4 | FTfm FINANCIAL TIMESMonday2 March 2020FAC E TO FAC E M A R G A R E T F R A N K L I N
AT T R AC TA M O O N E YM
argaret Franklin, the
new head of the CFA
Institute, failed her
first round of tests
when studying to
become a chartered financial analyst.
She sat the first part of the CFA
exams in 1994 as a new mother of a
one-month-old boy. “I fell asleep in
the morning exam. I thought I’d put
my head down for just a moment and
woke up significantly later, and did
not pass my first level,” she says.
Although few will have made what
she describes as an “insane” decision
to take the test as a new mother, she is
not alone when it comes to failing the
CFA exams, which have been dubbed
the world’s hardest. Only about 40
per cent pass the first level of the
exams, which are widely taken across
the asset management industry.
Fewer than one in five go on to receive
the charter, which Ms Franklin was
awarded in 1997.
It is a hard test, the chief of the asso-
ciation for investment professionals
concedes. “For many programmes
the difficult part is getting into the
programme. The material and con-
tent, oftentimes, is not nearly as diffi-
cult as the entry.
“For us, anybody can take it, but
the actual programme itself is diffi-
cult and rigorous.”
The 54-year-old took the job as
chief executive of the CFA Institute,
whose research arm publishes the
respected Financial Analysts Journal,
last September. She is the first woman
to hold the position in the body’s 73-
year history and she has spent much
of the past six months flying around
the world.
Over coffee at the Ned, London’s
hotspot for business meetings, Ms
Franklin says she is worried about
her carbon footprint. Small, lively
and warm, she leans into the conver-
sations in a way that gives the impres-sion that she is taking the listener into
her inner circle. As the conversation
progresses she bats away requests for
minute details, instead focusing on
her overall argument.
Her appointment comes at a time
of change for the CFA and the wider
investment industry. The CFA’s char-
ter programme has been hugely suc-
cessful, but a battle for talent between
finance and technology and a chang-
ing investment landscape is driving a
rethink at the Charlottesville-based
non-profit.
“We’re in really interesting times,”
the Canadian native says. “Nobody
practising right now has any play-
book for this. Forty years ago, we
were dealing with extraordinary
inflation, largely through the energy
markets and, for a long period of
time, you had declining inflation,
declining interest rates, and growing
GDP, and that is the perfect trifecta
for all assets to do well.
“And whether we’re at the end of it
or the tailing end of it, this is going to
be a very challenging time,” she says.
“People living for longer and lower-
for-longer returns, that’s a pretty
interesting mathematical equation.”
She cites an example from her own
family of the challenge facing the
industry. Her father-in-law started
his teaching career aged 21 andretired at 50. Now aged 94, he has
been drawing his pension from the
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for
more years than he worked. Pension
funds were never set up to operate
this way, she says.
“It’s a maths problem for which
there may not be an investment solu-
tion. And that’s why the complexity
of what we’re dealing with requires
really, really good people at the table.
It requires deep thinking.”
The CFA’s job is to “capture those
changing dynamics” and incorporate
them into its flagship exams and into
life-long learning, she says. As part of
this, the organisation has been piling
resources into developing post-char-
ter education. It spent the past 18
months looking at the main jobs in
the investment industry in order to
develop a new competency-based
further education framework, which
will be launched this year.
The conversation turns to Ms Fran-
klin’s experience as a woman in fund
management. A former competitive
road cyclist, she worked at Barclays
Global Investors when the chief exec-
utive was Patricia Dunn, one of the
best-known female asset manage-
ment bosses. “That, for me, is a nor-
mal ecosystem and it has had a lasting
imprint on me.”
Reflecting on almost three decadesin the industry, however, she says
there were times when being a
woman meant missed promotions
and pay discrepancies. She cites an
example of where a male employee
she managed was awarded a similar
bonus to her, with the justification
that “he has a family to support”.
Now, she says, more and more busi-
nesses are thinking about diversity
and tackling biases. As part of a CFA
initiative, 20 asset managers are trial-
ling various strategies to improve
diversity and inclusion in their busi-
nesses.
Like the majority of the fund indus-
try, the CFA is also looking to tap into
growing demand for environmental,
social and governance investing. The
organisation launched a working
group aimed at developing a taxon-
omy and standards for ESG investing,
akin to the widely used global invest-
ment performance standards known
as GIPS. More than 200 people
applied to be on the working group.
She says the asset management
industry is increasingly waking up to
ESG risks, particularly when it comes
to climate change, where there are
growing fears that the shift to a lower
carbon economy could hit the valua-
tions of some assets.
