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CFA Charterholders: Why Top Firms Prefer Hiring Them

Zee Tan

2 Sep 2024

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 3

Interviewing for a new job, targeting a promotion, or looking to progress your career? Top tier firms know that the CFA Program produces results. ​For your next career move, here’s a primer with all the facts and research showing how CFA charterholders and candidates have an edge over the rest. Let's dive in! A hiring primer for CFA charterholders and candidates Nearly half of candidates register for the CFA exams for career reasons – be it career advancement, improving chances to obtain a job or simply getting recognition from employers.  Therefore, ...

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FRM Preparation: How to Pass FRM Exams

Zee Tan

1 Sep 2024

FRM

The interest in FRM qualification has grown fast in the last few years, given the increasing demand for risk management skillset in the financial sector. With that in mind, we have collected all ...

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CFA Exam Results: Top 5 Questions, Answered

Zee Tan

30 Aug 2024

CFA, Exam Day & Results

The CFA exam results day for the Aug 2025 CFA exams will be announced on 8th, 10th and 17th October respectively for Level 1, 2 and 3. ​​Remember that you can track all important ...

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Investment Management Certificate (IMC): A Useful Guide

Sophie Macon

25 Aug 2024

Career Advice

Did you know that in certain situations, the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) can be more suitable than taking on the CFA exams? With over 5,000 exams sat each year, IMC is the most widely-recognised ...

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CFA Last Month Preparations: The Elite 8 Point Checklist

Zee Tan

24 Aug 2024

CFA, Exam Day & Results

What should you be doing for your CFA last month preparations? Especially if it's your first time, and you're not sure what a CFA Level 1 last month study plan looks like? Among all ...

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CFA Level 1 Derivatives: Our Cheat Sheet

Sophie Macon

23 Aug 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2025’s curriculum. Derivatives. Perhaps no single word has a greater ability to strike fear in the hearts of CFA candidates. The readings on this topic are ...

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Does Chewing Gum While Studying Help Exam Performance?

Zee Tan

22 Aug 2024

Study Motivation, Study Break

Here at 300Hours, we share lots of tips on how to improve your finance exam performance, all neatly packaged in our 'Study Motivation' section. Here’s an interesting recent tip that our team discovered: ...