EADA Business School Recognized as CFA Program Partner Institution
EADA Business School is pleased to announce that we have become a full partner with the CFA Institute, the leading global Financial professional accreditation body. Full partners must demonstrate that their Finance programme is at least 70% aligned with the CFA programme. With the CFA's emphasis on ethics and professional standards, financial markets and corporate finance, these two prestigious institutions are closely aligned in terms of programme content and a vision of a financial manager with the highest professional standards.
Nigel Hayes, the Master in Finance programme director at EADA, says the following about the partnership with the CFA. "Our partnership with the CFA institute presents an exciting opportunity for EADA and our Finance participants. Increasingly Master students are looking for, and need, a professional qualification and there is none better in the world of finance than the CFA. This partnership is a recognition of the quality of the EADA Master in Finance programme and of our students. With only two other business schools in Spain having a full partnership with the CFA, and being the only business school in Barcelona appearing in the 2012 Financial Times Master in Finance Rankings, we are recognised as one of the leading business schools delivering what both employers and finance professionals require."
"Students in these programs are exposed to the Candidate Body of Knowledge, concepts and principles that have been identified by investment experts worldwide as essential to global practice." said Bob Johnson, CFA, senior managing director of CFA Institute. “By mastering these fundamentals of the CFA Program, students will be well on their way to earning the highly-valued CFA charter.”
Recognition as a CFA Program Partner signals to potential students, employers, and the marketplace that the university curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and is well-suited to preparing students to sit for the three levels of CFA examinations.
The CFA Program Partner initiative was launched 4 April 2006 with the announcement of Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford as the inaugural CFA Program Partner. Since then, CFA Program Partner institutions have been recognized on six continents.