“You can see that Minsky moment
when the market turns and pays
attention to it, and there’s an immedi-
ate and material repricing of assets.
And if your portfolio analysis and
your due diligence and your research
did not consider that, I think for most
managers... that would create a
problem.”
The CFA’s focus on ESG comes as
younger people increasingly say they
want to work in careers that make a
difference. At the same time, the
number of students sitting the
upcoming CFA exams in June is
expected to fall by more than 5 per
cent, after a rapid rise during the past
three years.
As well as ensuring clients’ cash is
not put at risk, the growing focus on
the environment will play a role in
helping ensure the finance industry is
an attractive place to work for young
people, says Ms Franklin.
“We have a part to play in restoring
the nobility of what we’re doing. At
the end of the day, the financial sys-
tem is not going away, asset manage-
ment is not going away. It is a neces-
sary activity, and done well can con-
tribute so much to innovation, to
financial security for citizens.”CFA chief on
the ‘hardest
exams’ in
the world
INTERVIEWFranklin says there is no
easy solution to low rates
and an ageing population
BornMay 1965OttawaTotal paynot disclosedEducation
1987 BA in economics, McMaster
University, Ontario
1997 CFA CharterCareer
1992-96State Street Global
Advisors, client relationship
associate
1996-97Mercer Investment
Consulting, investment consultant
1997-00Barclays Global
Investors, principal (defined
benefit)
2000-02Altamira, managing
director (institutional asset
management)
2002-10KJ Harrison & Partners,
partner
2010-16Marret Asset
Management, president (Marret
Private Wealth) and CFO
2016-19BNY Mellon Wealth
Management, head of North
America, and president, CanadaCFA Institute
Established 1947Assetsn/aEmployees 658HeadquartersCharlottesvilleOwnershipmember organisationTony Healey/FTFINANCIAL TIMESMonday 2 March 2020 FTfm| 9F Tf m
Fund Bid Offer D+/- YieldAberdeen Standard Capital (JER)
PO Box 189, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 9RU 01534 709130
FCA Recognised
Aberdeen Standard Capital Offshore Strategy Fund Limited
Bridge Fund £1.9300 - -0.06832.07
Global Equity Fund £2.5817 - -0.12211.29
Global Fixed Interest Fund £0.9895 - -0.00613.89
Income Fund £0.5752 - -0.0219 -
Sterling Fixed Interest Fund £0.9070 - -0.00292.99
UK Equity Fund £1.8906 - -0.08874.02Algebris Investments (IRL)
Regulated
Algebris Core Italy I EUR Acc €108.85 - 1.12 -
Algebris Allocation Fund - Class I EUR€103.34 - -0.38 0.00
Algebris Core Italy Fund - Class R EUR€102.30 - 1.06 0.00
Algebris Financial Credit Fund - Class I EUR€172.68 - -0.30 0.00
Algebris Financial Credit Fund - Class R EUR€151.01 - -0.27 0.00
Algebris Financial Credit Fund - Class Rd EUR€105.67 - -0.18 5.02
Algebris Financial Income Fund - Class I EUR€148.69 - -0.77 0.00
Algebris Financial Income Fund - Class R EUR€138.73 - -0.72 0.00
Algebris Financial Income Fund - Class Rd EUR€ 94.65 - -0.49 4.72
Algebris Financial Equity Fund - Class B EUR€112.40 - -1.06 0.00
Algebris Macro Credit Fund - Class I EUR€117.75 - -0.35 0.00
Algebris Macro Credit Fund - Class R EUR€115.99 - -0.34 0.00
Algebris Macro Credit Fund - Class Rd EUR€115.99 - -0.34 0.00
Algebris Quant Arbitrage Fund - Class EB EUR€ 98.20 - -1.15 0.00
Algebris IG Financial Credit R EUR Acc€101.89 - -0.21 -
Algebris IG Financial Credit B EUR Acc€102.14 - -0.21 -The Antares European Fund Limited
Other International
AEF Ltd Usd (Est) $680.39 - 20.34 -
