CFA Institute opens applications for young women

The 2020 programme is for 100 selected women from any educational discipline. The minimum qualification is that students should be graduating in 2020, though candidates with higher qualifications and/or experience are also eligible to apply.

Applications will close when the slots in the programme are filled on or by 8 March 2020. Eligible women can apply for the programme at www.empoweringyoungwomen.cfa

“We started this initiative in 2018, and since then we have seen remarkable demand from both the investment industry and participants. It is encouraging to see young women from diverse backgrounds, such as engineering, arts, sciences, commerce, choosing to pursue a career in finance. We are also excited to work with leading financial institutions in this programme, whose support helps us to encourage more women to join the investment industry,” said Vidhu Shekhar, CFA, CIPM, country head, India,CFA Institute.

The intensive four-week boot camps, which take place simultaneously at centres in Mumbai and Bengaluru, include free room and boarding. Each boot camp will cover business skills and the basics of the investment industry, such as ethics, micro and macroeconomics, regulations, risk management, financial statements, securities, alternative investments, quantitative concepts, machine learning, financial modelling, with classroom sessions led by senior industry professionals.

All participants who complete the boot camp will be offered a stipend-paying internship for three-to-six months at a leading financial institution in India, subject tocertain conditions.