CFA Program Student

This blog is for me to record my struggle in taking the CFA Program. A large proportion of the students taking the CFA Program will fail. I am an IFA in Singapore but wish to remain anonymous for now.

I sat for the Level 1 examination in June 2009, Level 2 in June 2010 and Level 3 in June 2011. I passed all three levels on first attempts. The global passing rate was 46%, 39% and 51% respectively.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Historical charter award for Singapore as at 2011

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Occupations of CFA Chartered holders in Singapore as at September 2011

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

8th December 2011 Charter Recognition Ceremony

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On the 8th December 2011, I attended the charter recognition ceremony. I received my charter during the ceremony. The charter is so large th...
Friday, September 9, 2011

CFA Charter letters

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I received the CFA Charter award confirmation on 2 September 2011 through email. Today, I received the confirmation through physical mail. T...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Occupations of CFA Chartered holders in Singapore as at September 2010

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Source: http://www.newcfa.org/#/professions

Historical charter award for Singapore as at 2010

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Below is the historical awarded of the charter for Singapore as at 2010. Source: http://www.newcfa.org

How many candidates were no-show for 2011 for the CFA exams?

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There were 144,900 candidates who registered for the exam for June 2011 CFA exams (including L1, L2 and L3 exams). The breakdown of these re...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

CFA Institute Announces June 2011 Worldwide CFA Exam Results

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Press release: http://www.cfainstitute.org/about/press/release/Pages/08162011_59940.aspx Historical passing rates: http://www.cfainst...

I passed the 2011 CFA Level 3 examination!!

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Yupiee! I passed the CFA Level 3 examination. According to the CFA website, the passing rates for 2011 were: Level I: 39% Level II: 43% ...
Sunday, July 3, 2011

August 16 2011 the D-day

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August 16 2011 9PM (Singapore time) is the date which CFA Institute’s email server will start sending out exam results to all CFA Level 3 ex...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

Horray! Finished the exam, or got finished?

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I am so glad it is over. It was a hell of a day today not because the exam itself was a killer but it was a freak weather this morning! When...
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This is it. 5 June 2011 9am.

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When this post goes up automatically at 9am Singapore time, I’ll be in Expo Hall 5 looking at the AM section of the paper. What will I see? ...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

144,900 Candidates Register for June 2011 CFA Exams, largest from Asia

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144,900 Candidates Register for June 2011 CFA Exams for which 42% comes from Asia. Source: 144,900 Candidates Register for June 2011 CFA Exa...

Countdown: One more day!

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One more day before the storm! Do I follow where she goes? At the barricades of freedom. Shall I join my brothers there? When our ranks begi...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Countdown: Four Days

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It's the final countdown We're leaving together The final countdown We'll all miss her so It's the final countdown to the CF...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Countdown: Five days

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Risin' up, straight to the top Have the guts, got the glory Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop Just a man and his will to sur...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Countdown : Six days

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Standing there alone The ship is waiting All systems are go Are you sure? Control is not convinced But the computer Has the evidence No need...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The final countdown - 11 days more!

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The exam is coming. On 5 June 2011, I will be sitting for the final installment of the CFA examination. This has been an extremely long jour...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Status Update

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It has been extremely long since I blog. I participated in AnalystForum actively which explains my absence from this blog. So far, I have fo...
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Why the duration of a Zero is the years to maturity?

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Why the duration for a zero is the same as the maturity in years? I have never figured it out since L2 although I memorized it just for the ...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

CFA Level 3 Curriculum Changes (2010-2011)

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I would like to share the changes of 2010 and 2011 for CFA Level 3 exams which I found from this link: http://www.finquiz.com/cfa_level_3_cu...
Friday, February 4, 2011

Rebalancing the Duration (Reading 28)

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This Reading 28 is terrible because the author makes 'sweeping' statements without proof. Nevertheless I guess it is more qualitativ...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Reading 23 The killer reading (Capital Market expectations)

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Realised that the reading required knowledge on Macroeconomics from L1 and L2. I spent few days doing revision on L1 and L2. Horrible.
Saturday, January 1, 2011

Challenging 2011

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The new year has started. This year is going to be a very challenging year for me. New responsibilities at work place is going to add extra ...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Regular Membership

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My application for Regular Membership was approved on 18th Oct 2010. However, I did not want to pay for the membership fee since I have not ...

No calculation in LOS but EOC full of calculation?

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Was studying Reading 22 – Allocating Shareholder Capital to Pension Plans. None of the LOSes require any computation nor calculation. Yet, t...
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Apply for membership

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I’ve managed to start the ball rolling in application for the CFA membership. There are two types of membership – Affiliate and Regular. Whi...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Getting really philosophical

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I started reading the Volume 2 and am amazed by the philosophy. Well, looks like the start of no-life..

Registered for L3

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Upon realising that the USDSGD is now at its 5 year low, I decided to take a position by registrating for the L3 exam. I ordered the ebook t...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Yipee! I passed my CFA Level 2!!!

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I waited for so longggg yesterday for my result to be emailed to me. I was dismay that I didn't receive the result despite many candidat...
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An IFA
Singapore
I am an independent financial adviser in Singapore authorised to provide advice to individuals. I advice on life insurance and investments. Who am I? I do not wish to reveal myself through this blog.
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