AEF Ltd Eur (Est) €638.56 - 18.640.00Arisaig Partners
Other International Funds
Arisaig Asia Consumer Fund Class A (Ex-Alcohol) shares$ 96.76 - 0.33 -
Arisaig Asia Consumer Fund Limited$ 95.95 - 0.37 -
Arisaig Global Emerging Markets Consumer Fund$ 11.83 - -0.13 -
Arisaig Global Emerging Markets Consumer UCITS€ 14.25 - -0.22 -
Arisaig Global Emerging Markets Consumer UCITS STG£ 15.44 - -0.01 -
Arisaig Latin America Consumer Fund$ 25.66 - -0.93 -Artemis Fund Managers Ltd (1200)F (UK)
57 St. James's Street, London SW1A 1LD 0800 092 2051
Authorised Inv Funds
Artemis Capital R ACC 1518.70 - -67.69 -
Artemis Corporate Bond I Acc £ 1.03 - -0.01 -
Artemis European Growth R Acc 305.28 - -14.19 -
Artemis European Opps R Acc 99.66 - -3.40 -Fund Bid Offer D+/- Yield
Artemis Global Emg Mkts I GBP Acc 132.40 - -4.13 -
Artemis Global Emg Mkts I GBP Dist 118.00 - -3.68 -
Artemis Global Growth R Acc 257.82 - -13.13 -
Artemis Global Income R Acc 116.40 - -5.71 -
Artemis Global Income R Inc 81.19 - -3.99 -
Artemis Global select R Acc 115.27 - -5.04 -
Artemis High Income R Inc 73.44 - -1.04 -
Artemis Income R Acc 415.03 - -19.69 -
Artemis Income R Inc 205.32 - -9.74 -
Artemis Monthly Dist R Acc 91.95 - -2.21 4.13
Artemis Monthly Dist R Inc 66.99 - -1.61 4.06
Artemis Pan-Euro Abs Ret GBP 109.45 - -0.47 -
Artemis Strategic Assets R Acc 72.95 - -1.76 -
Artemis Strategic Bond R M Acc 101.76 - -0.37 -
Artemis Strategic Bond R M Inc 57.57 - -0.21 -
Artemis Strategic Bond R Q Acc 101.94 - -0.37 -
Artemis Strategic Bond R Q Inc 57.61 - -0.21 -
Artemis Target Return Bond I Acc£ 1.01 - 0.00 -
Artemis UK Select Fund Class R Acc 534.67 - -20.172.20
Artemis UK Smaller Cos R Acc 1692.51 - -76.88 -
Artemis UK Special Sits R Acc 570.69 - -26.11 -
Artemis US Abs Ret I Acc 115.58 - -0.35 0.25
Artemis US Ex Alpha I Acc 230.85 - -11.530.02
Artemis US Extended Alpha I Hedged Acc 151.59 - -7.60 -
Artemis US Select I Acc 224.20 - -11.95 -
Artemis US Select I Hedged Acc 157.67 - -8.25 -
Artemis US Select I Inc 198.45 - -10.58 -
Artemis US Smllr Cos I Hdg Acc 103.35 - -3.64 -
Artemis US Smlr Cos I Acc 237.72 - -8.59 -Ashmore Investment Management Limited(LUX)
2 rue Albert Borschette L-1246 Luxembourg
FCA Recognised
Ashmore SICAV Emerging Market Debt Fund$ 95.68 - -1.22 -
Ashmore SICAV Emerging Market Frontier Equity Fund$161.55 - -1.66 1.36
Ashmore SICAV Emerging Market Total Return Fund$ 82.98 - -0.97 -
Ashmore SICAV Global Small Cap Equity Fund$142.27 - -5.23 0.03
EM Active Equity Fund Acc USD $128.88 - -3.30 -
EM Equity Fund Acc USD $105.72 - -2.59 -
EM Mkts Corp.Debt USD F $ 93.10 - -0.73 -
EM Mkts Loc.Ccy Bd USD F $ 78.32 - -0.90 -
EM Short Duration Fund Acc USD$128.28 - -1.36 -Atlantas Sicav (LUX)
Regulated
American Dynamic $5471.275471.27-113.69 -
American One $5225.405225.40-245.98 -
Bond Global €1591.791591.790.04 -
Eurocroissance €1194.121194.12-57.22 -
Far East $942.41 - -31.64 -Barclays Investment Funds (CI) Ltd (JER)
39/41 Broad Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RR Channel Islands 01534 812800
FCA Recognised
Bond Funds
Sterling Bond F £ 0.50 - 0.00 2.34Fund Bid Offer D+/- YieldBrown Advisory Funds plc (IRL)
http://www.brownadvisory.com Tel: 020 3301 8130
FCA Recognised
Global Ldrs Sst C USD Acc $ 9.69 - -0.32 -
Brown Advisory US Equity Growth Fund USD B$ 40.82 - -1.56 0.00
Brown Advisory American Fund USD B$ 23.60 - -0.92 0.16
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies Fund USD B$ 28.50 - -0.93 0.00
Brown Advisory US Small Cap Blend Fund USD B$ 17.22 - -0.58 0.00
