I work for a regulator. I am considered a technical expert with regard to insurer investments/accounting. I am near retirement (5+ years). I was thinking about the CFA program. Would like feed back on my age (mid-fifties) and whether or not that this would be a bar for employment in the asset management field, whether on not I completed the CFA program.
a regulator? for a govt entity? there’s not many that transition from a regulator to the private side.
when do you plan on retiring? because to finish the CFA program, you’re talking about Dec 2014 L1, June 2015 L2, June 2016 L3. and at the fastest you “get” the charter end of 2016. that’s more than 2.5 years away.
as a regulator, do you think you will be savvy at investing, as opposed to just regulating and monitoring that managers are in line? I’d say it’s probably a very different skill set no?