By: Polux Díaz, María Fernanda Gómez y Renata Herrerías
Last September we talked to Bob Johnson, PhD, CFA, Senior Managing Director, CFA Institute, an organization created in the U.S. with a presence in 58 countries that sets the highest standards of ethics, education and professional excellence in the investment industry. The CFA Institute provides education to investment professionals using its Global Body of Investment Knowledge © (Body Awareness Global Investment Industry), which covers all aspects of the investment profession, including ethics. Today, CFA Institute offers two programs of education and accreditation: the CFA program, which awards the Chartered Financial Analyst © (CFA ©), and Certification Program Investment Performance Measurement, which gives the CIPM ©. Today the Institute has about 100,000 members in over 130 countries, more than 87 percent of them accredited as Chartered Financial Analyst © (CFA ©). Nearly 30 percent of the members are responsible for managing private client assets and 50 percent work in the markets for the next purchase. The CFA Institute is
Bob Johnson earned a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Nebraska, has an MBA in finance from Creighton University and a BS in Business Administration (BSBA) from the University of Nebraska. CFA was accredited in September 1990. Since September 1996, Bob is part of the Institute, first as Vice President in charge of the CFA program curriculum. In December 1998 he was promoted to Senior Vice President. Now Senior Managing Director, CFA Institute and is responsible for the following activities: (leer más…)
Por: Víctor Esquivel y Khalid Daruich
Invertir en Capital Humano Impulsa el PIB por Hora Trabajada
Por: Irina Nikolaeva y Antonio Quesada
PwC
Parte del discurso establecido en la gestión del capital humano es que los empleados son la parte más importante para que una organización tenga éxito. Pero, en algunas ocasiones, ese discurso carece de una evidencia empírica.
No obstante, PwC recientemente realizó un estudio a nivel mundial que reveló que en aquellos países donde se ha producido una fuerte inversión en recursos humanos se observa un importante crecimiento del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) por hora trabajada. En ese sentido, la investigación indica que países emergentes como China, República Checa, Estonia, India, Polonia o Brasil, entre otros, exhiben crecimientos del PIB por hora trabajada por encima de 10%, tras lo que subyace una fuerte inversión de capital en recursos humanos. El caso brasileño, de hecho, aparece muy destacado por su nivel de inversión en tecnología e investigación.
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