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The Analyst

Fall 2025

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Charterholder Profile

Through the Trees

Exploring the Career of Finance Professor and Author Stephen Foerster, CFA, PhD

Stephen Foerster is a tenured and award-winning Professor of Finance, Ivey Business School at Western University.

Book Review

How Big Things Get Done

The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner

Bent Flyvbjerg is the world’s most-cited expert on megaprojects and a statistical realist in a field too often fueled by vision over rigour.

Regular Features

Rethinking Retirement

How FI Is Changing Financial Planning

Traditionally, retirement followed a predictable path: stopping work at the age of 65 and transitioning to a life of full-time leisure.

Artificial Intelligence

Thriving in the Age of AI

Job Hunting Skills for the Modern Finance Professional

As large language models (LLMs) and tools powered by AI proliferate across industries, finance professionals are faced with a familiar question reframed for a new era: How do I stand out?

Regular Features

Personal Finance 101

Your Guide to Budgeting, Saving, and Investing

Budgeting, saving, and investing can be daunting terms if you’re just starting on your personal finance journey

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Emerging markets return to favour

What’s driven the outperformance of the asset class in the year-to-date and considers whether this trend has further to run.

From the Society

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Volunteers

Chair, Editorial Committee

Joanna Wolff, CFA 

Editorial Committee Members

Rossa O'Reilly, CFA
Winfred Lam, CFA
Angha Gupta, CFA
Attika Raj, CFA
Alan Cody, CFA
Ben Jekiv, CFA
Sanaz Fotoohi, CFA
Thomas Shen, CFA

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Sara Maginn Pacella

 

 

Art Director

Janet Sangalang

 

DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Kenny Chan