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CFA - Chartered Financial Analyst - our company offers
preparation consultancy sessions for working professionals. The sessions specifically designed to be the most effective from both your final exam score and time and efforts spent perspectives, and provided mostly on weekends, to minimize your days off from your job. We know how it works. On top of virtually all major Finance Certificates, including CFA, FRM, PRM and others, our team of instructors and consultants has extensive hands-on experience in the field. The preparation and consulting methodology is elaborating through consulting experience and teaching international MBA classes in top business schools.
CFA Preparation Course

CFA Preparation Program for Dec'2010 exam is starting in September, 2010. The course specifically designed for busy professionals and provided on weekend sessions, to allow an optimal combination of self-study and full-time preparation, finally to significantly improve your opportunities on the Exam.

The schedule for Level 1 for December 2010 CFA Exam:
CFA Intensive overview course

The six-day CFA revision course is designed to cover all major areas to give you an edge on the exam. It is intended to help you internalize what you have already acquired.
During the intensive, problem-solving oriented course our qualified instructors will focus on common areas of difficulty and help you bridge the gaps in your knowledge.
The time spent on each section is allotted in accordance to the section's weight on the Curriculum.
If CFA preparation course is needed and when

When you get a set of books from CFA Institute, and begin to assess the time and efforts needed to prepare for the CFA exam, such a question is likely to arise.
Besides textbooks, which CFA Institute sends upon registration for the exam, one may find a number of other study materials. By the way, if you have not registered yet, please check the recommendation in the forums on the most appropriate way to arrange the delivery of CFA books to Russia.
Risk Management

Our company offers preparation to both of the most widely accepted Risk Management designations, FRM – Financial Risk Manager  and PRM – Professional Risk Manager (PRM™). The former is administered by GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals), the latter - is administered by PRMIA (Professional Risk Management International Association).

Please refer to the following table to compare the two programs:
FRM Preparation

Our company offers two types of courses for those preparing for the FRM exams: common for several designations – "Boot Camps" (Quantitative and Finance) and specialized (Exam Level I and Level II). Boot Camps are not designed for the faint-hearted. Instead, we purposefully created them to be as intensive as possible – such as to boost your understanding of the area. Our instructors will specifically concentrate on most difficult areas, squeezing as much knowledge as possible into your memory. Two specialized programs – Level I and II are intended to help you pass - the very first time. Level I prep course covers all topics included in Exam Level I. However, if you feel your previous experience did not give you enough knowledge in Quantitative or/and Finance areas, we recommend taking the respective Boot Camps.
PRM Preparation

As PRMIA site puts it, the Professional Risk Manager (PRM™) designation is an independent validation of skills and commitment to the highest standard of professionalism, integrity, and best practices within the risk management profession. Our company offers two types of courses for those preparing for the PRM exams: common for several designations – "Boot Camps" (Quantitative and Finance) and specialized (exams III and IV).
PRM - do you need a Certificate?

1.Certificate of PRM.

By way of introduction, you should start with critical revision of the information about the PRM Certificate presented at:
http://prmia.org/index.php?page=exam&option=trainingCertification
Financial Mathematics

CFA, PRM  and FRM  contain quite a bit common topics, which are difficult to grasp, especially to those who did not deal much with math. In combination with specialized preparation, Focus Training offers special type of courses common for several designations – "Boot Camps" - Quantitative and Finance -  for those preparing for the CFA, and also for Risk Management exams - either PRM or FRM. Boot Camps are not designed for the faint-hearted. Instead, we purposefully created them to be as intensive as possible – such as to boost your understanding of the area. Our instructors will specifically concentrate on most difficult areas, squeezing as much knowledge as possible into your memory. From our experience, intensive session on quantitative methods, statistics and mathematics for financiers, pursuing RM degree, may significantly boost your performance on specialized sessions and give you an edge on the exam.

To whom it is useful:

    * covered all the materials quite ago but need a refresher
    * feel the gaps in their preparation
    * feel your previous experience did not give you enough knowledge in Quantitative or/and Finance areas
Math Bootcamp for CFA

Summary of Math BootCamp Program for CFA preparation:
I. THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY.

1. The Future Value of Money.

2. The Present Value of Money.
II. DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW APPLICATIONS.

1. Net Present Value (NPV).

2. Internal Rate of Return (IRR).

3. Portfolio Return Measurement.
III. MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS.

1. Exponents and Logarithms.

2. Equations and Inequalities.

3. Functions and Graphs.
IV. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS.

1. Graphical Representation of Data.
Advanced Math Bootcamp for Risk Management

Advanced Math BootCamp for FRM / PRM

VI. CALCULUS.

1. Differential Calculus.

2. Integral Calculus.

3. Optimization.

VII. LINEAR MATHEMATICS AND MATRIX ALGEBRA.

1. Matrix Algebra.

2. Quadratic Forms.

3. Cholesky Decomposition.

4. Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors and Principal Component Analysis (PCA).

VIII. PROBABILITY THEORY IN FINANCE.

1. The Classical versus Bayesian Approach.

2. Specific Probability Distributions.

IX. NUMERICAL METHODS

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Focus Training

Our primary focus is the preparation for the exams for various financial certifications. We know how it works, on top of various Finance certificates having extensive professional experience, and teaching international MBA, CFA, FRM and PRM classes. We offer preparation to CFA Level I and Level II exams, and both of the most widely accepted Risk Management designations: FRM - Financial Risk Management and PRM - Professional Risk Management.