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CFA exam
June 2016
Classroom Trainings in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai,
Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata & Online
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Agenda

About CFA exam

Eligibility & Benefits


Exam Pattern
Exam Subjects
Exam Centers
Exam Dates
Fees with deadline
Reading Material & Preparation
Time
Types of Calculators
Comparison with FRM
Job prospects in India & Abroad

About EduPristine

Last Year Result


Faculty
Training Centers
About Scholarship
EduPristine: CFA Program
offerings
Registration

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Most Importantly..

CFA Institute, USA


EduPristine is the

Largest
CFA
exam training institute in India
Trained 2500+ CFA Program aspirants each year

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CFA certification eligibility


Minimum Eligibility

CFA Level I exam : Even a final year graduate can appear for CFA Level I exam.
CFA Level II exam : You should have completed your graduation and cleared CFA Level I exam.
CFA Level III exam : You should have cleared CFA Level II exam.
CFA charterholder membership: requirements include, but not limited to 48 months of
acceptable professional work experience and passing the Level I, Level II, and Level III exams

About the exam


Administered by CFA Institute, USA
Minimum time to pass all three exams: 2 years
Average time: 4 years

Photo from www.cfainstitute.org

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CFA exam subjects


TOPIC AREA

Level I

Ethical
(TOTAL)
Level II & Professional
Level Standards
III

15

10

10
Quantitative Methods

12

5-10

Economics
Financial Reporting &
Analysis
Investment Tools (TOTAL)
Corporate Finance
30-60
0

1
0
2
0
8
10

510
1525
52015

0
0
0
50

Equity Investments

Fixed Income
1
2
Derivatives
5
Alternative
Asset Classes (TOTAL)
Investments
3
35-75
35-45
Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning (TOTAL)
5-15
45-55
TOTAL
100
100

30

515
515
515

5-15

1020
515 30
5515
100

Each Level requires 250-350 hrs of studies

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CFA exam
Each exam is six hours long and is split between morning and afternoon sessions. There is a
two-hour lunch break at the end of the morning session.
The Level I exam is composed of multiple-choice questions and is offered in June and December.
The Level II exam is composed of item-set questions and is offered in June only.
The Level III exam is composed of item-set and essay questions and is offered in June only.

Score matrix provided on the exam results is an indicator of overall performance


The <=50% range is considered poor;
51%70% is considered poor to average;
>70% is considered average to above average

Key to crack CFA Level I is by performing well in Ethics and FSA


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CFA certification benefits


Global Recognition
More than 1,00,000 CFA charterholders work in over 130 countries.
Active CFA member societies are available in more than 50 countries.
Regulatory bodies in 19 countries recognize the CFA designation as a proxy for meeting certain licensing
requirements.
Over 125 colleges and universities incorporate a majority of the CFA curriculum into their courses.

Career Advantage
Employers recognize the CFA charterholders as the definitive standard by which to measure
the competence, integrity, and dedication of serious investment professionals.

Practical Skills
The CFA Program curriculum focuses on the practical knowledge and current real-world skills
necessary in the global investment management profession. These skills are immediately useful on the
job.

Community
Earning the CFA charterholder places you in the company of an elite group of more than
1,00,000 respected investment professionals.

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CFA exam centers & dates


Exam Dates
CFA Level I
1st Saturday of December & June month every year. i.e. Saturday, 4 June 2016
exam:
CFA Level II & III exam: 1st Saturday of June month every year.

Exam Centers
The June 2015 exam is being offered at test centers located:
1) Ahmedabad
2) Bangalore
3) Chennai
4) Kolkata
5) Mumbai
6) New Delhi
7) Pune

Final test center confirmation will be displayed on your admission ticket.

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Payment deadlines

Program enrollment
(new candidates
only) **

28 September 2015
17 February 2016
16 March 2016

$450 (One Time


Charge)

Exam
Curriculum
registration ebook Version

Total cost

$650

Save $150

$1,100

$860

Save $150

$1,310

$1280

Save $150

$1,730

CFA Program reading material and preparation time


Reading Material
CFA Institute provides reading material on registration for the exam, the material is very
comprehensive and sufficient for the exam preparation.

Preparation Time
Preparation time depends on the education background and work experience of the Candidates, typically
each level requires around 250 to 350 hrs of study time.

Calculators
Candidates can only use the Financial Calculators, i.e. HP 12C, Texas BA II Plus or Texas BA
II
Professional.

