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CFA exam
December 2015
Classroom Trainings in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai,
Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata & Online
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Agenda

About CFA exam

Eligibility & Benefits
Exam Pattern
Exam Subjects
Exam Centers
Exam Dates
Fees with deadline
Reading Material & Preparation Time
Types of Calculators
Comparison with FRM
Job prospects in India & Abroad
Expected Salary Package

About EduPristine
Last Year Result
Faculty
Training Centers
About Scholarship
EduPristine: CFA Program offerings
Registration

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CFA certification eligibility

Minimum Eligibility
CFA Level I exam : Even a final year graduate can appear for CFA Level I exam.
CFA Level II exam : You should have completed your graduation and cleared CFA Level I exam.
CFA Level III exam : You should have cleared CFA Level II exam.
CFA charterholder membership: requirements include, but not limited to 48 months of
acceptableprofessional work experience and passing the Level I, Level II, and Level III exams

About the exam

Administered by CFA Institute, USA
Minimum time to pass all three exams: 2 years
Average time: 4 years

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CFA exam subjects

TOPIC AREA

Level I

Level II

Level III

Ethical & Professional Standards (TOTAL)

15

10

10

Quantitative Methods
Economics
Financial Reporting & Analysis
Corporate Finance
Investment Tools (TOTAL)

12
10
20
8
50

5-10
5-10
15-25
5-15
30-60

0
0
0
0
0

Equity Investments
Fixed Income
Derivatives
Alternative Investments
Asset Classes (TOTAL)
Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning (TOTAL)

10
12
5
3
30
5

20-30
5-15
5-15
5-15
35-75
5-15

5-15
10-20
5-15
5-15
35-45
45-55

TOTAL

100

100

100

Each Level requires 250-350 hrs of studies

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CFA exam
Each exam is six hours long and is split between morning and afternoon sessions. There is a
two-hour lunch break at the end of the morning session.
The Level I exam is composed of multiple-choice questions and is offered in June and December.
The Level II exam is composed of item-set questions and is offered in June only.
The Level III exam is composed of item-set and essay questions and is offered in June only.

Score matrix provided on the exam results is an indicator of overall performance

The <=50% range is considered poor;
51%70% is considered poor to average;
>70% is considered average to above average

Key to crack CFA Level I is by performing well in Ethics and FSA

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CFA certification benefits

Global Recognition
More than 1,00,000 CFA charterholders work in over 130 countries.

ActiveCFA member societiesare available in more than 50 countries.

Regulatory bodies in 19 countries recognize the CFA designation as a proxy for meeting certain
licensingrequirements.

Over 125 colleges and universities incorporate a majority of the CFA curriculum into their courses.

Career Advantage
Employers recognize the CFA charterholders as the definitive standard by which to measure
thecompetence, integrity, and dedication of serious investment professionals.

Practical Skills
The CFA Program curriculum focuses on the practical knowledge and current real-world skills necessaryin
the global investment management profession. These skills are immediately useful on the job.

Community
Earning the CFA charterholder places you in the company of an elite group of more than
1,00,000respected investment professionals.

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CFA exam centers & dates

Exam Dates
st

CFA Level I exam: 1 Saturday of December & June month every year.
st

CFA Level II & III exam: 1 Saturday of June month every year.

Exam Centers
The December 2015 exam is being offered at test centers located:
1) Ahmedabad
2) Bangalore
3) Chennai
4) Kolkata
5) Mumbai
6) New Delhi
7) Pune

Final test center confirmation will be displayed on your admission ticket.

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CFA Program reading material and preparation time

Reading Material
CFA Institute provides reading material on registration for the exam, the material is very
comprehensiveand sufficient for the exam preparation.

Preparation Time
Preparation time depends on the education background and work experience of the Candidates,
typicallyeach level requires around 250 to 350 hrs of study time.

Calculators
Candidates can only use the Financial Calculators, i.e. HP 12C, Texas BA II Plus or Texas BA
IIProfessional.

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Jobs prospects after completing CFA Program

CFA charterholder provides you with a strong foundation for a variety of career choices in
the investment profession
Interested in portfolio management, investment research, advisory services, or investment banking,
youwill be benefited from a CFA certificate

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Who hires CFA charterholder

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Top Employers
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Credit Suisse
HSBC
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan Chase
RBC

Top Employers
Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
HSBC
JP Morgan Chase

UBS

Wells Fargo

Nomura

CRISIL Limited
ICICI Group
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
State Bank of India

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CFA exam v/s FRM exam

FRM exam

CFA Level I exam

Conducted by

GARP (www.garp.com)

CFA Institute
(www.cfainstitute.org)

Fee (Indicative and Overall)

