CFA

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is a globally recognized standard for measuring the competence and integrity of financial analysts. The broad-based curriculum of the CFA program compels you to build a working knowledge of principles across core areas of the investment industry, from quantitative analysis and economics to portfolio management and asset valuation. Awarded as a CFA Charterholder - to Employers, you will become a more viable candidate to assume senior-level positions with wider ranges of responsibility; to the global investment community, you are recognized as a symbol of professional excellence with respect and credibility.

Work areas:

• Buy-side trader (investment management) or other buy-side professional positions
• Sell-side analyst (investment banking), associate, or other sell-side professional positions
• Business school professor
• Economist
• Financial advisor or financial planner