IIM Amritsar takes a leap forward in investment banking course

Amritsar, December 14

The Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar, has become the sixth IIM to have joined the CFA Institute University Affiliation Programme. Through participation in this programme, IIM Amritsar, is eligible to receive three student scholarships for the Charted Financial Analyst (CFA) programme each year.

CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence and administers the industry gold standard CFA charter. The end goal is to create an environment where investors’ interests come first, markets function at their best, and economies grow. CFA Institute has more than 1,76,000 members in 166 countries and territories, including 164,000 CFA charter holders. The CFA programme sets a standard for developing the skills, standards, competence, and integrity of financial analysts, portfolio managers, investment advisers, and other investment professionals worldwide. It is widely considered the investment profession’s most rigorous credentialing programme. Administered in English, the CFA curriculum and examinations are identical worldwide.

Less than one in five candidates who begin the programme successfully complete it and go on to earn the coveted CFA charter, the “gold standard” for investment professionals. With the entry into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Programme, IIM Amritsar curriculum would be closely tied to professional practice. — TNS