The Fund Practitioner Qualification Examination*** consists of three subjects, of which subject two and subject three are both optional. So how do you choose the two elective subjects? What are the differences?

The difference between subject two and subject three of the Fund Practitioner Qualification Examination

1. Exam difficulty

In terms of exam difficulty, subject two is greater than subject three. Subject 2 involves a concept and calculation in economics and statistics. There are usually more than 10 calculation questions in the exam, which is one of the difficulties.

Private equity in subject three is still in its early stages of development in China. The content is more liberal arts, with more concepts and theories, and mainly laws, regulations and articles.

2. Scope of application

From the perspective of the applicability of professional qualifications, subject two is also greater than subject three. Subject three is mainly for practitioners who are engaged in private equity fund managers and those working in the field. Fund sales agencies are personnel engaged in publicity and promotion of funds and operation and maintenance of fund sales information management platform systems.

Subject 2 can engage in all fund business scope. In addition to the scope of subject 3, it also includes public fund managers, fund custodians, securities and futures asset management institutions, and fund service agencies (including fund sales, share Registration, valuation, investment advisory, evaluation, information technology system services and other institutions) practitioners.

How to choose the subjects for the Fund Practitioner Examination?

The Fund Practitioner Qualification Examination *** has three subjects, namely Subject 1 "Fund Laws and Regulations, Professional Ethics and Business Standards", Subject 2 "Basic Knowledge of Securities Investment Funds" and Subject 3 "Basic Knowledge of Private Equity Investment Funds". Among them, subject one is a compulsory subject, and the remaining two subjects are optional subjects. Candidates only need to pass the two subject examinations to obtain fund practitioner qualifications.

According to the examination situation in previous years, most candidates choose the combination of subject one + subject two. Of course, you can also choose subject one + subject three to take the exam.