Brown Advisory US Flexible Equity Fund USD B$ 17.10 - -0.68 0.00
Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund USD C$ 16.11 - -0.51 0.00
Brown Advisory Latin American Fund USD B$ 12.68 - -0.41 0.78
Brown Advisory US Sustainable Growth Fund USD C$ 16.37 - -0.68 0.00
Brown Advisory US Mid-Cap Growth Fund USD C$ 15.05 - -0.55 0.00CCLA Investment Management Ltd (UK)
Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET
Authorised Inv Funds
Diversified Income 1 Units GBP Inc£ 1.56 1.56 -0.03 -
Diversified Income 2 Units GBP Inc£ 1.50 1.50 -0.03 -
Diversified Income 3 Units GBP Inc£ 1.51 1.51 -0.03 -
The Public Sector Deposit Fund
The Public Sector Deposit Fund-share class 1 F * 100.00 - 0.00 0.78
The Public Sector Deposit Fund-share class 4 F * 100.00 - 0.00 0.72CCLA Investment Management Ltd (UK)
Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET
Property & Other UK Unit Trusts
CBF Church of England Funds
Investment Inc 1945.551954.32-53.582.94
Investment Acc 4579.004599.65-126.110.00
Global Equity Inc 228.27228.62-8.84 -
Global Equity Acc 392.54393.14-15.21 -
UK Equity Inc 191.43191.90-5.24 3.20
UK Equity Acc 331.14331.96-9.08 0.00
Fixed Interest Inc 167.83168.621.41 3.94
Fixed Interest Acc 604.28607.115.09 0.00
Property Fund Inc 135.19139.720.73 -CCLA Fund Managers Ltd (UK)
Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET
Property & Other UK Unit Trusts
COIF Charity Funds (UK)
Investment Inc 1682.241689.83-86.683.03
Investment Acc 18700.4818784.82-963.620.00
Ethical Invest Inc 258.46259.62-13.053.11
Ethical Invest Acc 386.04387.78-19.500.00
Global Equity Inc 208.04208.36-15.123.13
Global Equity Acc 361.58362.13-26.27 -
Fixed Interest Inc 140.91141.570.89 3.16
Fixed Interest Acc 935.46939.855.88 0.00
Property Inc 115.70119.580.03 -
Local Authorities Property Fd (LAMIT) (UK)
Property 296.87321.90-0.74 4.81Fund Bid Offer D+/- YieldCG Asset Management Limited (IRL)
25 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6AY
Dealing: Tel. +353 1434 5098 Fax. +353 1542 2859
FCA Recognised
CG Portfolio Fund Plc
Absolute Return Cls M Inc £125.33125.33-0.92 -
Capital Gearing Portfolio GBP P £34262.1534262.15-229.88 -
Capital Gearing Portfolio GBP V £166.62166.62-1.12 -
Dollar Fund Cls D Inc £166.80166.800.68 1.96
Dollar Hedged GBP Inc £101.60101.600.06 1.88
Real Return Cls A Inc £203.02203.021.08 2.23Candriam Investors Group (LUX)
FCA Recognised
Candriam Eqts L Australia Cap A$1396.40 - -44.980.00
Candriam Qt-Eqts Europe Cap €2582.64 - -95.260.00
Candriam Qt-Eqts USA Cap $3177.88 - -140.32 -Candriam Investors Group
Other International Funds
Candriam Eqts L Emerging Mkts Cap€837.62 - -30.89 -
Candriam Bonds Credit Opportunities€200.33 - -0.22 0.00
Candriam Bds Euro High Yield Cap€1198.67 - -5.25 -
Candriam Bds Euro Sh.Term Cap €2088.91 - -1.09 0.00Chartered Asset Management Pte Ltd
Other International Funds
CAM-GTF Limited $288368.51288368.51810.28 -
CAM GTi Limited $723.81 - 6.02 0.00
Raffles-Asia Investment Company$ 1.40 1.40 -0.03 2.14Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP
Other International Funds
Cheyne European Event Driven Fund (M)€144.16 - -0.70 -
price updated (D) daily, (W) weekly, (M) monthlyConsistent Unit Tst Mgt Co Ltd (1200)F (UK)
Stuart House, St John's Street, Peterborough, PE1 5DD
Dealing & Client Services 0345 850 8818
Authorised Inv Funds
Consistent UT Inc 47.30 48.89 -2.55 2.57
Consistent UT Acc 126.00130.40-6.80 2.57
Practical Investment Inc 216.10232.00-14.003.37
Practical Investment Acc 1210.001299.00-78.003.37CP Global Asset Management Pte. Ltd.
