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How does CFA compare to Actuarial?

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DevonMatthews

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Interms of examinations, level of difficulty, and depth of knowledge required?

My friend is taking CFA level 2 and i was pretty surprised with some of the things which are included, especially the statistics which is included on the course.

Would CFA invlove the depth of knowlede/understanding that CT studies involve, for example proving formulas, knowing their derrivation and being able to work out complex problems from first princibles as opposed to just knowing a few results and putting values in forumlae?
 
I don't know about comparing the two in terms of material, but if you have qualified as an actuary I think you are exempt from papers 1 and 2 of the CFA but still have to take 3. If you have the CFA qualification, I don't know if you are exempt from any Actuarial exams.
 
mnemonic said:
If you have the CFA qualification, I don't know if you are exempt from any Actuarial exams.
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Think you can qualify for ST0 - although we know that the F&I is more strict now with ST0.
 
mnemonic said:
I don't know about comparing the two in terms of material, but if you have qualified as an actuary I think you are exempt from papers 1 and 2 of the CFA but still have to take 3. If you have the CFA qualification, I don't know if you are exempt from any Actuarial exams.
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I found this quite intriguing, as the reality on the ground seems to be the exact opposite -

http://www.bppfinancialservices.com/faq/cfa-exam-faq.htm

states:
"Am I exempt from any part of the CFA® exams?
There are no exemptions available for any level of the CFA program.
"

http://www.actuaries.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/150216/cfa_exemptions.pdf

states that the Institute will give exemptions from CT1, CT2, CT3, CT7, CT8 and ST0 to a CFA charter-holder.

So it seems the CFA examinations are worth more from a convertibility perspective -
the CFA exams give many exemptions from the Actuarial exams, but the Actuarial exams give no exemptions from the CFA exams.
 
I heard that the first couple of CFA exams are really easy but the ones after is tough.
 
jensen said:
I heard that the first couple of CFA exams are really easy but the ones after is tough.
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Only tough from an amount of work perspective.

The work is easy, compared to actuarial exams, but is a lot.
 
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