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Risk Management Career Path: Roles, Salary & Progression
2 Nov 2024
Risk management in finance is essentially the practice of minimizing a firm's downside exposure, through identifying, analyzing and managing acceptable levels of uncertainties in a firm's day-to-day operations. With increasing global instability and uncertainty, risk managers are in high demand globally as corporations seek to differentiate themselves as long term winners. Given the breadth of the industry, in this article we will focus on exploring a financial risk management career path in depth. Let's dive in! What does a risk ...
Studying With Coffee: How to Use It Productively for Your Studies
1 Nov 2024
Do you love coffee? I imagine I see many heads nodding now. Suffice to say, my appreciation for coffee has increased throughout the years, especially since I discovered that good coffee, properly made, shouldn't have ...
CFA Level 1 Equity Investments: Our Cheat Sheet
1 Nov 2024
Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2024 and 2025’s curriculum. If you're following our recommended Level 1 topic study order: after going through Quant, FSA and Fixed Income, CFA Level 1 ...
EFFAS’ Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA): Our Epic Guide
31 Oct 2024
ESG investing is one of the big asset management trends, driven by the increasing financial relevance of ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors, better ESG data, growing investor demand and regulatory pressure. This is ...
CFA Investment Foundations Program: A Quick Guide
31 Oct 2024
Previously known as Claritas, the Investment Foundations Program by CFA Institute was paused in December 2021 for a product refresh. Since then, a new, enhanced version of the Investment Foundations Certificate was launched globally. ...
CFA Investment Foundations vs CFA Program: A Clear Comparison
30 Oct 2024
Career Advice, CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3
Did you know that besides the CFA program, CFA Institute also offers CFA Investment Foundations program? Many potential candidates get confused between the two qualifications, so we thought it may be helpful to put ...
Failed CFA Exams? 5 Clear Steps To Recover
29 Oct 2024
CFA exams are famed for being difficult to pass. Failing CFA exams is unfortunately pretty common, but certainly not discussed enough. When I failed CFA Level 2 many years ago (just below the Minimum ...