Interest in becoming a chartered financial analyst nosedived during the pandemic. Three years on, enrolment for this tough test of investment knowledge has yet to recover fully. Could lay-offs across world investment banking prompt more professionals to seek a CV-burnishing CFA?
Don’t bet on it. At least not in the US.
According to new figures, 71,069 candidates around the world sat for one of the three qualifying exams required for a CFA in the first five months of this year. That is up from the 62,488 people who took it in the same period the previous year, but still about a third lower than the number between January and May of 2021.