CFA Work Experience Guidelines

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FOR THOSE WHO ARE REGISTERING FOR THE 2005 PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME AND FOR ALL CANDIDATES WHO REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM AFTER 1 JULY 2007, THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS AND WORK EXPERIENCE GUIDELINES APPLY.

Work Experience Guidelines For Eventual Award of the CFA Charter

Four years of acceptable professional work experience are required before the CFA charter can be awarded. This experience may be accrued while the candidate is in the CFA Program, after the candidate has passed all three levels of examinations, or from previous positions. Acceptable Professional Work Experience as it relates to applicants seeking to become Charterholder Members, or Regular Members, includes activities that consist to a majority extent of:

(i) evaluating or applying financial, economic and/or statistical data as part of the investment decision-making process involving securities or similar investments, which includes, but is not limited to, publicly traded and privately placed stocks, bonds and mortgages and their derivatives; commodity-based derivatives and mutual funds; and other investment assets, such as real estate and commodities, if these other investment assets are held as part of a diversified, securities-oriented investment portfolio; or

(ii) supervising, directly or indirectly, persons who practice such activities; or

(iii) teaching such activities.

CFA CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND 50 PERCENT OR MORE OF THEIR TIME IN THESE ACTIVITIES TO ACCRUE THE REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE. Summer, part-time, and internship positions do not qualify. The following job titles are provided as a guide only. Job titles alone cannot convey the true nature of the underlying job duties. Therefore, to assess professional work experience, evaluate the nature of your job activity, as described previously, rather than merely the job title.

1. Client Service Representative or Relationship Manager
2. Compliance Analyst/Officer
3. Investment Consultant
4. Corporate Chief Financial Officer
5. Corporate Finance Analyst
6. Investment Banking Analyst
7. Derivatives Analyst
8. Economist
9. Institutional Sales Professional/Business Development
(Buy & Sell Side)
10. Investment Strategist
11. Portfolio Manager
12. Private Client Investment Advisor
13. Professor/Instructor
14. Quantitative Investment or Risk Analyst
15. Real Estate Investment Manager
16. Regulator/Supervisor of Investment Firm
17. Security/Investment Analyst
18. Securities Trader
19. Valuator of Closely Held Business
20. Venture Capital Analyst