QFAs

Gal2glam

Could anyone advise me on QFAs? What is the difference between doing them with LIA or IOB? Thanks

jayjay2010

Hi OP, I did the QFAs with IOB. Not sure what the actual difference between the two are, other than usually if your employer is paying for the exams they will more than likely only offer you one company or the other.

IOB, in my opinion, have excellent training material for all modules (including online tutorial videos, etc). They also hold a full 1 day seminar usually a few weeks before the exam which really helped me. I passed the 6 modules all first time, IOB are excellent in my opinion.

Unfortunately I know nothing about LIA.

Good luck with them!

Gal2glam

jayjay2010 wrote: »

Hi OP, I did the QFAs with IOB. Not sure what the actual difference between the two are, other than usually if your employer is paying for the exams they will more than likely only offer you one company or the other.

IOB, in my opinion, have excellent training material for all modules (including online tutorial videos, etc). They also hold a full 1 day seminar usually a few weeks before the exam which really helped me. I passed the 6 modules all first time, IOB are excellent in my opinion.

Unfortunately I know nothing about LIA.

Good luck with them!

Thank you!

Henry Ford III

Same qualification but different categories. LIA is Life and Pensions. IOB is banking.

Heres Johnny

I did them with LIA, don't think it makes any difference to you in the end just your employer may be affiliated to one or the other depending on sector.
They're pretty handy too to be honest.

Gal2glam

Heres Johnny wrote: »

I did them with LIA, don't think it makes any difference to you in the end just your employer may be affiliated to one or the other depending on sector.
They're pretty handy too to be honest.

Thanks I’ve just started a job with Ulster Bank so I’ll see what they say. I’ll have time off in the summer from college to study for them, is there any you suggest grouping together or doing first?

jayjay2010

Gal2glam wrote: »

Thanks I’ve just started a job with Ulster Bank so I’ll see what they say. I’ll have time off in the summer from college to study for them, is there any you suggest grouping together or doing first?

I did Loans & Regs together, followed by Life, followed by Pensions & Investments together, followed by Financial Planning. I did them within 12 months.

I think they are very manageable exams and a lot of cross over. The 1 day workshops were a life saver for Pensions, Investments and Financial Planning especially.

gillka92

Hi would anyone have past exam papers for regulation ? Thanks

NelsonBeeches

Hi , Please if you managed to get any past papers I would be grateful if you could share with me please?
Thanks

LorcanMull

Gal2glam wrote: »

Could anyone advise me on QFAs? What is the difference between doing them with LIA or IOB? Thanks

Hi, im interested in taking the QFA exams, although i'm not from a financial background (Electronic Engineer) I have a strong interest in investments and pensions and banking in general.

Did you do the course? Which one did you choose?

Are there jobs out there for people who completed the QFA without a finance BA?

Many thanks.

berocca2016

LorcanMull wrote: »

Hi, im interested in taking the QFA exams, although i'm not from a financial background (Electronic Engineer) I have a strong interest in investments and pensions and banking in general.

Did you do the course? Which one did you choose?

Are there jobs out there for people who completed the QFA without a finance BA?

Many thanks.

With your maths background I'd look at doing the CFA. A lot would be hired into quantitative finance from a maths background.

QFA would be mainly for client facing staff and wouldn't be based around the background analysis really, but you would easily get a job in branch with it.

LorcanMull

berocca2016 wrote: »

With your maths background I'd look at doing the CFA. A lot would be hired into quantitative finance from a maths background.

QFA would be mainly for client facing staff and wouldn't be based around the background analysis really, but you would easily get a job in branch with it.

Are there any courses that are part-time (like QFAs) in this discipline?

berocca2016

LorcanMull wrote: »

Are there any courses that are part-time (like QFAs) in this discipline?

Not sure but everything would be available here. 3 exams anyways.

https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/programs/cfa