Cfa Basic Online Ecorp Training

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program is a professional credential offered internationally by the American-based CFA Institute (formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research, or AIMR) to investment and financial professionals. A candidate who successfully completes the program and meets other professional requirements is awarded the "CFA charter" and becomes a "CFA charterholder". The level of the content of the CFA Program has been recognized by the United Kingdom NARIC as being comparable in level to a QCF Level 7 (master's degree). However, the CFA Charter is a professional credential and is not an academic degree. The concept behind it, as well as the method by which candidates are being examined, is very different from other postgraduate qualifications, especially the academic Master's and PhD Degrees typically offered by Universities. According to The Economist magazine "Whereas there are tens of thousands of finance degrees available around the world, ranging from the excellent to the worthless, there is only one CFA, managed and examined by an American association of financial professionals, the CFA Institute".