Does anyone know what sort of classes are available in Malaysia to prepare for the CFA exam? I was interested in Kaplan's CFA course but the closest center is in Singapore! If anyone has gone for formal classes, can you tell me how good they were? Also, anyone who has gone for the exams, how tough are they? Is it advisable to study for it on your own?

Thanks in advance!

I will taking level 1 this year
ehm.... but i dont have taking the cfa course, just self study

hi dr phil, nice to see you here again.

CFA website: www.cfainstitute.org

basically it is a self study programme.

there are a few education centre for CFA programme :-
1. inti ims
2. kasturi college
3. institute of bank-bank malaysia.
4. ...

i am doing my level 2 now in inti ims. their lecturers have good quality. most of them are CFA chartered holder.

Exam is not that tough if u put in your effort.

I am from IT background, FYI. Anyhow, i am looking for related position if you guys have any to recommend.

[i am doing my level 2 now in inti ims. their lecturers have good quality. most of them are CFA chartered holder.

Exam is not that tough if u put in your effort.

I am from IT background, FYI. Anyhow, i am looking for related position if you guys have any to recommend.

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So for self-study, one has to purchase all the study materials recommended from U.S? Or are they available in any of the local bookstores?

And since U R completed Level I with Inti College, mind my asking about their course fee structure and how much? What about the exam fee? I would like to find out more. Thanks alot.

This post has been edited by dolphine_chan: Mar 6 2006, 02:55 PM

hi, are you already pass the level 1?? then may i know what is your job ? what is the salary if i have hold CFA level 1? i will grad this year, but i'm major computer science, scare that i cant apply the financial job .

Hi there, i know this is out of topic but anyone has any idea which college/uni/institute offer CFP in KL/Selangor ah?

Appreciate some feedback, and also CFP web site too. i cant seem to find it on yahoo search,only found some financial planning association of malaysia

im not in finance related work now. that is why i am trying to look for. but i dont think pass level 1 means anything. just vry basic stuff.

www.ims-inti.com, check it out from there.

those material u can check it out from www.cfainstitute.org
i think some of the material publish by CFA institute.

personally im using schweser.

Hi there, for CFP, KMDC and Kasturi College are two of the providers which I know of. They offer classes, 40-42hrs per module. And to complete all 6 modules is less 10K.

http://www.kmdc.com.my/
http://www.kasturi.edu.my/2nd/programme.html
http://www.fpam.org.my/index.php?fuseaction=exams.notice

U can refer to those websites. They have most, if not all, of the details you need.

Sorry, everyone I know this is abit off topic or should we start a new topic for CFP?

This post has been edited by dolphine_chan: Mar 6 2006, 10:04 PM

Thanks for all your replies. Yes, I red the statistics on CFA and the pass rates have been quite bad recently (only about 20% pass all three levels) so I really wanted to get a good course provider.

And alfred, r u using schweser as for your own personal study or does inti use schweser material too?

alfred, I forgot to ask.....r u doing the course at inti full time or part time?

Dolphine, thanks so much for the links. Very helpful of you

CFA?! iszit CHARTER FINANCE ANAYLST ar?!?I would like to take it after my Chemical engineering degree...is there any possible for me to take this course even I don't have any financial or accounting background??

To be exact, it's Chartered Financial Analyst.

If you are not thinking about moving into finance area, I would suggest you to drop the idea and go for something else instead. However, if you're interesting at moving into finance field (corporate finance and etc), it's a good choice.

Else if you're thinking of moving into accountancy, you can consider about ACA.

Yes, you do not need any post qualifications to study CFA/ACA though however, it would be better if you at least have some foundations in these areas.

> their notes are summary from schewer. schweser is summary from all the text books. hehe.

> part time

> im doing IT support.

wanna move into investment/analyst/fund management. ..... level 1 is nothing.

Wow, sounds like many ppl are keen in switching to Finance and Econ. Interesting trend.

Btw, Alfred, may I know for ppl who wants to do self-study, what kind of study materials would you recommend? Schweser? Available at local bookstores?

Also, after passing all three levels, one still need to have at least 3 years of finance-related work experience rite?

dr phil,

u hav joined cimb as management trainee.
how to join such programme, i mean how do i post the resume to.
can u help ?

hi i'm interested too...

alfred, do u chat ?

MSN or YM ? I'm quite keen to talk to u regarding the CFA cource u're taking at Inti

pls PM me ur YM or MSN contact

hi alfredfx, ya me too. I will decide to take the CFA level 1 this year. Hope can get some tips from you
And also we can share the financial knowledge together
pm me if you have msn or YM

sorry la guys.
no tips. no easy way

u wanna know more about the course.
www.ims-inti.com. contact them, they will reply you promptly.

alfred, we're not asking for tips..

its just good to actually talk to someone who is doing it. it does help us in some way or another.

i will contact ims-inti too...

anyway is it the same inti at Subang Jaya ?