$1250 - $1600

$2400 to $3500

Pass rate

~40% to 45%

~35% to 42%

Incepted since

1997

1963

Levels/ Parts

Exam Dates

May/ Nov

Dec/June

Relevant for Candidates

looking for jobs in

Banking, Risk management, Financial

Institutes,

Research, MF, KPO,

Investment banking,

Course Structure : Emphasis

on

Quant's, Derivatives, Portfolio Mgt, Market

Risk, Value at Risk, Credit Risk, Operation
Risk & Basel
20% same as CFA Level I

Quants, FSA, Ethics,

Economics, Corp Fin, Equity,
Fixed Income
20% same as FRM Part I

Case based long questions, requiring

calculations
Yes

Conceptual multiple choice

questions
Yes

Course Structure
Kind of Questions Asked
EduPristine Official Course
Provider

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Agenda

About CFA exam

Eligibility & Benefits
Exam Pattern
Exam Subjects
Exam Centers
Exam Dates
Fees with deadline
Reading Material & Preparation Time
Types of Calculators
Comparison with FRM
Job prospects in India & Abroad
Expected Salary Package

About EduPristine
Last Year Result
Faculty
Training Centers
About Scholarship
EduPristine: CFA Program offering
Registration

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and Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

About EduPristine

EduPristine is
Leader in trainings for Finance and

Authorized by CFA Institute (CFA ), GARP (FRM ) and PRMIA (PRM )

Has a Topic Expert Model (TEM) and
Serves a marquee client list (JPM, BA, E&Y, IIM Cal, NUS, etc.)
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About EduPristine
Founded by professionals and alumnus of Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs, Reliance Private
Equity, SBI, Accenture, IBM and CRISIL, IIM, IIT and SIBM.
Last Year Results: Have delivered trainings to more than 7,000+ candidates in last four years

witha success rate of 65% to 85% for various batches for CFA / PRM /FRM exams.
Training centers: in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New
DelhiPune, Singapore, USA & Online
Faculty : CFA charterholders or working professional with significant experience in
Financeindustry with education background of IIT/IIMs.
Provided Online trainings to 1000+ professionals from US, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific,
Africa and Australia.

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Key Authorization

EduPristine is the largest training provider

for CFA Program in India with presence across

GARP
Authorized Training provider -FRM

seven major cities. Follows CFA Institute

preparatory provider guidelines

Largest player in India in the area of

risk management training. Trained
1000+ students in risk management

FPSB India
Authorized Training provider -CFP
An authorized Education Provider for
Chartered Financial Planner Charter.

PRMIA
Authorized Training provider PRM/ APRM
Sole authorized training for PRM Training in
India. Largest player in India in the area of
risk management training. Trained 1000+
students in risk management

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Key Associations*

Ernst & Young (2010)

Real Estate Modeling
Senior Associates were
trained on building
valuation models for real
estate

ING Vyasa (2010)

Infrastructure & Project
Finance
Bankers were trained on
making integrated
models for project
finance and
infrastructure.

Bank Of America
Continuum Solutions
(2010)
Finance for Finance
Associates were trained on
valuation and mergers
and acquisitions

Franklin Templeton
CFA (2010)
Students were facing a gap in
the overall understanding of
finance topics like corporate
finance, FSA and valuation.
Provided training for over
100 hours to bridge the gap

J. P. Morgan (2010)
Financial Modeling in
Excel

Mizuho (2010)
Financial Modeling in
Excel

The Real Assets Group

were trained in Excel for
infrastructure and realestate modeling

Bankers were using excel

models that they could
not understand.
Conducted financial
modeling in Excel
trainings to bridge the
gap

Credit-Suisse India (2009)

Risk Management and
Quant. Analysis
IT Professionals of CreditSuisse India were trained
on risk management.

HSBC (2008)
Risk Management and Quant.
Analysis
New joinees in HSBC had a gap in
knowledge of Risk Management
and quantitative skills.
Conducted trainings (On
campus) to bridge the gap
*INDICATIVE LIST

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Key Associations

NUS Business School (2011)

Financial Modeling in Excel
Second year MBA students were
given a full 2-day workshop
on creating financial models.
They learnt how to
create integrated models
of valuation.

IIT Delhi (2009)

Corporate finance
Students get placed in finance
companies (UBS, GS, MS,
etc) with no understanding
of the subject/ Job Profile.
Conducted workshop to
bridge the gap

IIM Calcutta (2010-11)

FMS Delhi (2010-11)

Financial Modeling in Excel

Financial Modeling in Excel

Students about to go for

internships and join jobs found
a gap in their grasp of
knowledge of excel for
financial modeling. Conducted
training for 75+ students with
an average rating of 4.5+

BITS Pilani (2009)

Workshops on Basics of
Finance

Most of the students desire

a career in finance.
Conducted training for
350+ students with an
average rating of 4.5+

Final Year MBA students of

Faculty of Management
Studies, Delhi University were
trained in financial modeling so
as to prepare them better for a
job in finance.

NISM (2008-11)
Derivatives in Hedging (2008)
Financial Modeling (2011)
Corporate in Ludhiana incurred
huge losses because of
derivative trades (for hedging).
Conducted trainings for
directors and CFOs for better
understanding of derivative
products

IEMR Delhi (2010-11)

ISB Hyd (2012)

Financial Modeling in Excel

Final Year MBA students of ISB

Hyd were trained in Financial
modeling using Excel

Final Year MBA students of IEMR

went through extensive
financial modeling workshop to
acquire skills of financial
modeling.

