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Risk Management Career Path: Roles, Salary & Progression

2 Nov 2024

Career Advice

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 ...

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Studying With Coffee: How to Use It Productively for Your Studies

1 Nov 2024

Study Motivation

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 ...

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CFA Level 1 Equity Investments: Our Cheat Sheet

1 Nov 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1

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 ...

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Failed CFA Exams? 5 Clear Steps To Recover

29 Oct 2024

CFA, Exam Day & Results

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 ...

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CFA Level 1 Economics: Our Cheat Sheet

27 Oct 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2024 and 2025's curriculum. Regardless whether you've a background in finance or economics, Economics is a central topic across all 3 levels of the CFA ...

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When Are FRM Exam Results Released?

24 Oct 2024

FRM

Waiting for FRM exam results can be an anxious experience. This isn't quite helped by the latest vague guidance by Global Association of Risk Professional (GARP): Once an exam window closes, GARP scores the ...

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CFA Level 1 Alternative Investments: Our Cheat Sheet

20 Oct 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2024 and 2025’s curriculum. Whilst a relatively smaller topic weight in the overall Level 1 exams, CFA Alternative Investments is an important topic career-wise if ...