Hi fino, do you have the FB link to post here? Just lazy to search in FB .

Yes, I stop work at August 2008 and started work again at October 2010. When the interviewers asked why I did not work, I gave them few reasons:

- when I resigned at August 2008, the economy was not doing well so it was not easy to find a job
- since it was not easy to get a job during economic downturn of which I predicted it would last for 1.5 to 2 years, I might just concentrate to full-time study and complete the CFA program in 2-year period
- as I did not have any commitment at that time and I had enough financial resources to well support my study and living without working for few years
- at the same time I was assisting my dad to operate his small banana estate

This post has been edited by kinwing: Oct 31 2011, 11:00 PM

I had been working in an IT company for almost 3 years before I resigned.

This post has been edited by kinwing: Nov 1 2011, 10:10 AM

Yah, I worked almost 2 years in a bank before joined the IT firm.

My degree is bachelor of commerce and administration, double major in accounting and finance, and I got a pro cert in Oracle too but get that cert during work one.

I concur with what Justin said. When people mention about Corporate Finance, most of the case they are referring to the so-called "Execution" teams which carry on paper proposals and submission to the authorities such as the SC, Bursa and Bank Negara. To prevent any misleading or obmission of information being submitted to the authorities, proper due diligence is required, and staffs in CF are expected to equip with audit experience as the nature of work is compliance based. I can conclude to say "Execution" team is tend to be more accounting and auditing oriented.

There is another team in corporate finance is the marketing team or the so-called "Origination" team which job scope is to meet clients, provide corporate advisory and structure transaction deal according to the needs of the clients. For my opinion, this is more challenging as staffs will be required to structure specific of transactions and proposals and a lot of presentation of power point and excel modelling require. Knowledge learn from the CFA and MBA would help a lot in this job scope.

By the way, I think CFA is not well-recognised in Malaysia. I hope 1 day the SC will exempt those who pass CFA level 3 from taking the CMSA module 12, then it could in directly promote the CFA .

Some topics in module 12 are not covered by CFA level 1, such as valuation, bond management and option strategies.

I believe IRC means intensive revision course

So Noesis offer normal class for RM4,500 and additional RM1,000 for intensive revision course. The name of intensive revision can tell that it is revision (maybe summary) class, so the tutors won't go into detail but instead they will tell you the tactic and which topics are important to bed focused with a short period.

My bad, I havent registered to be the CFA member yet .

Who are 'us'? So do you mean already pass all CFA or you are a chartered holder ?

CFA holders do not need to tell everyone how prestigious they are to pass the CFA exams. If the CFA holders are good and perform well in the job, his contribution and effort will be recognised. Action is louder than word. For my case, I am the only one who is expertise in valuation and excel modelling in the department, so I was allocated to work on jobs that involve valuation and subsequently being transferred to strategic planning and structuring department so I can fully use what I have learnt.

Why limit yourself in KL? If you cannot find job with the CFA qualification, you can always go to explore in other countries, and the nearest one is Singapore.

You are preparing to fail the coming December exam if you still don't have the prescribed calculator by now .

Because the company needed IT staffs with business sense so this was how I got the IT job and I did not work in Singapore.

I dont think Kasturi college will sell financial calculators to outsiders, and they did not sell Kaplan books to outsiders last time.

Work experience required by the CFA Institute

When you apply for CFA membership, you enter your work experience descriptions as part of your application.

Your work experience determines your eligibility for membership and impacts whether you are recommended for affiliate membership or regular membership.


To be recommended for regular membership you must have completed four years (48 months) of qualifying work experience in activities that consist to a majority extent of:

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

Supervising, directly or indirectly, persons who practice such activities; or

Teaching such activities.

If you have not accrued 48 months of qualifying work experience, you may still apply for membership and will be considered for affiliate membership status.


Entering your work experience as part of your application:

Job titles are not sufficient; you must include specific details about your job responsibilities.

Once you submit your application, you cannot subsequently update the work experience attached to that application.

Subsequent changes to your work experience will only be considered when you withdraw your application and then reapply with the updated information. To withdraw your application: Select "Manage My Membership" from the Account Home page and then select "Begin Withdrawal."


Work experience accrual criteria:

May be accrued while you're in the CFA Program, after you've passed all three exam levels, or in previous positions.

At least 50 percent of your work experience must be: Directly involved in the investment decision-making process
Engaged in responsibilities and/or producing a work product that informs or adds value to that process

Part-time positions do not qualify.

Managing your own investments does not qualify.

Level I exam is coming soon this Sunday, good luck to those who are going to sit for the exam.

If your overall score is 69, I am afraid you will blame yourself for failing ethics .

This post has been edited by kinwing: Dec 5 2011, 12:12 PM

I never passed ethics in CFA exams, but I passed all exams. By the way, Level III does not test on ethics topic.

This post has been edited by kinwing: Dec 6 2011, 12:04 AM