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indrasen78 Says
Any body from pune doing US-CFA?

Dear friend!
A suggestion- first look at the title of the thread before posting your views into it.
Like the title of this thread says, its about ICFAI CFA course and not the other one.
Going by that logic, queries related to ICFAI CFA must be posted in this thread.
For your query, there is another thread by the name of "Need Some Opinions on CFA" in the same area of the forum. You might find answers to your queries there.
Hope that helps.
Regards.
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Hello Friends,

My first post in this thread, though I have been following this thread for a long time.
I am planning to join this course in June/July 2007 along with my MBA....

Don't know whether it is a viable option or not...but if it requires hard work I am ready ofr it.

Will ask you guys about more details, and help in near future.

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions made in this thread.

Shail.

Your question has been answered a number of times in this thread itself. Kindly sift through the pages of this thread and you will find answer to your particular query. Hope that helps !

Regards.
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Shail.
Your question has been answered a number of times in this thread itself. Kindly sift through the pages of this thread and you will find answer to your particular query. Hope that helps !
Regards.



There were no questions in my scrap :)

still thanks for replying
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Shail.
Your question has been answered a number of times in this thread itself. Kindly sift through the pages of this thread and you will find answer to your particular query. Hope that helps !
Regards.


sorry for double post 😃
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Sorry could not reply earlier. Was on Statutory Bank Audit with my father untill the 9th. A lot seems to have happened in this thread over this time.

I do not think there is an Investment Banking COE in GENPACT. I remeber its EVP(Business Development) say that GENPACT does not presently have capabilities to serve Investment Banking Clients.

Anyway, Iam in Orkut as 'Bharatan Iyengar'. Let me know if you were able to add me.

Regards,
Hindolam


Bharat, i have sended you a friend request at orkut. Do join CFA ICFAI community with over 2400 + members. Genpact have started to build a new COE here in Gurgaon- Corporate Investment Banking. It is a dedicated unit for wachovia corporate investment banking. Wachovia have 7% share in Genpact and hence they are building exclusive outsourcing zones for wachovia. May be they dont have IB in Bangalore, so thats why you were not sure about gurgaon operations + i think it started last year only.

Your centre Genpact analytics bangalore is a world famous centre !!


Note to all: Everyone is invited to join ICFAI-CFA community at Orkut. We have 2403 students there, which means close to about 12% of all students studying CFA ICFAI is wired through that medium !
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Hi Tumtum

Greetings from Varanasi !!!

Let me introduce myself to you,I am Arif from Varanasi and working with Taj Hotels in its Sales and Mktg department came to learn abt you from your threads.

Since, the hotel industry does not charm/entice me much and it is not very financially rewarding as well wanted to change my industry to Financial services as it is one of emerging industries in India.

I am a commerce graduate and wanted to enrol for CFA course from the ICFAI University, Tripura as it is of shorter duration.Please advise as to the validity and the difference between MS (Finance) and CFA from ICFAI Univ Tripura ????

I have been working for six years in the hotel industry and 31 years of age.

Looking forward in anticipation to your sincere advise as your have already completed the course and kudos to your all inspiring and great posts.

With Warm regards

Arif
Varanasi

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Dear Student,



Sub: Intimation of change in eligibility criteria for Membership in CCFA - students of MS (Finance). A fast track opportunity to get the CFA charter.



We are happy to inform you that in the recent meeting of the Board of Governors of the Council of Chartered Financial Analysts (CCFA), the eligibility criteria for membership in the CCFA and for award of the CFA Designation and Charter were modified as follows:



Students who have successfully completed the Groups Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and the subjects Security Analysis, and Portfolio Management & Mutual Funds of the MS (Finance) Program are eligible for Membership in the CCFA and award of the CFA Charter and Designation.



We believe that you may like to take benefit of the new eligibility criteria and acquire the CFA designation at the earliest, by completing the required groups (Alpha, Beta Gamma) and the subjects Security Analysis, Portfolio Management and Mutual Funds.



Training classes are held every quarter for all these subjects at various locations all around India. We encourage you to attend the Training Classes and complete the requirements needed for the grant of the CFA charter.



The CFA Bill, 2007


The CCFA has also submitted a draft bill, The CFA Bill 2007 to the Ministry of Finance, Government of India for the establishment of a Statutory Council of CFAs. When the draft bill becomes an Act the existing CCFA will merge with the Statutory Council and all the members of the CCFA will become members of the Statutory Council. (For the draft bill, visit www.ccfaindia.org/cfabill).



