What is the Chartered

CFA curriculum and examinations

Financial Analyst
Qualification?
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CFA Level I emphasizes financial analysis tools and inputs and includes an introduction to asset
valuation and portfolio management techniques.
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About The Institute for Financial Analysts –IFA
IFA, Lebanon is a firm specialized in training courses for professional designations, and seminars for business decision
makers. IFA offers preparatory courses for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®), Financial Risk Manager (FRM®),
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and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA®) in Lebanon, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Jordon and now in
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The Institute for

1. Full Financial
and Analysts
rigorous live is Managed
study classes taught bybyour
Dr. Assemfaculty
top-notch Safieldine
that would
collectively cover all the 18 sessions per each CFA level.
Dr. Safieldine is the managing director of the Institute for Financial Analysts and an associate Dean of Business School
2. Modular Exams
at the American University in Beirut.
3. A complete package of study material including outlines of the readings and
solutions
Dr. Safieldine is the founding president of the Lebanese CFA Society and was just appointed a Regional Director of
4. Fourofdays
Global Association Risk intensive review (Solving
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risk association.
exam.
Dr. Safieldine holds a Ph.D. in finance from Boston College, and has held faculty appointment at Michigan State
5. Two full mock exams (full day each to simulate the “big” day).
University and visiting faculty appointment at Harvard University. His research has been published in leading finance
journals such as the Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. His work has been also
CFA cost USD2,500 per level
profiled in the Business Week and Harvard Business Review, CFA Digest and the National Bureau of Economic
Research.

Dr. Safieldine has been teaching CVA, FRM and CFA courses for the past six years.