Why do financial analysts take CFA and think about the value of CFA?

In 20 14, 67 1 person in Chinese mainland * * * obtained CFA franchise qualification certification. As of 20 14, 12 and 10, the number of CFA in Chinese mainland has reached 3 125, exceeding 3,000 for the first time. Among them, in 20 14, 277 people in Shanghai * * * obtained CFA certificates, accounting for 41.28% of the whole country; Therefore, the total number of CFA holders in Shanghai has reached 142 1, accounting for 45.47% of the whole country.

According to the data of CFA Institute, more than 20,000 candidates from all over the world successfully passed the CFAlevel 1 exam in February, 1965.

In Chinese mainland, it is even more difficult for many investment banks, fund management companies and securities companies to find analysts. According to the survey, since 2005, with the continuous development of the domestic financial securities market, more and more chartered financial analysts are active in the domestic financial investment stage, and many of them hold important positions such as fund manager, investment director, research director and excellent financial director. And it is common that their annual performance exceeds one million.

The investment industry salary survey shows that employers are willing to offer high bonuses to CFA holders with 10 years or above work experience. In the same industry, CFA licensees earn 24% more than non-licensees. If you don't talk about work experience, the salary gap between CFA holders and non-holders will be even wider, and the salary of CFA holders is 54% higher than that of non-holders

The world-renowned institutions with the largest number of CFA employees are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Moody's, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Bank, Credit Suisse, UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as top domestic investment banks such as CICC, CITIC, Galaxy Securities, Guotai Junan, Guangfa Securities, Huatai Securities, Everbright Securities, Guoxin Securities and BOC International Securities. 20 10 the top five newly promoted executives are CFA holders, and CFA has become a competency standard in China.

CFA's employment prospects-In view of the formality, professionalism and authority of CFA exam, its qualification certificate is widely recognized in the global financial field, known as the "second passport" and "Wall Street Pass", and has become a pass for banking, investment, securities, insurance and consulting industries.

The average annual income of global CFA holders is $6.5438+$0.78 million.

The annual income of CFA holders in Singapore is $65,438+065,438+3,000.

The annual income of CFA holders in Canada is $654.38 +0.08 million.

★ Annual income of American CFA holders

Basic salary: $65,438+$094,000

Basic salary plus bonus: $304,000

/kloc-basic salary plus bonus for more than 0/0 years: USD 392,000.

The annual salary of American CFA holders is about $60,000 higher than that of Harvard MBA128,000.

★ Annual income of CFA holders in the UK

Basic salary: $65,438+$079,000

Basic salary plus bonus: $320,000

Work/kloc-basic salary plus bonus for more than 0/0 years: 412,000 USD.