The course of CQF adopts the way that online teachers give lectures on the spot and offline students do their own homework. The content of the exam is basically the deepening of what the teacher said in class and the content of the exercise class, so as long as you listen carefully and finish the exercises after class, the probability of passing the exam is still very high.
How long does it usually take to get the CQF certificate?
Generally speaking, it takes at least six months to get the CQF certificate. CQF has two admission opportunities every year, starting from June or June, 65438. The exam consists of six modules, two advanced elective courses, three exams and a final project. Generally speaking, this process takes about 6 months from registration to course study to investigation and evidence collection.
The CQF exam is different from CFA, FRM and other international certificate exams. The CQF Association did not announce the passing rate of the exam. As long as the exam answers submitted by everyone meet the requirements, they can be graded. As long as students pass the three exams and final projects of CQF within three years, with a total score of more than 60 points and complete two advanced elective courses, they can successfully obtain CQF certificates and hold CQF certificates.
What is the development prospect of CQF?
In recent years, the field of domestic financial technology has developed rapidly, and it is likely to catch up with it, so the demand for practical quantitative financial technology is increasing.
As a professional qualification certification in the field of global quantitative investment, CQF has won good recognition and praise internationally. Its course content covers almost the whole financial field, which can be said to involve a very wide range of financial professional knowledge. People who have obtained CQF certificates are basically proficient in mathematical analysis and practical operation projects related to mathematics, so the employment direction of CQF holders is very wide, and they can generally enter banks, securities institutions, investment banks, risk control management and other related financial enterprises to engage in internal audit and financial risk consulting of the group.
Most CQF licensees work in internationally renowned financial institutions, such as HSBC, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan, Barclays, Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, ABN Bank of America, Bank of America, Bank for International Settlements, BNP Paribas, BP International Limited, KPMG, Moody's Rating, Royal Bank of Scotland, Commerzbank, Fitch Rating, ING, Switzerland.
The salary level of CQF· holder
It is understood that the annual salary of CQF licensees in the United States is about 6.5438+0.3 million US dollars. Generally speaking, in China, if you have done quantitative work for more than 3 years, you can often meet headhunting positions. The salaries of common posts are as follows:
1, investment research system development engineer: the reference annual salary is 600- 1.2 million.
Bachelor degree or above from a key university, majoring in computer science, with rich experience in developing quantitative trading systems for stocks or futures, and experience in developing medium and high frequency or medium and low frequency trading systems.
2. Quantitative investment team leader (or PM): refer to the annual salary of 2 million.
Both CTA and stock index futures PM are needed, especially CTA. Requirements: background in science and engineering, preferably graduated from Top 10 college, more than 2 years' experience, firm capital of more than 3 million, short to medium term, annual rate of return 15+%. At present, the quantitative background of head private placement is preferred, and IT and researchers will be deployed after coming. Salary and commission can be discussed.
3. Fund Manager /PM: Reference salary: the annual salary is 6-2 million.
The strategic commission is 30%-50% of the company's income; PS:tick2trade 100ms delay, supporting tick-level transactions.