CFA VS CA

CFA vs CA Gertification organized by CFA Institute ICAI 3 levels 4 2 3 3 4 3 year course of three levels Level 1,2 and 3 all the levels are a course of 1 year each. 4 years and more to clear successfully, these levels are CPT, IPCC and the finals. CPT is a course of 2 years, IPCC is 1year and so are the finals. Duration of exams 3. year course year course Exam window Part1_June & December Part 2 June Part 3_ June January and February April and May July and August October and November. Focus subjects Ethics Business environment and concepts • Accounting • Corporate finance Financial accounting and reporting Equity investments Fixed income Audit and attestation and regulations. • Portfolio management. Passing percentage 60 54% 50 46% 42% 40 5% 30 95% 20 10 Passing percentage CFA CA Finals (5%) Not cleared (95%) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Fees $1100 $1700 $ 900 $1000 Including registration and examination Including registration and examination Job titles CFA CA Investment banking Public accounting Portfolio management Management accounting Equity research Government accounting Internal auditing CFA has to be on your to do list only if you want to have more specific training as a financial analyst and in investments. If you want to improve your number crunching expertise, accounting, auditing, taxation you must consider CA as your career option. Professional tips CA CFA References used for this article http://www.wallstreetmojo.com/cpa-vs-cfa/ http://icaiexam.icai.org/fee_details_final.php https://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/efaprogram/exams/Pages/index.aspx