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If you have the MBA, CFA won’t be a game changer.
It helps to have it if it’s a decision between an MBA out of college vs an MBA + CFA out of college.
After that, a CFA won’t help you get in if an MBA can’t.
It means absolutely nothing to me.
I don’t know if I’ve ever hired someone with a CFA
Following because I get contradicting answers from people in the industry. I’d like to know some more opinions.
Many people have told me CFA doesn’t help with breaking into IB, but I find that hard to believe.
Does not add value to get to IB. Doesn’t detract though.
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The big thing to understand about IB is that having a good understanding of or even mastery of technical fundamentals is table stakes. This is not what gets you noticed / hired
A CFA has nothing to do with IB, same with Series 7.
Where did you get your MBA? Any top program opens the door to IB. Any non-top program closes it.
EA, they absolutely do not all have their 7