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Cfa is an international certificate. In recent two years, more and more people have applied for CFA. According to the new data of CFA Institute, from 2065438 to June 2009, the registered number of CFA students has reached 250,000! So many people choose to take cfa, and many students will ask, "What is the career direction of cfa? Does cfa help you find a job? "

Gao Dun Jun will tell you about the career direction of CFA today.

CFA is called Chartered Financial Analyst, which is related to financial investment and analysis by name.

CFA trains financial investment and analysis talents. Among them, there are two main directions for comparison:

First, the direction of investment analysis, commonly known as the seller, can go to investment banks, brokers to do investment analysis, do industry research and so on; Analysts of well-known investment banks and securities firms have higher salaries, so they have stricter requirements on the comprehensive ability of practitioners.

Many investment banks and brokers regard CFA as one of the qualifications when recruiting analysts.

The second is the direction of asset management and investment management, also known as the buyer. Holders can go to fund companies as fund managers and do portfolio management.

Of course, in other financial fields, CFA is also highly recognized, which is almost an all-round certificate of the financial sector.

List the top jobs in CFA for you:

1, investment bank manager.

Among the famous investment banks, there are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, HSBC Group and UBS Group AG. As an important channel connecting the capital market and the money market, investment banks have played a "catalyst" role in the wave of national stock trading in China.

Among many positions in investment banks, investment bank project managers need strong comprehensive quality. Usually the work pressure is great, but the salary is high. Investment bank manager is the dream job of most financial people.

2、VC/PE .

VC/PE is to make equity investment in unlisted enterprises, and then sell shares through merger, listing or management buyback to obtain high profits. Among the top representative offices of PE/VC, foreign capital includes Blackstone, Carlyle, KKR, Sequoia and so on. The local representative organizations are CDH, Hony, Chen Da, China Merchants, Jiuding, etc. Many VC/PEs have made amazing achievements.

3. Securities analyst.

Securities analysts should analyze and study various factors in the securities market and issue the most valuable investment report to investors through professional analysis.

An excellent securities analyst should not only be familiar with the professional knowledge of traditional securities science, but also keep an eye of keeping pace with the times and understand the latest research results of securities investment theories and methods, such as evolutionary securities science and behavioral finance.

Gao Dun Jun searched the major recruitment websites on the Internet and found that in many companies, CFA certificates are regarded as bonus certificates that can prove the ability of job seekers, and there are many positions involved.

Financial manager, bank manager, researcher, fund manager, investment director/manager, CRO (Chief Risk Officer), investor relations supervisor, etc.

So are people who have passed CFA really engaged in these jobs?

2065 438+08 CFA exam analysis report has been released: 1. The employment situation of CFA.

78% employees are full-time or part-time, 12% students.

7% unemployed, but looking for a job; 3% self-employed, full-time or part-time.

1% unemployed, not looking for a job. Second, the occupation distribution of CFA candidates.

20 18 CFA candidates are mainly engaged in the following occupations.

From the above picture, Gao Dun Jun found that the occupations of these candidates are mainly:

Research analyst, investment analyst and quantitative analyst-12%;

Accounting and auditing-9%;

Corporate Financial Analyst -8%

Consultants-7%;

Risk analyst/risk management, investment relationship manager/account manager, credit analyst, portfolio manager-5%;

From this point of view, more than half of CFA candidates' jobs are directly related to financial core positions; In these positions, CFA certificate may have important learning/bonus points.

Third, the initial motivation of CFA candidates' textual research

The motivation of these candidates for textual research is mainly:

33% is for career promotion and development opportunities;

265,438+0% people are trying to improve their investment analysis and portfolio management capabilities;

Among them, 65,438+03% people hope to obtain the professional status of global professional investment management institutions;

12% of people are trying to challenge themselves;

8% people are trying to improve their chances of finding a job;

4% people are trying to gain the approval of their bosses and colleagues;

3% people want to give people a sense of trust in their careers;

The other 5% is other;

Generally speaking, it mainly comes down to improving professional competitiveness and professional knowledge.

From this perspective, CFA's career direction is good.

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