CFA Institute News
-
The amount of dollar-denominated bonds issued by companies in Asia is growing almost 10 times faster than the global corporate debt market, raising concern that investors are lowering their standards as they seek to take advantage of the region’s relatively high yields.
-
Cyprus’s economy will contract by at least 5 percent and possibly by more than 15 percent this year, according to most financial analysts, portfolio managers and other investment professionals on the island interviewed in a survey.
-
Chartered Financial Analysts would benefit more from experience working with clients rather than a broader training program, CFA Institute Chief Executive Officer John Rogers said.
-
Paul Smith moved from London to Hong Kong to work in Asia’s hedge-fund industry almost 17 years ago, and he rode the boom to its peak. Last year, like other industry veterans, he quit.
-
The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute plans to offer a certificate program it says may help restore integrity in the capital markets by targeting investment advisers’ support staff.
-
A higher percentage of hopefuls for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation passed the third level of their three-part exam in June compared with a year earlier.
-
A lower percentage of hopefuls for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation passed the first level of their three-part exam in December.
-
A record 139,900 candidates enrolled for the Chartered Financial Analyst exam in June, an increase of 9 percent from last year as applicants seek a hiring edge in the recovering financial-services industry.
-
CFA Institute , the global association of investment professionals that awards the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, said the answer sheets of 275 candidates who took exams in Ghana last month were lost.
-
Work in a bar. That was a friend’s suggestion for Harvard graduate Sara Grillo after she was laid off from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2008. Two years later, the hedge-fund analyst is campaigning to get more women into top financial jobs.
|
|
Most Popular on Bloomberg
|
| |
Rate this Page