{"id":851367,"date":"2025-05-26T22:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T03:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/the-global-perspective-offered-by-cfa-programme-can-help-finance-professionals-stand-out-say-experts\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T22:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T03:13:37","slug":"the-global-perspective-offered-by-cfa-programme-can-help-finance-professionals-stand-out-say-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/the-global-perspective-offered-by-cfa-programme-can-help-finance-professionals-stand-out-say-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"The global perspective offered by CFA programme can help finance professionals stand out, say experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\"  ><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"(Clockwise from left) Manish Gvalani, Director and Head of Signatory Advisory, Emirates NBD; Shwetabh Sameer, a member of the investment team at the London-based VC firm Molten Ventures; Vandana Somani, \u00a0Lead \u2013 India Operations for Neuberger Berman; Hari Viswanath, \u00a0Editor of businessline, Research Bureau (bl.portfolio)\" title=\"(Clockwise from left) Manish Gvalani, Director and Head of Signatory Advisory, Emirates NBD; Shwetabh Sameer, a member of the investment team at the London-based VC firm Molten Ventures; Vandana Somani, \u00a0Lead \u2013 India Operations for Neuberger Berman; Hari Viswanath, \u00a0Editor of businessline, Research Bureau (bl.portfolio)\" data-original=\"http:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Clockwise from left) Manish Gvalani, Director and Head of Signatory Advisory, Emirates NBD; Shwetabh Sameer, a member of the investment team at the London-based VC firm Molten Ventures; Vandana Somani, \u00a0Lead \u2013 India Operations for Neuberger Berman; Hari Viswanath, \u00a0Editor of <i>businessline, <\/i>Research Bureau (bl.portfolio)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ControlPara\">\n<p>Finance is an ever-expanding universe, offering  opportunities for professionals across diverse roles such as investment managers, wealth managers, equity research, investment banking, corporate finance, and treasury operations, etc. A common among all these is the CFA accreditation, which can propel your career prospects and growth in the industry. <\/p>\n<p>Are you aspiring to make a career in finance? Is a  non-finance educational background holding you back? Can the CFA programme truly act as a magic wand to unlock doors in the finance world? Is artificial intelligence (AI) gobbling up jobs or making life easier? How to crack open opportunities?<\/p>\n<p>To address these questions and shed light on the global opportunities post completion of the CFA programme, the CFA Institute, in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>businessline<\/i><\/a><i>, <\/i>hosted a webinar on Thursday titled  \u2018Unlocking global finance opportunities with the CFA program\u2019. The event was moderated by Hari Viswanath, Editor of <i>businessline <\/i>Research Bureau (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\">bl.portfolio<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the transformative role of AI in the financial world, Manish Gvalani, Director and Head of Signatory Advisory, Emirates NBD, observed that though AI helps to save time  in problem solving, it is still the finance professionals and their knowledge that deliver effective solutions to customers. The practical world, however, needs communication skills to maintain and build relationships, win credibility and climb the career ladder, he said, urging aspirants to invest in these skills to stand out in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Vandana Somani, Lead \u2013 India Operations for Neuberger Berman, added that automation through AI allows  professionals save time, which can be invested in other strategies and initiatives. \u201cThink of AI as a tool that you can use to optimise your time\u201d, she said. <\/p>\n<p>Shwetabh Sameer, a member of the investment team at the London-based VC firm Molten Ventures, added that AI literacy is becoming increasingly important across fields and also for finance careers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bl-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/wynmt7\/article69382449.ece\/alternates\/FREE_660\/CFA%20Institute_webinar_Mar%2025_Logo_1%201.jpg\" data-src-template=\"https:\/\/bl-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/wynmt7\/article69382449.ece\/alternates\/FREE_660\/CFA%20Institute_webinar_Mar%2025_Logo_1%201.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/bl-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/wynmt7\/article69382449.ece\/alternates\/FREE_660\/CFA%20Institute_webinar_Mar%2025_Logo_1%201.jpg\" alt data-device-variant=\"FREE~FREE~FREE~FREE\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Should one\u2019s non-finance background deter them from a CFA certification? Sameer, who is a mechanical engineer himself, noted that it should not. The CFA curriculum and materials by  itself are very detailed and filled with many examples, to help understand the practical concepts in finance, he said. \u201cBuilding a small community of people doing CFA around you and discussing concepts should be good enough to complete the CFA charter as a whole,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the hectic nature of the course and stressing that it may require sacrifices in terms of social life and weekends, the panelists stressed that being a CFA-accredited finance professional gives you a global perspective of the industry and helps you stand out in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>To view the full webinar, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43oBdNu\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/43oBdNu <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"end-of-article\">Published on  March 27, 2025 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Tami Schroeder <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/the-global-perspective-offered-by-cfa-programme-can-help-finance-professionals-stand-out-say-experts\/article69382450.ece\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Clockwise from left) Manish Gvalani, Director and Head of Signatory Advisory, Emirates NBD; Shwetabh Sameer, a member of the investment team at the London-based VC firm Molten Ventures; Vandana Somani, \u00a0Lead \u2013 India Operations for Neuberger Berman; Hari Viswanath, \u00a0Editor of businessline, Research Bureau (bl.portfolio) Finance is an ever-expanding universe, offering opportunities for professionals across<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":851368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1424,39037],"tags":[9295,61454],"class_list":{"0":"post-851367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-global","8":"category-perspective","9":"tag-global","10":"tag-perspective"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}