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Jobs prospects after completing CFA Program


CFA charterholder provides you with a strong foundation for a variety of career choices in the
investment profession
Interested in portfolio management, investment research, advisory services, or investment banking, you
will be benefited from a CFA certificate

* CFA Institute website

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Who hires CFA charterholder


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rg

Top Employers
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Credit Suisse
HSBC
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
UBS

Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan Chase
RBC
Wells Fargo

Top Employers
Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
HSBC
JP Morgan Chase
Nomura

CRISIL Limited
ICICI Group
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
State Bank of India

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CFA exam v/s FRM exam


FRM exam
Conducted by

GARP (www.garp.com)

Fee (Indicative and Overall)

$1250 - $1600

CFA Level I exam


CFA Institute
(www.cfainstitute.org)

$2400 to $3500

Incepted since

~40% to 45%
1997

~35% to 42%
1963

Levels/ Parts

Pass rate

Exam Dates

May/ Nov

Relevant
forjobs
Candidates
looking for
in

Banking,
Risk management, Financial
Institutes,

Course Structure : Emphasis


on

Quant's, Derivatives, Portfolio Mgt, Market Quants, FSA, Ethics,


Risk, Value at Risk, Credit Risk, Operation Economics, Corp Fin, Equity,
Risk & Basel
Fixed Income

Course Structure

Kind of Questions Asked


EduPristine
Official Course
Provider

20% same as CFA Level I


Case based long questions, requiring
calculations
Yes

Dec/June
Research,
MF, KPO,banking,
Investment

20% same as FRM Part I


Conceptual multiple choice
questions
Yes

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Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

Agenda

About CFA exam

Eligibility & Benefits


Exam Pattern
Exam Subjects
Exam Centers
Exam Dates
Fees with deadline
Reading Material & Preparation
Time
Types of Calculators
Comparison with FRM
Job prospects in India & Abroad
Expected Salary Package

About EduPristine

Last Year Result


Faculty
Training Centers
About Scholarship
EduPristine: CFA Program
offering
Registration

CFA Institute does not endorse, promote, or warrant the accuracy or quality of the products or services offered by EduPristine. CFA Institute, CFA, and
Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

About EduPristine

EduPristine is
Leader in trainings for Finance and
Authorized by CFA Institute (CFA), GARP (FRM) and PRMIA (PRM)
Has a Topic Expert Model (TEM) and
Serves a marquee client list (JPM, BA, E&Y, IIM Cal, NUS, etc.)
`

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Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

About EduPristine
Founded by professionals and alumnus of Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs, Reliance Private
Equity, SBI, Accenture, IBM and CRISIL, IIM, IIT and SIBM.
Last Year Results: Have delivered trainings to more than 7,000+ candidates in last four years with
a success rate of 65% to 85% for various batches for CFA/ PRM/FRM exams.
Training centers: in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi
Pune, Singapore, USA & Online
Faculty : CFA charterholders or working professional with significant experience in Finance
industry with education background of IIT/IIMs.
Provided Online trainings to 1000+ professionals from US, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa
and Australia.

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Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

Key Authorization

EduPristine is the largest training provider


for CFA Program in India with presence
across
seven major cities. Follows CFA Institute
preparatory provider guidelines

FPSB India
Authorized Training provider -CFP
An authorized Education Provider
for Chartered Financial Planner
Charter.

GARP
Authorized Training
provider -FRM
Largest player in India
in the area of risk
management training.
Trained 1000+
students in risk management

PRMIA

Authorized Training
provider PRM/ APRM
Sole authorized training for
PRM Training in India.
Largest player in India in
the area of risk
management training.
Trained 1000+ students in
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risk management
Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

Key Associations*

Ernst & Young (2010)


Real Estate Modeling
Senior Associates
were
trainedmodels
on building
valuation
for real
estate

Bank Of America
Continuum Solutions
(2010)
Finance for Finance
Associates were trained
on valuation and
mergers
and acquisitions

ING Vyasa (2010)


Infrastructure &
Project
Finance
Bankers were trained on
making integrated
models for project
finance and
infrastructure.

