The CFA Institute, the global association of investment management professionals, is to test aspiring charterholders on their understanding of areas including the big data landscape, blockchain and artificial intelligence for the first time next year.
From June 2019, exam candidates will be expected to understand "next-generation knowledge" such as machine learning, thereby preparing them "to not only have a place in the industry but to lead it". In an update to the curriculum, the CFA Institute is adding 10 new readings and "major revisions and improvements" to 18 existing readings, across all levels of the exams. Specifically, fintech enters the CFA program curriculum at Level I and II, examining the range of technologies and financial applications in investment management, new content on machine learning, and ethics cases relate...
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