http://www.cpglobal.com.sg, Tel: +65 6466 6990
International Mutual Funds
CP Multi-Strategy Fund $218.09 - 0.43 -Fund Bid Offer D+/- YieldCP Capital Asset Management Limited
http://www.cpgbl.com, email: [email protected]
International Mutual Funds
CPS Master Private Fund $291.57 - 0.18 -
CP Global Alpha Fund $241.02 - 0.33 -DWS (LUX)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7541 8999 http://www.dws.com
FCA Recognised
DWS Invest Top Dividend £140.27140.27-1.85 -
DWS Invest Top Euroland £134.74134.74-3.25 -
DWS Invest Multi Opportunities £105.49105.49-1.44 -
DWS Invest Global Bonds £104.48104.480.02 -Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds (IRL)
6 Duke Street,St.James,London SW1Y 6BN
http://www.dodgeandcox.worldwide.com 020 3713 7664
FCA Recognised
Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds plc - Global Bond Fund
EUR Accumulating Class € 15.16 - -0.20 0.00
EUR Accumulating Class (H) € 10.85 - -0.04 0.00
EUR Distributing Class € 12.22 - -0.17 4.26
EUR Distributing Class (H) € 8.72 - -0.03 4.57
GBP Distributing Class £ 12.72 - -0.03 4.14
GBP Distributing Class (H) £ 9.17 - -0.03 4.82
USD Accumulating Class $ 12.02 - -0.04 0.00
Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds plc-Global Stock Fund
USD Accumulating Share Class $ 21.01 - -0.78 0.00
GBP Accumulating Share Class £ 26.82 - -0.96 0.00
GBP Distributing Share class £ 18.67 - -0.67 1.28
EUR Accumulating Share Class € 28.70 - -1.37 0.00
GBP Distributing Class (H) £ 10.53 - -0.39 1.43
Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds plc-U.S. Stock Fund
USD Accumulating Share Class $ 25.98 - -1.04 0.00
GBP Accumulating Share Class £ 31.36 - -1.22 0.00
GBP Distributing Share Class £ 19.31 - -0.75 0.91
EUR Accumulating Share Class € 30.65 - -1.55 0.00
GBP Distributing Class (H) £ 11.14 - -0.45 1.02Dragon Capital Group
1501 Me Linh Point, 2 Ngo Duc Ke, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Fund information, dealing and administration: [email protected]
Other International Funds
Vietnam Equity (UCITS) Fund A USD$ 20.22 - -0.36 0.00Fund Bid Offer D+/- YieldEdenTree Investment Management Ltd (UK)
PO Box 3733, Swindon, SN4 4BG, 0800 358 3010
Authorised Inv Funds
Amity UK Cls A Inc 229.60 - -10.80 -
Amity UK Cls B Inc 228.90 - -10.80 -
Higher Income Cls A Inc 121.30 - -4.20 -
Higher Income Cls B Inc 127.70 - -4.30 -
UK Equity Growth Cls A Inc 277.50 - -11.90 -
UK Equity Growth Cls B Inc 283.30 - -12.20 -
Amity Balanced For Charities A Inc 104.30 - -3.30 -
Amity European Fund Cls A Inc 242.10 - -9.60 -
Amity European Fund Cls B Inc 244.40 - -9.80 -
Amity Global Equity Inc for Charities A Inc 130.20 - -5.50 -
Amity International Cls A Inc 269.90 - -10.60 -
Amity International Cls B Inc 272.20 - -10.60 -
Amity Sterling Bond Fund A Inc 105.70 - -0.60 3.83
Amity Sterling Bond Fund B Inc 117.20 - -0.70 3.83Electric & General (1000)F (UK)
Stuart House St.John's Street Peterborough PE1 5DD
Orders & Enquiries: 0845 850 0255
Authorised Inv Funds
Authorised Corporate Director - Carvetian Capital Management
Electric&General Net Accumulation 224.80 - -10.20 -
Electric&General Net Income A 223.70xd - -10.201.31Ennismore Smaller Cos Plc (IRL)
5 Kensington Church St, London W8 4LD 020 7368 4220
FCA Recognised
Ennismore European Smlr Cos NAV£135.41 - 1.55 0.00
Ennismore European Smlr Cos NAV€158.68 - -0.45 0.00Ennismore European Smlr Cos Hedge Fd
Other International Funds
NAV €587.73 - -9.37 0.00Equinox Fund Mgmt (Guernsey) Limited (GSY)
Regulated
Equinox Russian Opportunities Fund Limited$198.18 - 12.25 -Euronova Asset Management UK LLP (CYM)
Regulated
Smaller Cos Cls One Shares € 49.67 - 0.07 0.00
Smaller Cos Cls Two Shares € 32.90 - 0.03 0.00
Smaller Cos Cls Three Shares € 16.57 - 0.02 0.00
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