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    • 15 Jan 2025
    • 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
    • PNC Bank | 800 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
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    2025 Economic and Capital Markets Outlook

    What can you expect in today’s macroeconomic and capital markets environment? It is the question on the minds of many nonprofit executives striving to successfully navigate their organizations in the near-term and into the future. Hear from Andrew Bishop, a national director in Bernstein’s Wealth and Investment Strategies group, who will share their firm’s latest perspective. He will touch on the challenges and opportunities presented by the interest rate environment, proposed policy implications, and market expectations. Have your questions ready and please join us for what should be an insightful and engaging discussion on the economic and investment landscape for nonprofits.

    Learning Objectives – attendees will:

    o Review market environment and potential path(s) forward

    o Understand proposed economic policy and implications

    o Establish framework for investment reserves

    o Committee action items for consideration

    Andrew Bishop, Strategist, Bernstein  

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    Andrew is a Director in Bernstein’s Wealth and Investment Strategies Group. As a Director, he consults with advisors, their professional partners and clients as an expert in a wide field of complex investment planning topics for high-net-worth individuals and foundations. These topics include planning for the sale of a business, managing executive compensation awards, trust and estate planning techniques, charitable planning vehicles, tax management strategies and investment management strategies for nonprofits. Andrew graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, with a BS in accounting and a minor in finance. He is a CFA charterholder since 2012.


    When: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    Networking 11:30 am 
    Lunch 12:00 pm
    Presentation 12:30 - 1:30 pm

    Where: PNC Bank | 800 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006

    * Please bring an ID for check-in at the lobby. * 

    Parking: There are nearby parking garages as well as limited metered street parking.

    Metro: Farragut West

    FAR members, please make sure to log in to the FAR website to receive FAR member registration options. 

      This program is approved for CPE and CAE credit.
      CAE: 
      CPE Field of Study: 

      FAR is a CAE Registered Provider. The program listed above meets the requirements for fulfilling the professional development requirements to earn or maintain the Certified Association Executive credential. Every program that we offer that has been approved for CAE credit will clearly identify the number of CAE credits granted for full participation. We will maintain records of your participation in accordance with CAE policies. For more information about the CAE credential or Registered Provider program, please visit www.asaecenter.org/cae.

      As a CAE Registered Provider educational program related to the CAE exam content outline, this program may be applied for 1 credit toward your CAE application or renewal professional development requirements.

      Note: Applicants may use any program that meets eligibility requirements in the specific timeframe towards the exam application or renewal. No specific individual courses are required as part of the applications – the selection of eligible education is up to the applicant based on his/her needs.

      FAR is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of Accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual course for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org. It is Group-Live delivery method. Sponsor ID: 109395

      • 29 Jan 2025
      • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
      • Virtual Meeting
      • 24
      Register


      Join your nonprofit colleagues for this interactive discussion, facilitated as a peer-to-peer sharing opportunity.

      Network virtually with fellow leaders in the nonprofit sector as they discuss work resolutions for the New Year, from self goals to strategic plans and everything in between.

      Host: Theresia Heller, Chief Financial Officer, National Association of Attorneys General, and Marta Sokol, Chief Financial Officer, Wireless Infrastructure Association

      Location: A Virtual Conversation

      Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

      Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am

      Please note: Attendee contact information will be distributed after the meeting. If you have any objections to sharing your information with the other attendees, please note it in your registration or notify Jessica Bonorden at eventsfar@far-roundtable.org.

      ** This event is for nonprofit members only. Contact eventsfar@far-roundtable.org if:
      – Y
      ou are a nonprofit member and have staff you want to join
      – Y
      ou work for a nonprofit, but are not a FAR nonprofit member and would like to attend this event

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