The CFA Institute Research Foundation collaborates with member societies, universities, corporations and other organizations to share our content globally.

The CFA Institute Research Foundation thanks these CFA Societies, universities, corporations and other organizations for their use of the CFA Institute Research Foundation resources, and welcomes requests from other groups who desire to use our independent, high-quality, relevant investment content.

The CFA Institute Research Foundation was involved with the creation, support, and/or use (monograph) of the content in these books:

• Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa (2011)
• Expected Returns by Antti Illmanen (2011)
• Pension Finance by M. Barton Waring (2011)
• Quantitative Risk Management by Thomas S. Coleman (2012)

The CFA Institute Research Foundation works with societies to help provide greater value for their members by:

• Donating CFA Institute Research Foundation content for forecast events and other activities
• Coordinating society speakers from various CFA Institute Research Foundation authors and board members
• Facilitating society book clubs on CFA Institute Research Foundation content
• Translating CFA Institute Research Foundation summary content
• Supporting Research Challenge presentations on CFA Institute Research Foundation content

The CFA Institute Research Foundation Society Award is an annual award given to the society or societies that do the best job of utilizing CFA Institute Research Foundation content in an activity, product, or service. The goal of the award is to build a stronger, more effective working relationship between our member societies and the CFA Institute Research Foundation

2015 award winners:

• CFA Society Cleveland
• CFA Society Finland
• CFA Society France
• CFA Society Los Angeles
• CFA Society Milwaukee
• CFA Society Pakistan
• CFA Society Sydney

2014 award winners:

• CFA China
• CFA Society San Francisco
• Indian Association of Investment Professionals
• CFA Society Philadelphia– (Encouragement Award)

2013 award winners:

• CFA Society Barbados– CFA Institute Research Foundation content event and distribution
• CFA Society Hawaii– CFA Institute Research Foundation content event and distribution
• CFA Society Pakistan– CFA Institute Research Foundation content distribution and outreach
• CFA Society Italy– CFA Institute Research Foundation content translation, event, website, and Wikipedia
• CFA Society Emirates– CFA Institute Research Foundation content translation, distribution, and book club
• CFA Society Toronto– Host CFA Institute Research Foundation Board Meeting, CFA Institute Research Foundation content in newsletter and website
• CFA Society France– (Encouragement Award) CFA Institute Research Foundation content event and distribution

2012 award winners:

• CFA Society Boston(formerly Boston Security Analysts Society) – Bringing Theory to Practice series
• CFA Society Argentina & Uruguay– Translation of CFA Institute Research Foundation summaries
• CFA Society Buffalo– CFA Institute Research Foundation Research Challenge presentation
• CFA Society Bulgaria– Translation of CFA Institute Research Foundation summaries
• CFA Society Rochester– CFA Institute Research Foundation Research Challenge presentation
• CFA Society Seattle– CFA Institute Research Foundation book club

The Research Foundation would like to thank the generosity of the following partners who have contributed to the foundation.

• CFA Society Switzerland
• CFA Society Boston
• CFA Society Barbados

The following universities have recently participated in the content sharing program.

Book Donations / Copyright Permissions

• Boston University
• Cairo University
• Columbia University
• Cranfield School of Management
• Creighton University
• Harvard Kennedy School
• Louisiana State University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• New York University
• University of North Carolina Wilmington
• University of Reading - ICMA Centre
• University of Virginia

Book Launch Events

University of Cambridge – Equity Risk Premium

Corporations

• Commonfund – Co-branding Primer for Investment Trustees
• Fidelity Investments – Primer for Investment Trustees book donations
• Goldman Sachs – Ilmanen book donation
• Mawer Investment Management – Primer for Investment Trustees book donations
• Morgan Stanley – Equity Risk Premium book donation
• Morningstar Europe, Ltd. – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
• Newtown Investment Management – Equity Risk Premium Book launch (London)
• Northern Trust – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
• The RisKontrol Group GmbH – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
• TIAA-CREF – Equity Risk Premium book donations and donated space for Research Foundation event
• William Blair – Co-branding Primer for Investment Trustees

Organizations

• Annenberg Foundation –CFA Institute  Research Foundation content copyright usage
• Bahamas Institute of Financial Services – Book donations
  CalPers – Book Donations
• Financial Planning Association – CFA Institute Research Foundation content internet link
• Gates Foundation – Book donations
• International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
• Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance – Book donations
• New York State Teachers' Retirement System – CFA Institute Research Foundation content copyright usage
• Pension Fund City of Zurich – Book donations
• Q-Group (Institute for Quantitative Research) – Book donations
• Quinnipiac GAME Forum – Book donations
• Society for Actuaries – Book donations
• University of Wisconsin Foundation – Book donations
• National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems – Speaker and book donations