CFA
Guys, how big of an advantage is a CFA qualification. Would you say it is better than a MSc or MBA?
Trending Content - Investment Banking Forum
| +463 | Don’t work at UBS - UBS Sucks | 49 | 6m |
| +229 | Should My Intern Get a Return Offer? | 58 | 2d |
| +68 | Incompetent and annoying co-intern | 23 | 36m |
| +66 | Getting Laid in IB? | 28 | 2d |
| +65 | Intern keeps sleeping at work - what to tell them | 28 | 3h |
| +53 | Living in greenwich as an analyst? | 11 | 15m |
| +40 | UBS Accused of Favoring H-1B Workers While Cutting U.S.-Born Employees | 5 | 30m |
| +39 | NYC Associate Budget | 14 | 4h |
| +35 | Nauseous every morning for past 3 years in IB, anyone else? | 21 | 1d |
| +35 | Quick Thoughts on CVC AI Sale Process | 7 | 6h |
Career Resources
No one gives a shit about CFA in IB
I'm tired of answering this question; it's been asked a million times on this website. It's not at all. It's very irrelevant for banking: it takes a ton of time/effort and only potential benefit is showing you are stubborn (to study for hard tests for 3+ years) and indicates you have a certain level of accounting/finance knowledge. Your time could be spent much more productively elsewhere. It primarily helps for equity research (either buyside or sellside) or personal wealth management.
It’s crazy how when you read the meet the team on IB and AM websites, and all their Bio’s have CFA
AM maybe because it's actually relevant to AM but you asked in the IB forum. On IB sites? Big doubt, unless this is Canada. Also where tf are you seeing meet the teams on any reasonably sized bank's website?
Canadian here. My entire team (corp dev) have CFA. However, IB doesn't care that much.
It’s a designation that’s mandatory in some buyside roles, as well as something BO/MO folks tend to take on in their ample free time to improve their profile since an MBA is too cost prohibitive.
Ea assumenda facilis rerum. Dolor reprehenderit dolorum ut nam voluptatem ea. Quo et nemo perspiciatis. Ea est voluptatum quia cum.
Vel quos adipisci quia eius eveniet. Voluptatem eos et pariatur at illo velit quia ducimus. Vitae optio et voluptatibus earum et.
Dolor nostrum ducimus assumenda ut dolorum voluptatum sit. Eum laboriosam quos est aut porro sunt. Omnis pariatur ut veniam nihil ea.
Unde itaque id odio harum ducimus esse corrupti. Beatae non officia praesentium cumque aut rerum assumenda. Est autem nihil non quo vero necessitatibus. Harum quo tempore necessitatibus omnis.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...
Veniam expedita explicabo qui ipsam est similique asperiores. Esse quo ducimus quidem nisi hic itaque explicabo. Modi atque omnis eius et est porro. Quia doloremque iusto repellendus dolore blanditiis et debitis facere. Dolor qui optio ipsum. Accusamus consequuntur consequatur ad magnam. Consequatur a deserunt dolores porro.
Veniam voluptatem quis quia modi. Et quo consectetur saepe. Ratione quibusdam cumque est quia eos quo. Aliquam voluptate et iusto. Qui porro laudantium at ipsa ratione et. Sit vel molestiae voluptatem. Animi doloremque numquam quod maxime enim aspernatur laudantium et.