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CFA Society Bangladesh welcomes 17 new charterholders

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The CFA Society Bangladesh awarded 17 newly qualified investment professionals as Chartered Financial Analysts, CFA.

The local member society of the CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals that sets the highest standards of professional excellence in the investment industry, held its seventh CFA Charter Award Ceremony in Dhaka.

Planning Minister MA Mannan handed over certificates to the CFA charters as the chief guest.

Dr. Ahsan H Mansur, executive director of the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, also delivered the keynote speech on the macroeconomic challenges in the country.

At the event, CFA Society Bangladesh President Md Shaheen Iqbal shed light on ethical behavior, professionalism and putting the client’s interest first while taking investment decisions.

Among the local investment professionals who received the prestigious CFA designations were Abul Kalam Faruk from Anchorblock Technology, Alvi Mohammed Iqbal of Advanced Chemical Industries Limited, Bernard James Haven and Partha Protim Nath from the World Bank, Ishraq Sharar Islam of IDLC Finance Limited, Mahia Marzana Khan and Sarwath Hafiz Mumu of Standard Chartered Bangladesh.

The CFA charters were also awarded to Md Rafiqul Islam of IDLC Asset Management Ltd, Md Rakibul Hassan of Shanta Securities Limited, Md Sazzad Hossain of Strategic Finance Limited, Misbah Uddin Junaid of Impress Capital Limited, Niaz Mohammad Solaiman of SEAF, Saad Mohammed Khan of Jamuna Bank Limited, Sabab Rahman of Truvalu.enterprises Limited, Shadman Zia Jaffrey of RSA Capital, Shahriar Azad Shashi of SELISE Digital Platforms and Shakawat Hossain of Prime Bank Investment Limited.

More than 175,000 investment professionals in 170 countries and territories hold the CFA charter.

To earn the CFA charter, candidates must sequentially pass all three levels (I, II, III) of exams that are widely considered to be the most rigorous in the investment profession around the world, according to the organizers.

The CFA curriculum includes ethical and professional standards, financial reporting and analysis, corporate finance, economics, quantitative methods, equity, fixed income, alternative investments, derivatives, portfolio management and wealth planning.

 

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