CFA is short for financial analyst, and the financial analyst qualification exam is called "the first exam of global finance". According to reports, chartered financial analyst is a professional title generally recognized by the securities investment and management circles in the world today, and there is a huge gap between supply and demand for financial analysts. Take Shanghai as an example. It is predicted that the demand for CFA in the next three years will be 5, people. These CFA holders have been robbed by many domestic and foreign financial institutions, and their annual salary is usually very high. "Because of this, the craze for chartered financial analysts in China is heating up, and the number of people applying for CFA is increasing year by year. According to statistics, in June 28, more than 1, candidates signed up for CFA exam in China. These figures show that more and more financial institutions realize the importance of cultivating CFA talents, and also reflect that financial practitioners realize that CFA title is a golden signboard for personal career development.

In mainland China, many investment banks, fund management companies and securities companies are lamenting that it is easy to get thousands of dollars, but it is hard for analysts to find them. According to the survey, with the continuous development of the domestic financial securities market since 25, more and more chartered financial analysts are active in the domestic financial investment stage, and many of them have held important positions such as fund managers, investment directors, research directors, excellent financial directors, etc., and it is also very common for them to break through one million RMB each year with good performance.

The survey on the salary in the investment industry shows that employers are willing to offer high bonuses to CFA holders with 1 years or more work experience. In the same industry, CFA licensees earn 24% more than non-licensees. If we don't talk about work experience, the salary gap between CFA holders and non-holders will be even greater, and the salary of CFA holders is 54% higher than that of non-holders.

The world-famous institutions with the largest number of p>CFA employees include: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Moody's, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Bank, Credit Suisse and UBS, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and domestic top investment banks such as CICC, CITIC, Galaxy Securities, Guotai Junan, GF Securities, Huatai Securities, Everbright Securities, Guoxin Securities, Bank of China International Securities, etc. In 21, all the newly promoted top five executives are CFA holders, and CFA has become the standard of competency in China.

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

CFA's career direction includes investment bank manager, fund manager, financial manager, project director, chief executive officer, fund analysis executive, fund management director, audit project manager, chief executive officer, tax manager, financing manager, chief cashier, chief financial officer, senior financial settlement manager, investment analysis manager, financial accounting supervisor, senior financial settlement manager, securities analyst, chief financial officer, investment consultant, investment banker, trader, etc. The annual salary of CFA in the United States is more than $4,, and the annual salary in Hong Kong is about $3,.

which fields value CFA

first of all, whether in China or the United States, the two types of chartered financial analysts, charter, account for the largest proportion, namely portfolio manager and research

analyst. Among all chartered financial analysts holder in the United States, 23% are portfolio manager, that is, fund managers, accounting for almost a quarter.

China's is slightly lower, and 18% of CFA examinees are fund managers. Holder, the second largest chartered financial analyst in the United States, is research

analyst, accounting for 18%. These analysts refer to those who study stocks or bonds, either buy side (a researcher in a fund company) or sell

side (a research department in an investment bank).