The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) programme is still going strong after 40 years. Each year, about 100,000 candidates from more than 150 countries enrol for one of the three levels of the CFA examination. In Hong Kong, 8,000 candidates took their CFA exams last year.
Meanwhile, the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) qualification, established in 1985, has attracted significant attention due to increasing needs from the global community for a consistent and high standard of financial planning.