The University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business Recognized as CFA Program Partner Institution
PITTSBURGH-The University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business has been recognized as a CFA Program Partner Institution. Such recognition signals to potential students, employers, and the marketplace that the University curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and is well-suited in preparing students to sit for three levels of CFA examinations.
The CFA Program is a self-study, graduate-level program for investment professionals that requires those who are enrolled to pass three levels of exams and commit to a stringent code of ethics, thus certifying them as CFA charterholders. The Katz School offers degree programs that covers at least 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge, the CFA Institute ethical and professional standards, and other requirements.
About the CFA Program
The CFA Program 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 program. Administered in English, the CFA curriculum and examinations are identical worldwide. Fewer than one in five candidates who begin the program successfully complete it and go on to earn CFA charter, the "gold standard" for investment professionals.
About CFA Institute
The CFA Institute is a global association for investment professionals. It administers the CFA® and CIPM curriculum and exam programs worldwide, publishes research, conducts professional development programs, and sets voluntary, ethics-based professional and performance-reporting standards for the investment industry. CFA Institute has more than 100,000 members, including 86,700 CFA charterholders in 133 countries and territories and 136 affiliated professional societies in 57 countries and territories. More information may be found at www.cfainstitute.org.
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