J. P. Morgan (2010)
Financial Modeling in
Excel
The Real Assets
Group were
trained in
Excel for
infrastructure
and realestate modeling

Mizuho (2010)
Financial Modeling in
Excel
Bankers were using excel
models that they could
not understand.
Conducted financial
modeling in Excel
trainings to bridge the
gap

Franklin Templeton
Credit-Suisse India (2009)
HSBC (2008)
Risk Management and Quant.
CFA (2010)
Risk Management and
Quant. Analysis
Analysis
Students were
IT Professionals of CreditNew joinees in HSBC had a gap in
facing a gap in
Suisse India were
knowledge of Risk
the overall
Management and quantitative
trained on risk
understanding of
management.
skills. Conducted trainings (On
finance topics like
campus) to bridge the gap
corporate finance,
FSA and
*Indicative List
valuation.
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Provided training for over

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Key Associations

NUS Business School (2011)


Financial Modeling in Excel
Second year MBA students
were given a full 2-day
workshop on creating
financial models.
They learnt how to create
integrated models of
valuation.

IIM Calcutta (2010-11)

FMS Delhi (2010-11)

Financial Modeling in Excel

Financial Modeling in Excel

Students about to go for


internships and join jobs
found
a gap in their grasp of
knowledge of excel for
financial modeling. Conducted
training for 75+ students with
an average rating of 4.5+

Final Year MBA students of


Faculty of Management
Studies, Delhi University
were trained in financial
modeling so as to prepare
them better for a job in
finance.

NISM (2008-11)
Derivatives in Hedging (2008)
Financial Modeling (2011)
Corporate in Ludhiana incurred
huge losses because of
derivative trades (for
hedging). Conducted trainings
for directors and CFOs for
better understanding of
derivative products

IIT Delhi (2009)


BITS Pilani (2009)
IEMR Delhi (2010-11)
ISB Hyd (2012)
Corporate finance
Workshops on Basics of
Financial Modeling in Excel
Final Year MBA students of ISB
Students get placed in
Finance
Hyd were trained in
Final Year MBA students of IEMR
finance companies
Financial modeling using
Most of the students
went through extensive
(UBS, GS, MS, etc)
Excel
desire a
financial modeling workshop to
with no understanding
acquire skills of financial
career in
of the subject/ Job
modeling.
finance.
Profile. Conducted
Conducted training for
to bridge
CFA workshop
Institute does
not endorse, promote,350+
or warrant
the with
accuracy
students
an or quality of the products or services offered by EduPristine. CFA Institute, CFA, and
the
gap

Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned


by CFA
Institute.
average
rating
of 4.5+

Global Presence

Online Presence
Existing Training Centers
-Singapore (outside India)
-Mumbai
-Delhi
-Kolkata
-Chennai
-Bangalore
-Pune
-Hyderabad

Singapore
Successfully conducted 700,000+ man-hours of training through classroom and online medium, attracting students from 21
countries. More than 7000 students/professionals have attended our Trainings in finance and risk management. Plan to
expand in international markets.
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Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

EduPristine Offerings
Course/Exam

Classroom Trainings

Online
Trainings

Content

Crash Course/
Mock Test

Hours of
training

Exam
Conducted By

Price

CFA Level I

All* + Singapore**

Yes

Original

Yes

250

CFA Institute

INR 29500

CFA Level II

All*

Yes

Original

Yes

230

CFA Institute

INR 24000

FRM Part I

All*

Yes

Original

Yes

100

GARP

INR 20500

FRM Part II

Online

Yes

Original

Yes

40

GARP

INR 7,000

PRM

All

Yes

Original

Yes

120

PRMIA

INR 15,000

Financial Modeling

All

Yes

Original

NA

60

INR 22,000

Excel for CAs

Online

Yes

Original

NA

10

INR 10,000

Finance
Finance for Non

Online

Yes

Original

NA

20

INR 10,000

Fixed Income Analysis

Online

Yes

Original

NA

12

INR 10,000

Business Analytics

Mumbai, Delhi , Bang

No

Original

NA

50

INR 15000

CCRA

All

No

Original

Yes

100

NSE & AIWM

INR 30000

CPA

All

No

Original

Yes

160

AICPA

INR 120000

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Offerings for CFA Level I & II exam preparation


Training Highlights (260 hrs)

Classroom Training

Crash Course

110 hrs 22 days (Classroom)

40 hrs 5 days (Classroom)


Mock exam - 1 day (Classroom)

Weekend training (Sat & Sun)

5 hrs classroom training (weekend)

Lecture time: (Sun 10-3pm)

