Online Conversations
Hot Issues in Ethics in Finance
These conversations are a series of events, supported by CFA Institute, which aims to show the richness of the debate on ethics in finance and the diversity of topics. Each of these online conversations takes place between a CFA Charterholder and one or two previous winners of the Global Prize Ethics & Trust in Finance.

The series will feature 5 videos, one every week until the end of February.
We hope that these conversations will inspire potential candidates to the Global Prize, as we are currently running the 10th edition and we are glad to invite all interested people to register. The deadline for submission is 17th March 2025.
For those who may not know it, the Global Prize is an essay competition, open to authors under 35 years working either in academia, business or in the public sector and eager to promote new ways of bringing greater levels of ethical awareness and behaviour to the finance industry.
Ethics & Business Conduct
For this first conversation, our guests are :
- Vic Elsen, CFA Charterholder, Head of division, supervision of alternative investment funds, at Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Luxemburg.
- Andrea Longton, Prize winners of the8th edition (2020/2021) and CFA, Author, The Social Justice Investor.
- Mehtab Rose, Prize winners of the 6th edition (2016/2017) and Credit Executive Corporate at the Mauritius Commercial Bank.
To what extent can ethical principles be imbued within financial regulations? How to find a balance between regulation and innovation? How can we support ethical behavior in business organizations while maintaining a balance between profit and ethics? These are some of the questions being discussed.
Ethics, Fintech & AI
For this second conversation, our guests are :
- Eelco Fiole, CFA Charterholder, Managing Partner, Alpha Governance Partners & honorary professor Finance Ethics, University of Neuchatel.
- Anshuman Mehta, Prize winners of the 5th edition (2014/2015) and Chief Product Officer @ Domify AI, New York, NY.
What are the potential risks related to the use of AI in finance? Do users have a “right to explanation” for decisions made by algorithms? What is the priority at this stage, regulation or innovation? Can we have both? These are some of the questions being discussed.
Ethics and Sustainability in finance
This next conversation is coming soon.