CFA or FRM: Which certification is more difficult?

  • CFA
  • FRM
Please select one to answer and see the result

Answers

CFA - 19FRM - 17
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Becuase the former is more intensive, rigorous, long drwan and requires heavy commitment and dedication. It is also more comprehensive in breadth of coverage
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
CFA has almost the same credential as MBA if not higher, and its scope has been widen to include the knowledge to be many kinds of consultants.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
much more diversified topics
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Had an opportunity to sit for the exam and flunk. With FRM, have seen average students getting through. Probably just a perception.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
CFA curriculum is more broad than FRM.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
without question..
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
requires thorough study , difficult analysis and 3 extravagant levels resulting in baldness....lolz
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
CFA is THE most rigorous exam I have ever taken. More difficult than, say, Solid State Physics or Quantum Mechincs.
It took me 3 days to prepare for FRM in 2004. It took me 3 years to pass CFA LII alone.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
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  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
beacuse of its specific and concrete conceptual learning
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because it is diffcult
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
m gonna appear in cfa 2 june 2012 i have gone through extensive curriculum and made indefatigable efforts along with 2 attempts to pass juz level 1 of it. i got a chance to see frm curriculum part 1 which i believed bit easier and lesser in volume than that of cfa.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It seems...
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
bcoz FRM will lead to a single door but CFA will lead to many doors but one have to work hard for all these doors in CFA but in FRM, only for one.....
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
chance
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
more extensed
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
longer
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
broader in scope
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
GUESS
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
In FRM there is a Risk of Money.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
its tough
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
just like that
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I just clicked to see the results
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
The passing rate of FRM is lower than that of CFA.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
As it is mentiones in the above trxt that the content of FRM is uneven and haphazard wereas CFA is well organised.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
more specialized and tough exams
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It is more quantitative
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It is more specialised and quant based.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Hi!I am already in the field of risk managment and have the course material for FRM Part 1.I wanted your advice on whether CFA would be better at this stage.

Thanks & Regards,
Shahzad Ghaffar
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
BY WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE WHILE IM GOOGLING FOR WHICH ONE BETTER CERTIFCAITE
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because it is compulsory to give 2 yrs work experience
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Curriculum is not clear
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
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  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
FRM is much, much more involved in statistical and probability mathematics (quant), whereas the CFA merely touches on it. The FRM is designed more for professionals already in the industry and with real as opposed to academic experience. CFA is more introductory to the world of finance when you are still learning, the FRM assumes you already have the background and are looking to expand into a much more deeply concentrated arena.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
FRM material is more in-depth. The exam is also more difficult. FRM holders usually have MS/PhD already. So, a pass rate of 40% really is very low. CFA holders on average have bachelors degree only. So, a pass rate of 40% is really high! Most of CFA holders i know flunk FRM pt 1 at least once.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
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