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Global Presence

Online Presence
Existing Training Centers
-Singapore (outside India)
-Mumbai Delhi Kolkata Chennai Bangalore
-Pune Hyderabad

Singapore
Successfully conducted 700,000+ man-hours of training through classroom and online medium, attracting students from 21
countries. More than 7000 students/professionals have attended our Trainings in finance and risk management. Plan to
expand in international markets.

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EduPristine Offerings
Course/Exam

Classroom Trainings

Online
Trainings

Content

Crash Course/
Mock Test

Hours of
training

Exam
Conducted By

Price

CFA Level I

All* + Singapore**

Yes

Original

Yes

250

CFA Institute

INR 25,000

CFA Level II

All*

Yes

Original

Yes

230

CFA Institute

INR 22,000

FRM Part I

All*

Yes

Original

Yes

100

GARP

INR 19,000

FRM Part II

Online

Yes

Original

Yes

40

GARP

INR 7,000

PRM

All

Yes

Original

Yes

120

PRMIA

INR 15,000

Financial Modeling

All

Yes

Original

NA

60

INR 22,000

Excel for CAs

Online

Yes

Original

NA

10

INR 10,000

Finance for Non

Finance

Online

Yes

Original

NA

20

INR 10,000

Fixed Income Analysis

Online

Yes

Original

NA

12

INR 10,000

Business Analytics

Mumbai, Delhi , Bang

No

Original

NA

50

INR 15000

CCRA

All

No

Original

Yes

100

NSE & AIWM

INR 30000

CPA

All

No

Original

Yes

160

AICPA

INR 120000

CLARITAS

All

Yes

Original

Yes

50

CFA Institute

INR 15000

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Offerings for CFA Level I & II exam preparation

Training Highlights (260 hrs)

Classroom Training

Crash Course

110 hrs 22 days (Classroom)

40 hrs 5 days (Classroom)

Mock exam - 1 day (Classroom)

Weekend training (Sat & Sun)

5 hrs classroom training (weekend)

Lecture time: (Sun 10-3pm)

EduPristine class lecture notes

Mind Maps (Formula Charts)

Concise notes cover every major topic

Excellent faculty (CFA/FRM)

Result oriented feedback

Efficient & effective study tools

Online Live Training

110 hrs 22 days (Online)

Weekend online training (Sat & Sun)

Weekend training (Sat & Sun)

Lecture time: (Sat & Sun 5pm-10pm)

8 hrs classroom training (weekend)

Topic wise study notes in PDF format

Lecture time: (Sat & Sun 9am-6pm)

Q.Bank 2000+ practice quest. (Lev-I)

Revision of all the topics

Q.Bank 1500+ practice quest. (Lev-II)

Special exam preparation tips

Recordings of all 20 classes

Review & Problem solving

6 Online Mock exam-3hrs each (Lev-I)

Summarized study material

4 Online Mock exam-3hrs each (Lev-II)

1 Mock exam (Classroom)

In house Leaning Management System

24x7 online access

Doubt solving forum

Recordings for all 22 classes

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Study Materials
Duration:
260 hrs Training (Classroom + Online + Crash Course)
Books:
Lecture Handouts
Mind Maps (Formula Charts)
Online Material:
Topic wise study material in the form of presentations

Support
24x7 online access to materials and recordings
Doubt solving forum
Access is valid for 1 Year

Question bank with 2000+ practice questions

Recorded videos covering all 22 classes
Summarized recordings for revision
12 hrs comprehensive recording of 240 questions
Test Series:
Classroom Test: 1 Full length mock exam (two sessions of 3hrs each)
Online Test: 6 Mock exam (3hrs each)

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Batch Schedule & Fees

CFA Level 1 Training
New Batch

10th May 2015

Location

Bangalore

Time

Sunday(10AM-3PM)

Crash Course

Nov 2015, 1st Week

Mock Test

Nov 2015, Last week

Classroom (All Lectures)

Fees

CFA Level 1

25000

Discounts:10% for group of 3 candidates & 20% for group of 5 Candidates

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Online platform for enhanced learning experience

All the courses materials are uploaded on website and available 24*7 online for reference
Chapter wise quiz to monitor your performance and gauge the level of preparation by
thestudents
Interactive forums for doubt clearing and exchanging the ideas for preparation
News forums to provide most updated news on websites.
Feedback mechanism, which enables us to provide you real time solutions for your needs

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Trained professionals from various institutions

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Practice Online Questions

Neev provides solution for instantaneous feedback and collective learning opportunity for students

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Agenda
About CFA exam
Eligibility & Benefits
Exam pattern
Exam subjects
Exam Centers
Exam Dates
Fees with deadline
Job prospects in India & Abroad
Expected Salary Package
Reading Material & Preparation Time
Type of Calculators
Comparison with FRM

About EduPristine
Last Year Result
Faculty
Training Centers
About Scholarship
EduPristine: CFA Program Offering

Registration

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and Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

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