Accounting & Commerce

The Chartered Financial Analyst programme is a professional course offered by the US-based CFA Institute. The programme AIMS to grant CFA charter to investment and financial professionals to help them further their career goals. A candidate who successfully completes the programme, is declared CFA charter holder. There are over 1.2 Lacs CFA members across 35 countries in the world. Exam Name
CFA Exam 2018
Exam for Course Level
PG level
Mode
online
Test Duration
90 minutes
No. Of Test Cities
New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata
Courses Offered
CFA charter certificate
Registration Dates
LEVEL I: Twice in February and August (Date to be announced for August 2018)
LEVEL II: Twice in February and August (Date to be announced for August 2018)
LEVEL III: Twice in February and August (Date to be announced for August 2018)
Exam Date
LEVEL I: June 23, 2018
LEVEL II: June 23, 2018
LEVEL III: June 23, 2018
Exam Helpdesk No. +000-800-100-4025
Exam Website & Emailwww.cfainstitute.org/
information@cfainstitute. Org
In India the CFA Exam is held at four cities, New Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai. The CFA Institute was formerly the Association of Investment Management and Research, holds a series of three exams, which the candidate can clear in four years. The programme covers a broad range of financial aspects including, investment management, financial analysis, stocks, bonds and derivatives.

You have the choice of ACCA and CPA (in the field of Professional Accountancy) , CFA (in the field of finance) , CFE (Fraud Examiner) , CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) , CIMA (Management accounting)
ACCA , CPA and CFA makes more sense for an Indian Chartered Accountant. If you want to work with Investment Bankers ,Stock Exchanges, Private Equity, do CFA along with an accredited course in Data Analytics. If you want to have a future in accountancy and audit, I would suggest you to pursue ACCA over CPA because of three main reasons
(i) The Syllabus in ACCA offers specialization papers and you have the option to choose papers according to the field in which you want to work.
(ii) You have the choice of becoming a member of ICEAW (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales) if you have 5 years of ACCA Membership
(iii) ACCA has mutual recognition in many jurisdictions (more about this https://www.accaglobal.com/in/en.. )
Im pursuing ACCA after finishing CA and CS but I intend to practice in India. I see immense scope in doing international professional courses since it gives a distinct advantage in the Indian scenario. Generally ACCA is used as a passport by Indian CAs.

To enroll for the CFA programme and register for your first level of exam, you must have one of the following criteria:
Education: A Bachelor's degree or be in final year of any Bachelor's degree is needed to pass all the levels of CFA Exam. Work Experience: Four years of Professional work experience
Now the question is what kind professionals can become CFA. What kind of work experience is required to get the CFA institute membership is the main concern in your mind right now. As per CFA institute, there are limited professionals who can become CFA:
You have at least 4 years (48 months) of experience in the field of investment
Any type of decision-making process; supervising persons who conduct such activities; or teaching such activities related to investment will be eligible for CFA membership.