Chartered Financial Analyst®

About the CFA® Program

Established in 1962, the CFA Program sets the global standard for investment, knowledge, standards and ethics. Passing the CFA examination can help career advancement and highlights to clients, employers and colleagues that the charterholder has mastered a broad range of investment topics and is committed to the highest ethical standards in the profession.

The CFA examinations are administered by the CFA Institute, whose headquarters are in Charlottesville, USA, with offices in London and Hong Kong. The Institute is composed of more than 90,000 individual voting members and 135 non-voting member societies who believe in setting higher standards for the investment profession.

The CFA Program is designed to equip you with the investment knowledge and ethical principals to excel in financial markets. As a measure of its global recognition, more than 90,000 CFA candidates from 162 countries sat for the CFA exam in June 2007. Without a doubt, earning your CFA® charter will enhance your credibility and competitive advantage in the global workplace, as well as connecting you to a global network of over 78,000 Charterholders.

At BPP we understand that, as a busy investment professional, you will want flexible study solutions to help you make effective use of the time spent preparing for your CFA exam. That's why we have a range of weekday, evening and Saturday classroom based courses that you can mix and match to suit your lifestyle. We've also developed a comprehensive distance learning package, should you prefer to study at your own pace. Both classroom and distance learning study solutions are built around three key elements - knowledge, application and practice, which we believe are critical for first time exam success.

Beginning with the 2008 exams, CFA candidates will receive the CFA Program curriculum as part of their exam registration fee. Our study solutions will allow you to complement these original readings with a choice of study materials from Kaplan Schweser, the world's leading supplier of CFA study material, and BPP Online Learning™, our proprietary online study resource.

We know what it takes to succeed in the CFA Program as many of our tutors are Charterholders and all of them have sat and passed the exams that they teach towards. Their experience will be invaluable to you, from the moment you contact us right up to the day of the exam. With a thorough programme of study, a lot of hard work and the support of an experienced training provider, you can realise your ambition of becoming a CFA charterholder.

Come to one of our open evenings or call us today to find out more about our study solutions and unique training approach.

Phil Morey CFA
BPP Professional Education

All courses will be supplied to you by BPP Professional Education and all study materials will be supplied to you by BPP Learning Media. For a full definition of study materials, please click here to review our Terms and Conditions.

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