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The CFA Arabia Society promotes ethical and professional standards within the investment industry, encourages professional development through the CFA Program, and facilitates the open exchange of information and opinions.

Switching to CFA Arabia

For CFA candidates and charterholders registered with other societies, we have made it easy for you to transfer to CFA Arabia.

Just fill this form and send it to the CFA Institute (USA). Further details and contact information is available inside the form. This form is also accessible from our membership page.

Posted: 31 Mar 09. Poster: Haris Ikram

Upcoming Events

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CFA Arabia Charter Ceremony Riyadh

The CFA Arabia Charter Ceremony Event for Riyadh will be held on Thursday 2nd April 09.

The deadline for confirmation is Tuesday, 31 Mar 09.

You can confirm by emailing the Chair of Programming: Zaheeruddin Khalid, CFA at programming@cfaarabia.com

Kindly note that there are limited number of seats remaining, so please confirm ASAP (first come. first serve).

Details of the event:

Location: Marriot Hotel, Al Ma'ather Street , Riyadh

Agenda:
6:45 pm Reception - Cocktails, refreshments & networking.
7:10 pm Welcome Note
7:20 pm Sponsor Speech
7:40 pm Break for Isha prayer
8:15 pm Fund Management Industry in Saudi Arabia - Challenges and Prospects, Farhan Mahmood, CFA ,
Head Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Saudi Arabia
8:45 pm Q&A Session
9:00 pm Charter Awards
9:10 pm What it means to pass CFA exams/receive the charter?
9:30 pm Dinner

See you there!

Posted: 14 Feb 09. Poster: Haris Ikram, Edited: 22 Mar 09, 29 March 09.

CFA Charter Ceremony Success

The recently held CFA Khobar event was a great success. CFA Arabia would like to thank our participants and for making the event a success.

Mr. Tarek Fadlallah,CFA gave an insightful presentation on the GCC stock markets at the event. As an added value, the CFA Arabia society is providing this for the public (see below).

http://www.membersocieties.org/saudiarabia/Linked%20Files/LongAndWindingRoad.pdf

Posted: 28 Jan 09. Poster: Haris Ikram

CFA Charter Events

CFA Arabia will be hosting its first CFA Charter ceremony to award the CFA charter and to network. We implore all members to attend these events in their respective regions.

For more details see our events calendar above.

We would like to thank our sponsors Morgan International.

Morgan International represents leading international institutions and covers numerous programs ranging from Accounting, Finance, Auditing, Logistics, Human Resources, Treasury and IFRS and many others. Morgan International is present in 27 major cities across the Middle East, Gulf, India and parts of Europe, servicing thousands of students per year.

Posted: 24 Dec 08. Updated: 11 Jan 09. Poster: Haris Ikram

CFA Networking Event - Riyadh

CFA Arabia would like to thank all the participants for making the CFA Arabia Networking event in Riyadh a great success. Pictures of the event are available on the CFA Arabia Facebook Group.

CFA Arabia would also like to thank AMIAS Holding for sponsoring the event. AMIAS is a holding company with interests in the financial, industrial, and construction sectors as well as the real estate development field.

2009 June Exam Material

We are delighted to inform you that the latest Schweser material for 2009 Exams is now available.

CFA Arabia Candidates are entitled to a 15% discount on materials from Kaplan Schweser for all three levels.

Just follow the instructions on the promotional pdf (here) to obtain the discount.

Should you face any difficulties, please contact Ms. Jaime Daoust at

Email: Jaimedaoust@kaplan.com or

US phone number: +1 608 779 5599 x 2244

Membership

CFA Arabia offers three types of memberships:

Regular Membership
CFA Charterholder Membership
Affiliate Membership

For more details of on the types of membership and how to become a member, please visit the Membership link above or here.

CFA Arabia Emails

To access your personal CFA Arabia emails please visit: click here

CFA Arabia Facebook Group

We are delighted to inform you that we have created a group called CFA Arabia Members on Facebook to facilitate the communication among CFA Arabia members. We encourage members to participate.

Aims

Our Vision

Promote and implement global investment best practices in a local context.

Our Mission

Advancing the standards of ethical and professional conduct in the financial and investment industry/community in Saudi Arabia.

Who is CFA Institute?

CFA Institute is a global, nonprofit member organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals.

Contact Us

Mohammed Abdullah AlQatari, CFA
Phone: +966 (0) 505819425

Email:president@cfaarabia.com

CFA Society of Saudi Arabia