BNP Paribas Investment Partners has joined forces with CFA Institute to launch a new professional programme for its staff worldwide.
Known as Claritas Investment Certificate, the programme was launched from CFA Institute across BNP Paribas IP’s global offices throughout March, April and May this year, according to Asia Asset Management.
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The firm is a long-standing sponsor of the CFA Institute, which specializes in delivewring educational and training programmes for individuals in the financial services industry.
Additionally, BNP Paribas Investment Partners is also partnering with the regional offices of CFA Institute and MDA Training in Asia-Pacific to offer a blended asset management learning pathway for its APAC staff.
The Claritas Investment Certificate, which is a self-study course which requires between 80 to 100 hours of study over a six-month period, includes seven modules such as tools, instruments, structure, controls, client methods, and ethics, culminating in a single self-scheduled, online exam at a proctored testing centre.
It will also provide candidates with an understanding of how the investment industry works and their professional responsibilities within it.
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By GlobalDataThe new programme will be available to a range of professionals in areas such as operations, administration, IT, HR, marketing, sales, compliance and customer service.
Alex Ng, CIO, Asia Pacific for BNP Paribas Investment Partners, said: "Hence Claritas together with the CFA programme have permeated through the entire organisational eco-system. To top that off, the supplementary workshops from MDA training and in-house lunch and learn sessions featuring our own investment and other professionals bring a local/regional relevance to the programme."
Paul Smith, managing director of CFA Institute in Asia Pacific, said: "Serving BNP Paribas Investment Partners by working collaboratively with MDA training has offered CFA’s institutional partnerships division an opportunity to demonstrate its ability to meet the needs of our global clients by working effectively with their regional centres of excellence."
