Financial Risk Manager [FRM] by GARP

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Catparanoid, Manish,Girish et al,

I am also interested in joining forces/money to buy the original GARP 2008 FRM core readings and schweser online as well. i believe with 7-8 ppl the costs in INR will be much lower than what laxmi copy can offer .Please let me know how we can go about this

Pravin

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Hey the registrations fee includes $150 for membership fee which are valid for one year..does it mean that i need to keep on paying 150$ each year even after clearing the exam ..?

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andy_jaan, catparanoid, Dsylexic, Rahul.igidr, ssu039, stratmanish

i have pmed u the details.



Catparanoid, Manish,Girish et al,

I am also interested in joining forces/money to buy the original GARP 2008 FRM core readings and schweser online as well. i believe with 7-8 ppl the costs in INR will be much lower than what laxmi copy can offer .Please let me know how we can go about this

Pravin
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andy_jaan, catparanoid, Dsylexic, Rahul.igidr, ssu039, stratmanish

i have pmed u the details.


Girish,

Please count me in also. This would take the count to 8.

I am also from Chennai. I would like to contact you. Please read my PM for you.

Dora
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can anyone suggest me a training institute for FRM exam preparation? hows pristine careers ? Are there any other institute which provide such training , or self study is the best option.

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Girish .. i will call u today in night...
If someone knows about pristine careers then tell me also as i was also thinking of joining them.. there is one more institute called aceone in mumbai..

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Hi Everyone,

I just registered to the forum and required an opinion.

I just finished my MSc International Banking and Finance and am currently residing in London. I've been applying for jobs, but haven't got much success because of my work permit.

I always wanted to get into Risk Management, and someone suggested me to do CFA. I did some further research and found out about FRM, which i'm thinking to appear for this November.

Since i don't have any work experience, but want to work in Risk Management, is that a good approach? Cause i don't want to waste my time, and might as well get another qualification meanwhile. It's just that i'm 25 now, and things are getting tensed for me now, and i really want to work towards a career in finance.

Secondly, would 6 months be enough to prepare for FRM? I'm working fulltime though. I have a general idea of various types of risk, studied a little bit about VaR approaches, credit market and operational risk measurements.

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yes karthi.. u have to renew your membership every year...

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Referring to my previous post, just having a basic understanding of finance, but willingness to do FRM, is it possible?

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I certainly think it is possible with hard work...

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escapist Says
can anyone suggest me a training institute for FRM exam preparation? hows pristine careers ? Are there any other institute which provide such training , or self study is the best option.



escapist

FRM recommends 2 coaching institutes namely ACE & Pristine. Pristine Careers is an initiative by group of alumni from IIM-Indore & SIBM, some of who have passed the FRM exam. Ace is headed by one Kris Bindumadhavan who takes classes allover India and also in Singapore .

While ACE have their coaching spread over 15 weeks which has already started in Mumbai a fortnight back and goes till nearly August.They just have a classes on Sundays for 3 hours.

Compared to that Pristine have just a 5 week schedule with 5 hours of coaching on both Saturdays and Sundays .

Its upto oneself which style of learning he/she prefers . Want to go steady or wanna zip it up very fast.

Whatever it is when appearing for an exam which is relatively alien, it is always preferable to have some sort of a guidance to shower light on many of the unknowns from people who have been there done that.

Self study, only recommended if you have solid background in the area of risk, have already cleared a CFA level 2, etc. Remember this ain't an easy exam by an stretch ..................
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Girish,

Please count me in also. This would take the count to 8.

I am also from Chennai. I would like to contact you. Please read my PM for you.

Dora


Hi All,

I have an update for all of you, though not 100% confirmed , but apparently Laxmi Xerox would also be providing the other stuff which were not available in the past going forward like Schweser Pro Question Bank, Schweser's Quicksheet, Practise Exam Book etc.

Having said that,I don't want to take any chances and would go with getting the FRM notes directly from Schweser. Girish, PMed you with my details, will have a catch up soon .
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Hi,
does any one know from where we can get FRM handbook 4 edition by Jorion.. I think its a must read book for the preparation..
Rahul

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Hi,

4th Edition Handbook - Must have

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deeptipatil Says
my first query to puys here is about scholarship provided to students as one of my cousin who would also be giving her FRM this year is currently pursuing her mba...how can she apply for scholarship...the site does have a student scholarship section but it's very vague...can people with relevant knowledge enlighten me and others who are not aware of the modalities...thanks in advance...



Is there anyone who has succesfully apply for this scholarship?
I wanna ask that the nominating letter is significant?
Is it the keypoint dat GARP to judge if you are available to get the sponsor or just a acquirement only? Thanks .
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I would like to coordinate this from chennai....

Hi All,

Was very busy with work last week, so was away from this thread.

Its good to see a lot many people joining the Bandwagon

Regarding Group for Schweser Notes.

Heres the Full List now

Myself - ssu039 (Mumbai)
KK - catparanoid (Mumbai)
Rahul Igidr (Mumbai)
Dsylexic (Mumbai)
stratmanish (Mumbai)

Andy_Jaan (Mumbai)
Girishdn (Chennai)
doraa7 (Chennai)

Its 8 people now,

I will coordinate from Mumbai, who takes the responsibility from chennai.

I have some peple added on my Orkut profile, some have pmed their Contact nos to me.

Remaining people, please pm me ur contact details and add me up in Orkut.

In any case, lets wait till Schweser comes up in Laxmi Xerox centre in Mumbai. It will be available latest by May 1st week. There has been a lot of discrepancy on the materials that Laxmi provides - Some people dont get CDs, some dont get Question Banks, sometimes pages are missing and et al,

So I urge you guys that Dont buy the Notes from Laxmi in a Hurry, and make sure that one gets all the notes properly.

Keep all guns flaring for the FRM exam

cheers,

Shyam
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i am a MBA student currently i am doing my summer internship in mumbai. i am also interested in FRM. i have lots of doubts and dont know from where to start so can one of you who knows something about FRM gimme ur phone no. .
regards

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dude just read this thread throughly....

it will solve most of ur doubts..



i am a MBA student currently i am doing my summer internship in mumbai. i am also interested in FRM. i have lots of doubts and dont know from where to start so can one of you who knows something about FRM gimme ur phone no. .
regards
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Hi Shyam,
Prinstine is going to start a training programme in hyderabad by june. How good is it to join their training programme. Is the material provided by prinstine enough to get prepared for the xam. Then coming to the list of guys you have mentioned in your thread, wats it aimed at?? is it to form a group to mobilise the material.


Cheers,
Surya