January 1st, 2011, 7:21 pm
Dear Fellow,I'm currently contemplating whether I should complete the CFA certification and if it could help me in the future. I'm currently working as a financial engineer and hold an MS in quant finance from a top MFE program. Honestly, I don't think I can learn anything much from the CFA curriculum except probably some accounting (I am dealing with exotic products, modeling, and a bit of time series analysis at my current job), but I'm wondering if the certification itself could bring substantial benefit if I'm going to buy-side in the future (both in and outside US). Since the curriculum itself is not particularly light, I could spend the same effort and time on learning more relevant stuff to my current job instead. I just don't want to waste my time to learn stuff that I already know mostly only for certification unless career-wise justified.Can somebody please enlighten me on this ?Thanks,L