<t>QuoteQuote--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Originally posted by: jomniThe CFA Progam has changed a lot since the 90's. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------The work experience requirement has been 3 years in...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: QuantJockDo kind of agree with Dani's post on the difficulty of Level II. As a matter of fact Level II is like a pole vault in a 110 m hurdles. MBAs find level II a bit difficult as it includes a lot of material on Financial Accounting and CPAs find the rest of the mate...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeMulti choice is useful only as a memory test. No critical thinking is involved.I think that holds surely for your post.I have a Masters and an MBA. The CFA exams were probably the toughest thing I've gone through due to the breadth of the material.......heard t...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Gmike2000Hey Dani, I do not appreciate you calling me an idiot. I have worked for years in quant finance and developed risk analytics at my firm from the grounds up...the PRN is nothing but a small recap of what people do in grad school (not MBAs). Do you think I am imp...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: duffmanOnly 20% no shows? My room was only half full -- did anybody else experience a low turnout when taking the exam this year? And does anybody on the buy side care about CFA, . This makes absolutely no sense to me. Am I missing something? Can anyone explain this thi...

QuoteOriginally posted by: vitieubaoldkThanks but I'm still open to advices ! Would anyone mind if I ask questions on Private Messages ?use the damn search button.

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: duffmanOnly 20% no shows? My room was only half full -- did anybody else experience a low turnout when taking the exam this year? And does anybody on the buy side care about CFA, or do only people on the sell side care? I even have some sell side friends that use the CF...

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<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: cryptic26I cleared FRM but had a look at the PRM handbook recently and found it is much more quantitative than FRM. Also, PRM is better connected with the industrial network than FRM (does not mean getting a job would be lot easier). FRM does not award any certificate t...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Gmike2000FRM is a low hanging (yet respected) fruit, I recommend it to anyone who does not yet have CFA or comparable credential to spice up his resume.I have never heard of the PRM exam until this thread came about. It may be thougher, but does that make it better? Thi...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Gmike2000FRM is a low hanging (yet respected) fruit, I recommend it to anyone who does not yet have CFA or comparable credential to spice up his resume.I have never heard of the PRM exam until this thread came about. It may be thougher, but does that make it better? Thi...

<r><URL url="http://www.prmia.org/pdf/Merton_Notes/Robert_C_Merton_Notes.htmlNobel"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.prmia.org/pdf/Merton_Notes/R ... .htmlNobel">http://www.prmia.org/pdf/Merton_Notes/Robert_C_Merton_Notes.htmlNobel</LINK_TEXT></URL> Laureate, Robert Merton's alliance with PRMIA. Classic ...

And yeah, I'm scheduled to write the PRM exams farily soon. Good Luck all

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: vitieubaoldksorry for the dumb question but I'm a newbie and I was just wondering what taking this exam would help in the financial career ? (didn't find much on the website)Do banks require this certification or something ?FRM is not bad if you want a watered down cred...

<t>Answering the original poster's question. Which is better : FRM vs PRM ? The answer is clearly PRM for someone serious about risk mgmt - especially if you'll write all the exams. Reasons off the top of my head: - math exam which ~20% of the PRM. I've met many fools with the FRM credential who don...