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How to Get Into Wealth Management: An Insider’s Guide

Tamara Bonn

20 Mar 2025

Career Advice

About Tamara: In addition to more than 10 years of wealth management experience, Tamara holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) designations and has obtained the Life License Qualification Program (LLQP). She is currently a Senior Portfolio Manager at TD Wealth Private Investment Counsel, one of Canada’s largest private client money management firms. One of the more popular questions received at 300Hours is how to break into the various finance industries that strongly target CFA candidates and charterholders. Wealth management is ...

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CFA Scholarships: How to Successfully Get Them

Alexander Law

19 Mar 2025

CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

Aside from the time commitment, there is a considerable cost to pursuing the CFA charter, especially for students. Level 1 enrollment and registration fees alone can be as high as $1,600, not including any third-party ...

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CFA Careers: What Are Typical Job Opportunities for CFA Charterholders?

Sophie Macon

18 Mar 2025

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

Did you know that 45% of CFA candidates pursue the charter for career-related reasons? But what are the typical Chartered Financial Analysts' (CFA) careers? What can you do with a CFA charter? It is ...

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CFA Salary: How Much Does A CFA Charter Increase Your Pay By?

Zee Tan

17 Mar 2025

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

Will your salary increase as you go through the CFA Program?​Yes, it does. In fact, you don’t even have to wait until you become a CFA charterholder. Proper, reliable CFA salary data are hard ...

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How to Convince Your Firm To Pay For Your CFA Exam

Zee Tan

16 Mar 2025

CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

I was feeling really poor back when I was attempting CFA Level 2. I had just been let go in my finance role and I wanted to switch careers into advertising, yet still continue ...

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6 Effective Ways To Manage Stress While Studying

Zee Tan

15 Mar 2025

Study Motivation

Stress has an alarming ability to infiltrate all aspects of everyday life. It can strike unexpectedly, often causing people to subconsciously react in ways that are quite out of proportion to their situation. ...

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How to Balance Work, Study and Family: 5 Valuable Tips

Sophie Macon

14 Mar 2025

Study Motivation

Being a working parent is hard enough, but what if you add on the challenge of studying for a finance exam to the mix? Some of us at 300Hours have rambunctious children, so we ...