== The Council of Chartered Financial Analysts of India ==

The Institute of chartered Financial Analysts of India established the Council of Chartered Financial Analysts (CCFA ) in 1989 as a non-profit society to promote and regulate the profession of Chartered Financial Analysts certified by ICFAI through their Indian CFA program. The Charter holders are barred from using their charter in the USA and Canada from a previous court ruling in favor of the CFA Institute of USA which has exclusive right to CFA Charter and Trademark rights in the USA and Cananda. The Charter holders are however recognized in Europe,South America,Asia,Africa and Australia. The EFFAS (European Federation of Financial Analyst Societies), The Asian Securities Analysts Federation(ASAF), The APIMEC recognize the ICFAI Institute and CCFA charter from CCFA and allow Charter holders from CCFA to take up the international level of the prestigious CIIA designation exams directly.

Trade Marks

The CFA Institute has exclusive rights to the CFA charter in USA and Canada and CFAs from CCFA are barred from using their charter in the USA and Cananda.

The CFA Institute won a case in India and brought a temporary injunction in August 2006.

The CFA Charter is issued from CCFA through ICFAI university state legislature ( Tripura Act (8) of 2004) Approved by UGC under section 2(f).

The University in association with CCFA is mandated by Indian Law to offer the CFA charter and designation on those who qualify the regulations of CCFA.

Membership

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Candidates have to successfully complete the Groups Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and the subjects Security Analysis, and Portfolio Management and Mutual Funds of the MS (Finance) Program of the ICFAI University are eligible to apply for becoming full members in CCFA. Only those members whose names are duly recorded in the Register of Members of CCFA are authorized to use the designation and charter "Chartered Financial Analyst" (in full) and "CFA" (in brief).

The members are obliged and governed by the Code of Ethics and the Standards of Professional Conduct [1768] along with the Rules and Regulations laid down by CCFA, the code of ethics is very similar to that laid down by other Indian proffessional and regulatory bodies like ICAI,ICWAI,ICSI,ASI,III..,etc

CFA and Other Traditional Professional Qualifications in India

Chartered Financial Analysts deal with mainly four focus areas:

Corporate Finance

International Finance

Investment Management

Financial Services

Chartered Accountants deal with:

Accountancy

Auditing

Taxation

Investigation

Private Practice (Statutory)

Official Website:

CCFA India - [1769]