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29.08.2023 - 06:35 / theguardian.com
To be a chartered financial analyst (CFA) is to possess one of the highest business qualifications available. Awarded by CFA Institute, it is internationally recognised as a gold standard by financial institutions and corporations.
Most CFA charterholders (as those who complete CFA Program are known) will go into the financial sector at an investment firm – either managing investments as a portfolio or fund manager, or as a research analyst. According to CFA Institute, about half of the world’s portfolio managers are CFA charterholders. But if you’re looking to apply your credentials in a newly developing sector or seeking a mid-career switch, there are some less obvious roles where the knowledge and skills of a CFA charterholder would prove invaluable. Here are five lesser-known career paths CFA charterholders can take.
Crypto sleuth
The labyrinthine world of cryptocurrencies is wide open to abuse – as the recent collapse of crypto trading company FTX demonstrated. The combination of blockchain technology, cryptography and digital finance can make the sector particularly hard to navigate.
The CFA Program equips charterholders with the type of forensic skills needed to follow digital breadcrumbs or paper trails. This is particularly useful when trying to establish misappropriation and other wrongdoings.
CFA charterholders also find their way into investigating other types of financial crime. It was a charterholder, Harry M Markopolos, who uncovered US financier Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme – a financial swindle in which early investors are repaid with money acquired from later investors rather than from actual investment income. Likewise, many charterholders work in regulation at public bodies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US or the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. Approximately 11,000 charterholders currently work in regulation. “Ethics is at the core of the CFA [qualification] at all three levels,” says Rob Langrick, general manager, CFA Program at CFA Institute. “In fact, many of our exam questions concern compliance issues.”
Carbon cutter
Understanding a business’s carbon emissions, particularly those that emanate from its suppliers (known as scope 3 emissions) is a complex business, but it’s also fundamental for the global shift to a zero carbon economy. As regulation and disclosure requirements expand, and carbon measurements become more precise, the ability to audit and benchmark companies against their peers is a vital skill – particularly in the financial sector, given the rapid rise of so-called ESG investment funds, which explicitly take into account environmental, social and governance factors.
Carbon analysts are responsible for tracking carbon
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