Somebody posted in L3 Some interesting trivia for June 2009… Top 15 Test Center Cities with Largest Number of June 2009 Candidates 1) New York–8,336 2) London–8,098 3) Hong Kong–7,746 4) Mumbai–7,586 5) Shanghai–6,217 6) Beijing–5,517 7) Toronto–5,467 8) Seoul–5,152 9) Singapore–4,845 10) Chicago–2,840 11) Boston–2,809 12) San Francisco–2,132 13) Taipei–1,994 14) Los Angeles–1,993 15) Sydney–1,769 http://www.cfainstitute.org/aboutus/press/release/09releases/20090512_01.html Asians are taking like they don’t have anything to do in life like us.
Yeah, I meant to post this earlier as a response to whoever was worried about too many people earning the charter. Enrollment might be up by 16% but growth in the U.S. is only 4%!
so many in China, HK, SH, BJ … yet london is still high
China does have population 4 times US. And any exam/certification is always valued over there. Anything to give yourself an edge in a very diffcult job market.
Phoenix is no. 16.
No wonder John Harris didn’t want to come to Atlanta, it’s nowhere on the list. I think there was only 800 last year in ATL. 13) Taipei–1,994 wow! There is a big need for CFAs (as a noun) in Asia to develop the financial systems, especially to watch for all these old/new companies who are cooking the books.
bad representation of the popularity of the charter. calculate it per capita, half of those cities will drop off the list. and Toronto and Calgary will skyrocket to the top.
There are a lot of people in Calgary writing…
I really like this statistic
philip.platt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I really like this statistic Is it because more Asians are taking it, meaning us Americans have a natural advantage speaking the English language, because we all now how the CFA loves to be so clear in the way they ask questions.
Duh, how unsurprising. NYC Rank-1. Just checkout the Javits Convention center, it will be like a fish market on 6th, I experienced it for L1. Glad I am at Hilton for L2.
nyccfa2010 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > philip.platt Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I really like this statistic > > > Is it because more Asians are taking it, meaning > us Americans have a natural advantage speaking the > English language, because we all now how the CFA > loves to be so clear in the way they ask > questions. Don’t fool yourself. Most Asians from Asia taking the exam may speak English as a second language, except India, but they have been using and reading English text books all through school. Not to mention personal commitment and focus counts for a whole lot more. If a large majority of international candidates miss a specific question, CFAI will have to look at the poor wording and may have to throw it out for their error. Lets have respect for everybody, this forum has an international following.
Nep-hi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > nyccfa2010 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > philip.platt Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I really like this statistic > > > > > > Is it because more Asians are taking it, > meaning > > us Americans have a natural advantage speaking > the > > English language, because we all now how the > CFA > > loves to be so clear in the way they ask > > questions. > > Don’t fool yourself. Most Asians from Asia taking > the exam may speak English as a second language, > except India, but they have been using and reading > English text books all through school. Not to > mention personal commitment and focus counts for a > whole lot more. If a large majority of > international candidates miss a specific question, > CFAI will have to look at the poor wording and may > have to throw it out for their error. Lets have > respect for everybody, this forum has an > international following. No disrespect mean’t, so take a chill pill home-slice. Trying to dcypher philps comment. But facts are facts, and I shall leave it at that, young one: Pass rates combined for all 3 test United States: 44 percent of the 23,221 total exam candidates Canada: 42 percent of the 6,302 total exam candidates Europe: 47 percent of the 11,732 total exam candidates Asia and Pacific Asia: 39 percent of the 25,914 total exam candidates Central and South America: 37 percent of the 1,251 total exam candidates Africa/Middle East: 28 percent of the 3,477 total exam candidates
Europe powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
mcpass Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Europe powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr In India…people have only come to know about it in last 5-6 years…Im sure… number of applicants are doubling every year…now in India any person doing an MBA ( from top 20 in India) in finance is doing it as a must do thing… also Mumbai–7,586 doesnt give the correct picture as this centre was announced only last month…and an equal number is appearing from nearby locations such as Colombo, Singapore, Kathmandu, Thailand etc Im also surprised at nyccfa2010’s inference that Indians might have some issues with english…true for whole India…but surely not true for people who appear for such exams…in India somewhat 5 % people have similar language (read english) skills as any body else in the world… I am not trying to cut anybody’s point…just clearing some misconceptions…so plz no offences
What about Paris ?
Paris…Paris…they are too busy sleeping and working their 35 hour work week to take the test… Just being funny.
true, in Pariz ze test is, how you say, ze worst idea. Would you like a smoke?
Beijing??? Wow… HK and SH are no suprise.
Well, with this explosion growth, earning CFA title is becoming a neccessity to enter the investment world, just like holding a bachelor degree or MBA degree (not top 30 of the world). Life is hard. Sigh. But the good side is that we are having sthing common to share (like in this forum), hence gradually becoming global citizen. The world is really flat 
I like that.