EduPristine class lecture notes

Mind Maps (Formula Charts)

Concise notes cover every major topic

Online Live Training


110 hrs 22 days (Online)

Weekend online training (Sat & Sun)

Weekend training (Sat & Sun)

Lecture time: (Sat & Sun 5pm-10pm)

8 hrs classroom training (weekend)

Topic wise study notes in PDF format

Lecture time: (Sat & Sun 9am-6pm)

Q.Bank 2000+ practice quest. (Lev-I)

Revision of all the topics

Q.Bank 1500+ practice quest. (Lev-II)

Special exam preparation tips

Recordings of all 20 classes

6 Online Mock exam-3hrs each (Lev-I)

Excellent faculty (CFA/FRM)

Review & Problem solving

Result oriented feedback

Summarized study material

1 Mock exam (Classroom)

4 Online Mock exam-3hrs each (LevII)

Efficient & effective study tools

Recordings for all 22 classes

In house Leaning Management


System
24x7 online access
Doubt solving forum

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Offerings for CFA Level I exam preparation


Study Materials
Duration:
260 hrs Training (Classroom + Online + Crash
Course)
Books:

Support

Lecture Handouts

24x7 online access to materials and recordings

Mind Maps (Formula Charts)

Doubt solving forum

Online Material:

Access is valid for 1 Year

Topic wise study material in the form of presentations


Question bank with 2500+ practice questions
Recorded videos covering all 22 classes
Summarized recordings for revision
12 hrs comprehensive recording of 240 questions
Test Series:
Classroom Test: 1 Full length mock exam (two sessions
of 3hrs each)
Online Test: 6 Mock exam (3hrs each)

SpecialWeekend
exam preparation tips and strategies to clear the exams

Batches Fees:
Rs. 29,500/-

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Testimonials
Hi, I have cleared Level 1 CFA Exam in June 2011. Thanks to Edupristine for wonderful study
material and exhaustive question bank. EduPristine question bank is one of the best and was really
helpful in preparation for exam.
- Retvic Bisaria
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----Cleared Level 1 in 1st attempt. I Very thanks to Edupristine faculties....You were awesome in
teaching, So, now I am Looking forward to meet u in Level 2 @ Mumbai
- Saurabh Sheth,Mumbai
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----I cleared Level 1 CFA Exam securing above 70% in 8 subjects. Sincere thanks to EduPristine and
all the Faculty members for the help and training. Looking forward to join EduPristine for Level 2.
- Krishnan
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----SPECIAL THANKS TO EDUPRISTINE
1) Most of their faculty will give you different approach to things and that made subject easier
2) Flexible and cooperative administration. Many of our feedbacks were taken into consideration
3) Great help to keep you on track while they may not be perfect, but too valuable for amount of
money and time spent with them. My peice of advice, if you wish to take, understand what it
takes to clear, know your SWOT too, make your strategy and follow it rigorously.
- Om Jha, Delhi
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Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

Batch Schedule & Fees


ENROLL NOW for December 2015 exam

CFA Level I

New Batch

25OCT

Location
Time
Crash Course
Mock Test

Delhi
Sun (10am-3pm)
MAY 2016 (1st week)
MAY2016 (Last week)

Classroom (All
Lectures)

Fees

CFA Level I

Rs. 29,500
Register once with
EduPristine & attend
training till you clear
the exam

Online platform for enhanced learning experience


All the courses materials are uploaded on website and available 24*7 online for reference
Chapter wise quiz to monitor your performance and gauge the level of preparation by the
students
Interactive forums for doubt clearing and exchanging the ideas for preparation
News forums to provide most updated news on websites.
Feedback mechanism, which enables us to provide you real time solutions for your needs

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Trained professionals from various institutions

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Practice Online Questions

Neev provides solution for instantaneous feedback and collective learning opportunity for
students
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Agenda
About CFA exam

Eligibility & Benefits


Exam pattern
Exam subjects
Exam Centers
Exam Dates
Fees with deadline
Job prospects in India & Abroad
Expected Salary Package
Reading Material & Preparation
Time
Type of Calculators
Comparison with FRM

About EduPristine

Last Year Result


Faculty
Training Centers
About Scholarship
EduPristine: CFA Program
Offering
Registration
CFA Institute does not endorse, promote, or warrant the accuracy or quality of the products or services offered by EduPristine. CFA Institute, CFA, and
Chartered Financial Analyst are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

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