources, and welcomes requests from other groups who desire to use our independent, high-quality, relevant investment content.
Collaborative Publications
The CFA Institute Research Foundation was involved with the creation, support, and/or use (monograph) of the content in these books:
- Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa (2011)
- Expected Returns by Antti Illmanen (2011)
- Pension Finance by M. Barton Waring (2011)
- Quantitative Risk Management by Thomas S. Coleman (2012)
Member Society Collaborations
The CFA Institute Research Foundation works with societies to help provide greater value for their members by:
- Donating CFA Institute Research Foundation content for forecast events and other activities
- Coordinating society speakers from various CFA Institute Research Foundation authors and board members
- Facilitating society book clubs on CFA Institute Research Foundation content
- Translating CFA Institute Research Foundation summary content
- Supporting Research Challenge presentations on CFA Institute Research Foundation content
CFA Institute Research Foundation Society Award
The CFA Institute Research Foundation Society Award is an annual award given to the society or societies that do the best job of utilizing CFA Institute Research Foundation content in an activity, product, or service. The goal of the award is to build a stronger, more effective working relationship between our member societies and the CFA Institute Research Foundation
2015 award winners:
2014 award winners:
- CFA China
- CFA Society San Francisco
- Indian Association of Investment Professionals
- CFA Society Philadelphia– (Encouragement Award)
2013 award winners:
- CFA Society Barbados– CFA Institute Research Foundation content event and distribution
- CFA Society Hawaii– CFA Institute Research Foundation content event and distribution
- CFA Society Pakistan– CFA Institute Research Foundation content distribution and outreach
- CFA Society Italy– CFA Institute Research Foundation content translation, event, website, and Wikipedia
- CFA Society Emirates– CFA Institute Research Foundation content translation, distribution, and book club
- CFA Society Toronto– Host CFA Institute Research Foundation Board Meeting, CFA Institute Research Foundation content in newsletter and website
- CFA Society France– (Encouragement Award) CFA Institute Research Foundation content event and distribution
2012 award winners:
- CFA Society Boston (formerly Boston Security Analysts Society) – Bringing Theory to Practice series
- CFA Society Argentina & Uruguay– Translation of CFA Institute Research Foundation summaries
- CFA Society Buffalo– CFA Institute Research Foundation Research Challenge presentation
- CFA Society Bulgaria– Translation of CFA Institute Research Foundation summaries
- CFA Society Rochester– CFA Institute Research Foundation Research Challenge presentation
- CFA Society Seattle– CFA Institute Research Foundation book club
Society Donations
The Research Foundation would like to thank the generosity of the following partners who have contributed to the foundation.
Universities
The CFA Institute Research Foundation welcomes qualifying universities to apply for no-cost copyright permission to use our content.
Requests for hardcopy donations of CFA Institute Research Foundation content are also possible.
The following universities have recently participated in the content sharing program.
Book Donations / Copyright Permissions
- Boston University
- Cairo University
- Columbia University
- Cranfield School of Management
- Creighton University
- Harvard Kennedy School
- Louisiana State University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- New York University
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- University of Reading - ICMA Centre
- University of Virginia
Book Launch Events
University of Cambridge – Equity Risk Premium
Corporations and Organizations
The CFA Institute Research Foundation welcomes the use of our content by corporations and other organizations. Examples of this use range from a simple no-cost copyright agreement for re-publication or training purposes to a co-branding arrangement where specially printed personalized copies of content are distributed.
Corporations
- Commonfund – Co-branding Primer for Investment Trustees
- Fidelity Investments – Primer for Investment Trustees book donations
- Goldman Sachs – Ilmanen book donation
- Mawer Investment Management – Primer for Investment Trustees book donations
- Morgan Stanley – Equity Risk Premium book donation
- Morningstar Europe, Ltd. – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
- Newtown Investment Management – Equity Risk Premium Book launch (London)
- Northern Trust – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
- The RisKontrol Group GmbH – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
- TIAA-CREF – Equity Risk Premium book donations and donated space for Research Foundation event
- William Blair – Co-branding Primer for Investment Trustees
Organizations
- Annenberg Foundation –CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
- Bahamas Institute of Financial Services – Book donations
- CalPers – Book Donations
- Financial Planning Association – CFA Institute Research Foundation content internet link
- Gates Foundation – Book donations
- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
- Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance – Book donations
- New York State Teachers' Retirement System – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
- Pension Fund City of Zurich – Book donations
- Q-Group (Institute for Quantitative Research) – Book donations
- Quinnipiac GAME Forum – Book donations
- Society for Actuaries – Book donations
- University of Wisconsin Foundation – Book donations
- National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems – Speaker and book donations
The following universities have recently participated in the content sharing program.
Book Donations / Copyright Permissions
- Boston University
- Cairo University
- Columbia University
- Cranfield School of Management
- Creighton University
- Harvard Kennedy School
- Louisiana State University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- New York University
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- University of Reading - ICMA Centre
- University of Virginia
Book Launch Events
University of Cambridge – Equity Risk Premium