Nearly a third of members of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute, an association of investment professionals, expect employment opportunities to increase in their local markets, up from just 14% in 2012—according to the CFA Institute 2015 Global Market Sentiment Survey. Additionally, the survey revealed that CFA Institute members have continuing concern for market integrity due to a lack of ethical culture within financial firms and market fraud.
The Institute, which has recently announced the opening of new offices in China and India, has also reported that 44% of the 47,175 candidates that took the CFA Level I exam in December 2014 have passed. These candidates progress to Level II of the CFA Programme, a graduate-level curriculum that links theory and practice with real-world investment analysis, and emphasises the highest ethical and professional standards.
Paul Arkwright
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