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2020 in Review: How the CFA Exams Have Changed In Just One Year

Zee Tan

28 Dec 2020

CFA

What a year. It has been tragic, stressful, complicated, yet hopeful and full of changes. Speaking of changes, CFA exams experienced the greatest upheaval in its 57 year history this year. Here's a chronological recap of all the CFA exam changes that occurred in 2020: 16 March: CFA Institute has yet to announced any changes to June 2020 exams With growing candidate concerns about COVID-19 globally, we wrote this article to map out possible scenarios of how the pandemic can affect the upcoming ...

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Kaplan Schweser Exam Sim: An Exam-Day CBT Experience for CFA Mock Exams

Zee Tan

12 Dec 2020

CFA

As you likely know, the CFA exams will be moving to a computer-based testing (CBT) format for all levels in 2021. How would the CBT exam experience be like? To help candidates prepare for ...

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Dec 2020 CFA Exams Cancelled in Multiple Locations: Here’s What You Can Do

Zee Tan

4 Dec 2020

CFA

By Zee Tan On 7th Oct 2020, CFA Institute announced that the Dec20 CFA exams have been cancelled in 37 locations worldwide. This was followed by: 15th Oct 2020: increased to 58 locations 22nd ...

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FRM Exam: Computer-Based Testing From 2021

Zee Tan

20 Sep 2020

FRM

By Sophie Macon Well, COVID-19 has certainly upended the world of exams. Just like the CFA exams, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) has just announced last week that FRM exams would also be transitioning ...

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“Likelihood of December Exam Cancellations”: What Does CFA Institute’s Latest Email Mean?

Zee Tan

20 Sep 2020

CFA

Some December 2020 CFA exam candidates received an email from CFA Institute last week about 'potential December exam cancellations' - frustrating, and possibly a bit confusing for candidates. Here's a breakdown of the messaging, ...

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Are Computer-Based CFA Exams ‘Less Prestigious’? Here’s Why We Don’t Think So

Zee Tan

23 Aug 2020

CFA

By Zee Tan Ever since CFA Institute announced that all levels of the CFA exam will be computer-based from 2021, there have been a small but vocal subset of candidates (and charterholders) insisting that ...

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Dec20 vs 2021 CFA Exams: Should You Postpone?

Zee Tan

9 Aug 2020

CFA

Last week, CFA Institute ripped up the rulebook once again, announcing that CFA Level 2 and Level 3 will transition to computer-based exams in 2021, effectively cancelling the paper-based Jun21 exams and making ...