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GUEST COMMENT: I passed all three levels of the CFA in 18 months. This is how I tackled Level III
I’ve already written about my tactics for passing CFA Levels I and II. Now I’d like to share my method of passing CFA Level III. As I’ve pointed out on previous occasions, I managed to pass all three levels in a period of 18 months. The big problem with Level III is complacency. You get [...]
When to do an MBA if you want to work in banking in South Africa
It’s a dilemma faced by all new graduates in economics, finance or business administration: is it better to look for a job straight away and gain precious experience, or to go for a post-graduate degree and gain insight and depth of knowledge? In the South African financial services sector in particular, how important is it [...]
GUEST COMMENT: The final countdown to the CFA Programme June Examinations
(Or The Final Countdown (you have to hum the tune as you read this) 4 WEEKS TO GO… By now you should have finished your first reading of the CFA curriculum. If you haven’t then get a move on, time is ticking away. Make a plan for the critical phase that’s coming up: revision. There [...]
Asia isn’t happening. Do an MBA in Brazil
Credit Suisse’s results confirmed it: Asia is not it. Year-on-year, the bank’s total revenues in Asia Pac fell 5% in the first quarter. Its profits fell 4%. Citigroup did a little better: its Asian securities and banking revenues were up 17% year-on-year in the first quarter. However, its Latin American revenues were up 28% (its [...]
A South African MBA is the ‘best value for money in the world’
South African graduates who want to improve their chances of getting a good job in financial services might be wondering where to go to do a Master in Business Administration (MBA). To help their choice, we have asked some of the country’s top recruiters what their advice would be. Their answer is unanimous: there is [...]
GUEST COMMENT: How I passed CFA Level II only four months after passing Level I
In January 2009 I passed the CFA Level 1 qualification, using the method I elaborated for you before. This gave me around four months to prepare for CFA Level II. Needless to say, CFA Level II is hard. In fact, it is very hard. To be frank, I thought I’d failed. I was mistaken. So, [...]
The pass rate is down, the cheating is up, is the CFA worth the work?
Results to the December 2011 Level 1 CFA exam are out: 38% of people passed. This is a significant minority and a little depressing in light of the fact that as recently as 2009, 46% of December Level 1 candidates got through. Why do so few people pass? Maybe they’re just not good enough. Ed [...]
Do you want a job? These are the qualifications SA financial services recruiters are looking for
There are jobs going in financial services in South Africa: the sector is healthy and still growing. The question, recruiters say, is matching employers’ demands with the relevant skills, which can be hard to find. We have conducted a survey of some of the most respected recruitment firms, among them Capital Assignments, Michael Page SA [...]
The head of risk at AQR on the qualifications that will help you get a job
Trader and blogger Michael Martin has been talking to Aaron Brown, chief risk officer at hedge fund AQR Capital Management and the man whom Nassim Taleb apparently called “the Dean of Wall Street Risk Managers.” Martin’s interview is very long and very informative and includes such trading (and potential career management) gems from Brown as: “These [...]
Lunchtime Links: Is HEC Paris really Europe’s best business school?
The Financial Times issued its ranking of European business schools this week. Based on the ‘quality and quantity’ of its MBA courses, HEC in Paris came top. If you want to get into investment banking, HEC has several things going for it. Firstly, plenty of high-powered French bankers have been there. Financial News’s list of [...]
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