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Edu MentorEducationConsultant

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Hi,
There are 2 kinds of CFA as CFA USA and CFA India offered by ICFAI. CFA will be more useful after pursuing either of CA from ICAI or CMA from ICMAI. CFA USA is an international recognition in the field of financial analyst. For more details, kindly visit the respective website of CFA USA or https://shiksha.com/courses/CFA.
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hardik kundaliya

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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Chief Financial and Operating Officer (CFOO) is a corporate officer, primarily responsible for managing the financial risks of the corporation. The officer is also responsible for financial planning and record-keeping, as well as financial reporting to higher management.
The majority of CFOs will understandably have an educational background in finance, business, economics or management. A typical path would be a Bachelor's and Master's degree in accounting or other finance-related studies, alongside the ACCA qualification.
According to a survey of Fortune 100 CFOs by Russell Reynolds, 54% had an MBA,
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Edu MentorEducationConsultant

Guide-Level 11

Hi,
You may consider either of the following modes to pursue CFA as:(a) CFA (USA) from recognised training institutes and become certified from CFA - USA.
(b) CFA – India offered by ICFAI.
To know more details and procedure, kindly visit the website of respective institutes or https://shiksha.com/courses/CFA.
All the best.

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Zubin MehtaExpert Advisor for Senior Management.

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MBA in finance is a post graduation program and CFA is just a certificate program and has no degree available to it. So MBA is the right option.

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Edu MentorEducationConsultant

Guide-Level 11

It offers investment banking and financial analyst programs. It can be done through:
1. ICFAI – Hyderabad
2. Recognized training institutes from CFA (USA) in India.
To know more details, you can visit the websites of ICFAI or CFA (USA).

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Edu MentorEducationConsultant

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No, you can't opt for CFA along with MBA. You can pursue it separately, if it is required for your job, interest and future demand. CFA in India is offered by ICFAI Hyderabad. This course is designed with the consideration of Indian financial market. Whereas CFA USA is offered by some recognised training institutes from CFA USA. CFA USA is comparatively broad and vast than CFA India, as it is designed to cater the demand of international financial market. Any commerce or engineering graduates can pursue CFA USA or India. CFA USA offers core financial jobs then MBA finance. Some also prefers to pursue MBA+CFA. As the profile is concerne
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prasad keluskar

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Due to the program partnerships between business schools and the CFA Institute, there is now an efficient means for investment professionals to obtain both a graduate business degree and a CFA. Whereas it used to be adequate to obtain one or the other, this trend and the number of new investment professionals acquiring both graduate degrees and the CFA may ultimately require professionals to obtain both. Where the commitment was once two years of graduate school and four years of self study, now candidates that choose a partnering institution can perform a majority of the CFA commitment within their graduate school course work. Althoug
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prasad keluskar

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You can do MBA after BMS but is a 2 year MBA (Finance) degree comprehensive enough to give you an insight of the Finance Related Concepts? The simple answer to this is NO. MBA Finance only teaches you the basics of Finance Related Concepts using Case Studies but does not take you to the core of Financial Domain and its Concepts the MBA Finance degree is not comprehensive enough to take you to the core of Financial Domain, many finance enthusiasts prefer to opt for a degree which gives an in-depth coverage of the Financial World I.e. Chartered Financial Analyst.

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