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CFA Society Ottawa Webinar: The Great Debate for Credit Investors: Public vs. Private vs. Alternative?

📅 Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 1:00–1:45 p.m. (ET)
📍 Remote
🏢 Hosted by CFA Society Ottawa

CFA Society Ottawa is hosting a webinar on navigating the fixed income and credit markets with Hanif Mamdani, Managing Director and Head of Alternative Investments at RBC Global Asset Management Inc. The session will explore how investors should assess the growing range of fixed income options, from traditional public bonds to private market and hedge-fund-type alternatives. Mamdani brings four decades of experience to the discussion, covering timely themes including public versus private credit, liquid alternative bond funds, and financing the AI build-out. The webinar is eligible for one Professional Learning (PL) credit.

Event details

  • Cost: Members (including Candidate Members) – complimentary; Non-Members – $10.00 + GST
  • Registration Deadline: September 24, 2026
  • Professional Learning Credit: Eligible for 1 PL credit

Why it’s worth going

This webinar offers finance students direct insight into fixed income portfolio construction from a senior practitioner with 28 years at a major asset manager overseeing over $14 billion in high yield bond assets. The discussion addresses critical investment decisions around liquidity, transparency, cost, and risk that are central to modern credit analysis. For students pursuing the CFA designation or building careers in asset management, this session also provides a Professional Learning credit while exploring real-world credit market challenges.

Going in prepared

Register by September 24, 2026, to secure your spot. Since this is a 45-minute webinar, prepare questions in advance about credit markets or portfolio construction that you can ask during the session. As a candidate member or student, take advantage of the complimentary registration rather than paying the $10 non-member fee. Have a notebook ready to capture insights on public versus private credit and alternative bond funds that could inform your coursework or interview discussions.

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Posted September 17, 2026