Hence it will be to your advantage to complete the Groups Alpha, Beta & Gamma and the subjects Security Analysis and Portfolio Management & Mutual Funds on a fast track.



For any further clarifications and help, please contact the Student Services Department on toll free numbers 1800-425-2911 or 1800-103-0303.



Yours sincerely,





Dean

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Hi Tumtum

Greetings from Varanasi !!!

Let me introduce myself to you,I am Arif from Varanasi and working with Taj Hotels in its Sales and Mktg department came to learn abt you from your threads.

Since, the hotel industry does not charm/entice me much and it is not very financially rewarding as well wanted to change my industry to Financial services as it is one of emerging industries in India.

I am a commerce graduate and wanted to enrol for CFA course from the ICFAI University, Tripura as it is of shorter duration.Please advise as to the validity and the difference between MS (Finance) and CFA from ICFAI Univ Tripura ????

I have been working for six years in the hotel industry and 31 years of age.

Looking forward in anticipation to your sincere advise as your have already completed the course and kudos to your all inspiring and great posts.

With Warm regards

Arif
Varanasi



The MS (Finance) program offered under flexible learning format by the Icfai University, Dehradun, Uttaranchal. Successful completion of 9 groups of the program leads to
award of MS (Finance) degree from the Icfai University, Dehradun, besides
membership in CCFA under the revised guidelines.

On the other hand, successful completion of 6 groups of the CFA program
offered by the Icfai University, Tripura leads to Master of Financial
Analysis (MFA) and CFA Charter from the Icfai University, Tripura.

You may, therefore note that MS (Finance) is different
from the CFA Program being offered now by the Icfai University,
Tripura. You may also note that the focus areas of the MS (Finance) are
Corporate Finance, International Finance, Investment Management & Financial
Services while that of the CFA program are Financial Markets, Analysis
& Valuation, Portfolio Management, Mutual & Other funds.

Hope this clarifies the position
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The MS (Finance) program offered under flexible learning format by the Icfai University, Dehradun, Uttaranchal. Successful completion of 9 groups of the program leads to
award of MS (Finance) degree from the Icfai University, Dehradun, besides
membership in CCFA under the revised guidelines.

On the other hand, successful completion of 6 groups of the CFA program
offered by the Icfai University, Tripura leads to Master of Financial
Analysis (MFA) and CFA Charter from the Icfai University, Tripura.

You may, therefore note that MS (Finance) is different
from the CFA Program being offered now by the Icfai University,
Tripura. You may also note that the focus areas of the MS (Finance) are
Corporate Finance, International Finance, Investment Management & Financial
Services while that of the CFA program are Financial Markets, Analysis
& Valuation, Portfolio Management, Mutual & Other funds.

Hope this clarifies the position


Thanx Ketan

I have been going through the threads posted by various people over the past months,but my real concern is the acceptability of the course by the investment community in general.

I am pretty confidant that it holds the same esteem as the MS (finance) program.

Any comments.

Arif
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hi!

i jst like to have u guys opinion abt icfai. i am currently doin bba(b&i;) nd m goin to join Masters in international business dis year. i m thnkn of doin cfa + ciia. do u thnk tht it is a gud option. kindly xplain.

regards

yogesh jain

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how will it effect current students?

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learningmaster Says
how will it effect current students?


I think this will not affect the current students. This is just a way of protecting student's interest, in case CCFA is shut by Delhi High Court.

Till now, there is no communication regarding the status of MS(Finance) from ICFAI, Uttaranchal. But we should note one thing i.e. all the degrees were till now offered by ICFAI University as a network of Multiple State Universities. So, whether it is Tripura or Uttaranchal, ICFAI can offer/transfer it programs legally to any of it's constituent universities. So, no need to worry. It is clear that ICFAI will protect students interest at any cost.

I think, if CCFA loses the case, the CFA charter will be offered by ICFAI, Tripura by making MS(Finance) an ICFAI, Tripura course.

And I am damn sure ICFAI will get it's CFA Bill passed and all the trouble will be over.

Moreover, the letter quoted by me has cleared the confusion between CCFA CFA and ICFAI Tripura CFA and also regarding it's coverage,depth,width vis a vis CFA AIMR.

Hope you find all this motivating and helpful.
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hii..
what is the difference between the MS finance thru distance learning and the one thru campus programs? there is surely huge difference in d fee structure of the two..but what do u guys think would b a better choice?

