other than CFA... if you guys are very keen into investment area, you might consider CMT (charted market technician) as well.
It also contains 3 level of examinations....

yeah, only for those who really likes technical analysis !!!!

As you can see, the research house nowadays also recruit people with this kind of knowledge, so it also quite recession proof....

but so far the people with CMT is definitely lesser if compare with CFA chartered holders....

please kindly go to www.mta.org for more info on CMT....

both also marketable and recognizable .... bare in mind that CFA is fundamental analysis and CMT is technical analysis, so it's the different thing...

However, nowadays people tend to use both as the fusion to do investment decisions....