ICICIdirect Centre for Financial Learning (ICFL) is an educational initiative of ICICI Securities Ltd. ICFL training programmes are categorized under: 1. Investment Education 2. Professional Certification & Development. Over the period, ICFL has trained more than 3.5 lakh students and investors across India through one or more programmes. The repository of domain knowledge includes host of in-house developed seminars, workshops, certifications and training programmes leading to reputed certifications. ICFL has offices and training facilities across India aided by technological capability/ alliances to deliver trainings through eLearning, virtual classroom and satellite classrooms.
ICFL provides extensive knowledge to the graduate participants and working professionals in the area of finance through its Level I Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) training program and Certified Finance Expert (CFE) program.
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) program : The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Program is a professional credential offered internationally by the U.S based CFA Institute. The CFA® charter is a qualification for finance and investment professionals particularly in the fields of investment management and financial analysis of stocks, bonds and their derivative assets. The program focuses on portfolio management, financial analysis and provides generalist knowledge of finance.
“Among the countless finance degrees around the world, the Chartered Financial Analyst qualification has become the gold standard.”
Source: Financial Times 13 August 2010
Certified Finance Expert (CFE) program : Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (a leading private business school based in Frankfurt, am Main Germany) and ICFL offer CFE program through which graduates and working professionals can elevate their careers to new heights.
The CFE program is divided into two levels with the first level focusing on training for Level I CFA® course curriculum and the second level focusing on market related contemporary courses like Financial Research, Equity Research, Financial Modeling and Applied Accounting.