CFA that is Chartered Financial Analyst is nothing but a professionals looking for a job in core finance domains. It is the most coveted certifications. The main core finance domains include portfolio management, Valuation, Equity research , corporate finance, and investment banking. This program is designed to equip you the kindness of real-world and expertise skills investment analysis that will always help you to advance your future or career too.

The CFA program has three parts in it and majorly completed by those people with background in accounting, finance, or economics. Charterholders earn the correct use of application, and acceptance by CFA Institue. Charterholders are the best qualified wo in risk management, asset management and many more.

Eligibility requirements of CFA exam:

Enrolling for the CFA program you must have an international travel passport for your first level 1,

1.Undergraduate education: The candidate must have a bachelors degree.

2.A combination of work professional experience and education that totals at least of four years.

3.Work experience: Four years of work experience is needed

Jobs and careers after CFA:

1.Equity research analyst

2.Portfolio Manager

3.Credit Analyst

4.Mergers and acquisition analyst

           CFA Exam curriculum

  Topic                                                                                 level 1        level 2         level 3

Quantative methods                                                                10%           5%-10%            0%

Economics                                                                                  10%           5%-10%            0%

Ethical and professional standards                                        15%         10%-15%      10%-15%

Corporate Finance                                                                    10%          5%-10%           0%

Financial Reporting analysis                                                   15%          10%-15%          0%

Portfolio Management                                                             6%            5%-10%        40%-55%

Fixed income investments                                                      11%           10%-15%      10%-15%

Equity Investments                                                                  11%           10%-15%       10%-15%

Alternatives Investments                                                        6%             5%-10%         5%-10%

Derivatives                                                                               6%              5%-10%            5%-10%

            CFA EXAM PATTERN

PARTICULARS                                          LEVEL1                               LEVEL2                         LEVEL3

FORMAT                                                100% MCQ                      100% MCQ            50% item set, 50% MCQ

1. OF QUESTIONS                             240 MCQ                              120 MCQ               10 item set, 60 MCQ

TOPIC FOCUS                                    Investment tools                  Asset valuation     Portfolio management

DURATION                                        Two exams on same        Two exams on same           Two exams on

day of three hours each      day of three hours each         same day.

    EXAM CENTER LOCATIONS  

Including major countries such as USA, India, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia etc.

You can check out the test locations in any of your country on the official site of CFA institute.

CFA EXAM SCHOLARSHIP

1.Women’s scholarship

2.Access scholarship

3.Professor scholarship

4.Student scholarship

5.Regulator scholarship

6.Media scholarship

SALARY OF CFA CHARTER  

The average salary of a CFA holder in many countries are as follows:

1.INDIA – Rs 914K

2.UNITED STATES-$89K

3.SINGAPORE – S$98K

4.UNITED KINGDOM- 49,355

5.UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) – AED 207K.

Writted By- Sakshi Khandelwal