Registration
Students can register online from the parent division: http://www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprogram/process/Pages/index.aspx
Exam Format
The Level I exam is composed of multiple choice questions only.
Syllabus
The Level I curriculum concentrates on tools and concepts relating to investment valuation and portfolio management. The course also covers securities laws and regulations, and the CFA® Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. The curriculum highlights an overview of asset valuation and portfolio management practices:
1. Financial markets and other financial instruments
2. Corporate finance
3. Analysis of financial statement
4. Quantitative methods of investment analysis"
1. Financial markets and other financial instruments
2. Corporate finance
3. Analysis of financial statement
4. Quantitative methods of investment analysis"
Exam Schedule for December 2011
Level 1 Exam happens in June and December, the registartion for the exma shall be open for more than a Year. The earlier you register, the cost of entrolment shall be minimum.
The registration for next year June Level 1 eam shall start immediately after the results of June 2011 are published.
December 2011 Exam Schedule (Level I only)
| Mid-January | December 2011 exam registration opens |
| Upon registration | Sample exams become available at time of registration |
| 16 March 2011 | First deadline to enroll and register for the December 2011 exam |
| 24 August 2011 | Second deadline to enroll and register for the December 2011 exam |
| 1 September 2011 | Exam scholarship application deadline |
| 1 September 2011 | Mock exams become available |
| 14 September 2011 | Final deadline to enroll and register for the December 2011 exam |
| 20 September 2011 | Final deadline for disability and religious alternate date accommodations requests to be received by CFA Institute |
| Early November 2011 | Exam admission tickets available online |
| 11 November 2011 | Test center change request deadline (login required) |
| 3–4 December 2011 | Exam days |
| December 2011–January 2012 | Exams graded |
| January 2012 | Exam results available |
Experts suggest that we register a year before because of the following reasons
Pros:
1. the cost of enrollment shall be minimum, $300 or more can be saved!!
2. the time for preperation shall be good enough
Cons:
1. The time to take level 2 and 3 will be delayed by another 6 months
2. Factor in the oppurtunity cost
Dear Team,
ReplyDeletei would like to more about timeperiod of gettign CFA level 2 and does india is a place of writtign exam.