Reims IMBA will offer a fast-track to CFA® qualification

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Reims IMBA will offer a fast-track to CFA® qualification

Reims Management School is launching new finance options on its International MBA programme this autumn that will allow participants to prepare Level I of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification.

This pioneering initiative, comprising three electives, will give IMBA participants planning a career in finance a head-start in preparing for this prestigious professional qualification. RMS is believed to be the first management school in France to offer CFA preparation within an MBA programme. But it is unusually equipped to do so because it already offers courses to all three levels that make up the CFA on its Grande Ecole diploma programme.

“I think this will be especially attractive for students who want to specialise in finance,” says Stéphane Dubreuille, CFA, Professor of Finance at RMS, who will lead the CFA programme. Participants joining the RMS IMBA programme in September 2011 will have the chance to sign up for three new electives running from September to November 2012. Totalling 135 hours of instruction, plus up to 270 hours of personal preparation, the CFA Level I instruction, in English, will offer a meticulous preparation in financial skills.

The courses will cover Ethics, Quantitative Methods, Financial Reporting Analysis, Economics, Asset Valuation, Corporate Finance, Equity Investments, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Alternative Investments and Portfolio Management.

Though the appeal of finance as a career may have diminished in the wake of the financial crisis, Professor Dubreuille says that the strong emphasis on ethics within the CFA syllabus makes it more relevant than ever. “If you are not able to validate strong ethical parameters you cannot obtain the certificate,” he says.

The attractions of studying the CFA syllabus at RMS are strong. The school achieves a pass rate of around 50% in examinations for the CFA Level I certificate, far ahead of the world average. The CFA is a highly-exacting qualification overseen worldwide by the CFA Institute, of which holders become members.


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