CFA

CFA Institute is a global association of investment professionals. The organisation offers Chartered Financial Analyst designation, the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement designation, and the Investment Foundations Certificate. There is only one institute of CFA in india i.e. The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) was established in 1984 as a not-for-profit educational society in Telangana, India. The institution has been offering education to students across India through its various programs in the field of higher education. The institution was founded by N. J. Yasaswy, Besant C. Raj and Dr. Prasanna Chandra, the Director of Centre for Financial Management.

There are no exemptions but it is well-known that the CFA programme is a little difficult to pass. But with your basic concepts already in place through an MBA in Finance, it becomes a little easier to wade through the CFA curriculum. Firstly, MBA Finance more or less prepares you for CFA Level 1 very well, plus the time management skills that MBA students have, is immensely beneficial for tackling CFA exams. So we can say that doing a MBA Finance before a CFA makes your chances of passing the programme in lesser attempts. Also, after an MBA you GET considerable work experience through the placement, which is also a requirement for obtaining the CFA designation.