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Hi,
I am thinking of applying to Canada’s immigration. I cleared L1 in december and possibly not pass L2 this year because of illness. Since the process take 2 years, I want to prepare myself before landing in canada. I am thinking of following lines:
1. Continue with CFA L2 and appear for FRM - Risk management field in Canada.
2. Start working on CMA or CPA - may complete CMA in two years.
3. Any other line. CAIA, PMP or anything - I am non finance guy
Those of you from toronto, please guide me please.
 
CFA without experience has no value here. Toronto has the most CFA per capita worldwide.
What is your education background?
 
adehbone Wrote:
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> CFA without experience has no value here. Toronto
> has the most CFA per capita worldwide.
>
> What is your education background?
is this true? crazy. any insight to why? Toronto the metropolitan area or the GTA?
 
Toronto only needs tax drivers and gas station technicians. You have to have CFA to qualify for these two jobs.
 
Why do you want to move to Canada? Many Canadians move to the US for jobs.
 
I have friends who got their Canadian citizenships just for completing a Ph.D at a Canadian University. That could be another way effectively combining all those 3 letter designations in one.
 
maadeezy Wrote:
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> Why do you want to move to Canada? Many Canadians
> move to the US for jobs.
Last time I checked, Canada has the healthiest banks in the Western World
 
Not just T.O.; Canada has the most CFA’s per capital and I believe the lowest average compensation for CFA’s is in Canada as well.
 
flynnch Wrote:
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> Not just T.O.; Canada has the most CFA’s per
> capital and I believe the lowest average
> compensation for CFA’s is in Canada as well.
I wouldn’t be surprised. Plenty of people studying for the CFA in Canada. I also think we have the most non finance gruduates per capita studying for the CFA. Go to any coffee shop in a major city in May, and you can’t help but notice the CFA books.
 
Go to any coffee shop in a
> major city in May, and you can’t help but notice
> the CFA books.
+10
 
cfacowtown Wrote:
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> Go to any coffee shop in a
> > major city in May, and you can’t help but
> notice
> > the CFA books.
>
>
> +10
is this true???
 
I have to agree there are heaps of CFA candidates in Canada. I met a lot of people from Marketing and all sorts of back office type jobs who were undertaking the CFA because their employer said that it would be good for them (i.e. they had no plans to actually change their roles).
As for the what to do I find it really funny that if you are trying to immigrate to Quebec having a masters degree, a CFA charter and 10 years experience as an investment banker will be seen in the immigration desirability as an “exotic dancer” - this is a true statement.
Maybe this explains Rue St Catherine in Montreal.
 
Seriously guys can you guide me. Tell me something that I can work on within this period and can get a better job prospects in let say two years from now.
 
maadeezy Wrote:
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> Why do you want to move to Canada? Many Canadians
> move to the US for jobs.
I am going to agree with maadeezy for the first time. Any public sector job (government owned bank, etc) will give priority to Canadian nationals. Ph.D. students have an extremely hard time getting jobs in C-da because of this.
 
geranimo Wrote:
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> Seriously guys can you guide me. Tell me
> something that I can work on within this period
> and can get a better job prospects in let say two
> years from now.
to sum up all of the above for you. cfa means nothing unless you can get the charter, which means that you need the experience. no experience = no job.
 
geranimo Wrote:
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> Seriously guys can you guide me. Tell me
> something that I can work on within this period
> and can get a better job prospects in let say two
> years from now.
I did give you a way to citizenship. Get a Ph.D. from a Canadian school. The only hard part is getting a scholarship, you’ll have to work on that, but once you get it, it’s all on automatic pilot from there.
 
Spend 4+4= 8yrs in School with 100,000 in debt to make 70k a year (bring home actually 40K after taxes)
Sounds like a good deal
What a way to spend life in your 20s-30s
 
Do the CMA.
WAY more jobs opps from that.
 
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