CFA

Course details

The CFA® (Chartered Financial Analyst) is an internationally recognised qualification which sets the global standard for professionalism and excellence in today’s finance and investment sectors.

What will I learn?

CFA^® Level 1

1. Introduction:
2. Quantitative Methods: Basic Concepts:
3. Quantitative Methods: Application
4. Financial Reporting & Analysis: An Introduction
5. Income Statements Balance Sheets & Cash Flow Statements
6. Inventories, Long-Lived Assets, Income Taxes & Non-Current Liabilities
7. Evaluating Financial Reporting Quality & Other Applications
8. Corporate Finance
9. Microeconomic Analysis
10. Macroeconomic Analysis
11. Economics in a Global Context
12. Market Organisation, Market Indices & Market Efficiency
13. Equity Analysis & Valuation
14. Fixed Income Basic Concepts
15. Fixed Income Analysis & Valuation
16. Derivatives
17. Alternative Investments
18. Portfolio Management
19. Ethical & Professional Standards

CFA^® Level 2

1. Ethical & Professional Standards
2. Ethics and Professional Standards
3. Quantitative Methods
4. Economics for Valuation
5. Inventories & Long Lived Assets
6. Intercorporate Investments, Post-Retirement & Share-Based Compensation & Multinational Organisations
7. Earnings Quality Issues & Financial Ratio Analysis
8. Corporate Finance
9. Corporate Finance: Financing and Control Issues
10. Equity: Valuation Concepts
11. Industry & Company Analysis in a Global Context
12. Valuation Models
13. Alternative Investments
14. Fixed Income Valuation Concepts
15. Structured Securities
16. Forwards and Futures
17. Options, Swaps and Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives
18. Capital Market Theory and the Portfolio Management Process

How will I benefit from taking this course?

Leading employers the world over use the CFA® charter to seek out and differentiate the most qualified job applicants and future employees, as they understand this qualification is a marker of commitment to hard work, dedication, and a determination to excel in this most challenging of sectors. The CFA® designation opens doors into the heart of international business.