CFA designation: investment management’s highest distinction
The CFA Programme is the gold standard of the investment industry
Earning the CFA charter is a highly selective process. Fewer than one in five candidates become a CFA charterholder. It takes an average of 1,000-plus hours of rigorous study, along with four years of professional investment-related experience and successful completion of the CFA Programme to earn the CFA designation.
Franita Neuville, CFA, market development manager for Refinitiv Middle East and Africa explains why you should become a CFA charterholder: “It’s important to hold a qualification that’s globally accepted and recognised. The CFA charter represents professional excellence and upholds a level of good governance, good performance and ethical behaviour."
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The CFA designation helps you capitalise on your strengths, supercharging your education and work experience into a charter that will tell the world you have the skills necessary to compete and excel in today’s complex and evolving investment industry.
CFA charterholders enjoy a mark of distinction throughout the world.
The CFA Programme provides the strongest foundation in advanced investment, analysis and real-world portfolio management skills for a career advantage that you will use at all stages of your career.
This globally recognised, graduate-level credential is held by more than 164,900 professionals across 157 societies around the world.
• This article was paid for by CFA Society South Africa.