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hi!

i jst like to have u guys opinion abt icfai. i am currently doin bba(b&i;) nd m goin to join Masters in international business dis year. i m thnkn of doin cfa + ciia. do u thnk tht it is a gud option. kindly xplain.

regards

yogesh jain

hey!

guyz plz reply to my query. as u knw the lst dte fr oct xam submissn is 30 april i need ur opinion and fast.

regards

yogesh jain
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Go for it... and for the clerification go through the old posts on this thread

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Hello buddies, well I have something to say at this moment.
Most of you look at CFA as a course or a certification program that you may have alongside other qualifications but my experience is slightly different. It is not just a course but a career option which requires sustained efforts to be cleared. A little bit of reading here and there just wont help. I had many friends who started CFA alongside MBA, but most of them ended up leaving the course halfway because a lot of their time was taken up in their MBA assignments, presentations, tests and projects etc. In the end, some are still studying to finish CFA.
The basic fact is that ICFAI guys have structured the curriculum very well and most of MBA students feel that it overlaps with their MBA curriculum but they forget to factor in the depth and width part of CFA, which is just not there in most MBA programs because the focus of an MBA program is quite different from that of CFA. In the end, they suffer and thats how we see few people passing out.
In effect, based on my experience, a guy who studies well in L-1 should not face much of a problem in clearing it. However, the real game starts from L-2, which is a steep climb compared to L-1. The subjects that one goes through are Security Analysis (very interesting), International Finance & Trade (a toughie), Financial Risk Management (again a toughie), Project Management (doable with good practice), Portfolio Management (again very interesting) and Investment Banking & Financial Services (the lengthiest of all). What really brings about a difference in L-1 & L-2 is the case study part. In each exam of L-2, one paper is of case study, very subjective and analytical in approach. It aims to make us experts of applying the theoretical concepts learnt in a business situation. Hence scoring in the papers becomes really tough and as we all know, the 55% aggregate has to be maintained at all costs, right? Again L-3 is also very application based. You wont have theoretical questions thrown up at you, but case studies staring in your face in the exams. Added to this is the section on caselets..which are small articles drawn up from a host of sources such as ICFAI publications, globally known financial dailies, and from some finance related websites. If you dont read these, then you are gonna find answering these caselets quite tough because these caselets are just parts of an article, not the whole article themselves. So you gotto know what they are talking of in the article, which you can know only if you have that extra reading. I guess, this must have given most of the guys a good idea of what they are stepping into once they enroll.
I want to see you guys successful and occupying good positions in well known companies and buddies, CFA is the way to go. However, just remember, you need to strategize and not study endlessly. And from my experience, the strategy depends upon a person to person because every person has some strengths and weaknesses so a strategy needs to be constructed accordingly. In case you guys need to know more on how to approach CFA and sail through, I shall be more than happy to help each of you in showing the focus areas, mastering key techniques, devising your own short-cuts and thumb rules and having confidence in your abilities coz that is what will take you really far and high in life.
Best of luck to all u buddies and feel free to shoot PMs or have an open discussion.
Warm regards,
Tumtum.




Hi Tumtum,

First of all let me congratulate you for all your inspiring posts

I have earlier posted on this thread but no satisfactory answers have come,please advise with regards to the CFA,Tripura and MS (Finance) and as I have posted earlier that I am a working professional in the Hopitality industry,would it be feasible for me to pursue this course and what abt the acceptability of the above program from Tripura.

Also,please suggest stretegies that could be adopted to complete the course,I am also a Bcom graduate and would like to switch over to finance.

Seek your assistance.

Warm regards

Arif
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Hello All,
I am living in Mumbai.Recently i just got myself enrolled for the MS Finance course leading to CFA from ICFAI.i'll be giving my 1st group in July.
I wanted to know if there are any classes for CFA?
I've heard about Shah classes at Andheri?
Does anyone else know about any other class? IF u do Please could u post their contact number/s?
Thanks in Advance.

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Agree with you ketan,, Atleast for the First Level

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lol...so now the ICFAI officers have publicly strtd trashing CFA AIMR !much like CFA AIMR trashing the ICFAI thng !makes for good reading !





Nothing like that. This was tumtum analysis after he completed rigourous ms finance from icfai passing 36 papers (3600 marks )ICFAI officers have never compared course curriculum with CFAI. In prospectus, nothing is mentioned about CFAI course. The battle is fought in courts and even courts have never passed any judgement about quality of both CFA courses. The fight is all about trademark


.Just a general note to every one- Which CFA, MBA from where, BA/MA/Phd- I dont think any thing matters so much except the quality of work experience and what exact contribution one brings at work place. After all jack welch is Phd in chemistry and from 1981-2001 he took control of GE diverse businesses, not only plastics division.