What is scope of licensed international financial analyst (LIFA)?
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LIFA is Thompson Financial's attempt of offering a competiting certificate to the CFA Institute's "CFA" charter with a similar scope as the CFA coursework.  It is used for investment, securities brokerage and insurance industries.   \n\nBy far and away, the CFA is the most highly respected, most coveted analyst certification.  The LIFA is much less expensive, much easier to pass and much, much, much lower profile.  If you look in financial classified ads and check with headhunters, you'll find that they want the CFA designation - not LIFA. \n\nHence, I would not recommend wasting your time trying to do a cheaper, easier, less regarded test that still takes three years to pass.  If I might suggest an analogy, it's like taking a distance learning course certificate of economics instead of going to Harvard.  Sure, you've done the material, but I'm concerned that it may not give you the leg up you need to get a decent starting job. \n\nMy mantra is do it once, do it right. Besides, most reputable investment companies pay for your CFA once you join.
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There are several opportunities open to you. Mutual funds, EFT, and buying shares in companies directly. \n\nIndia:  EFT:   IIF and IFN\n\nChina:  EFT:   TDF and JFC and CHN\n\nChina open ended funds: AACFX, CHUSX, GCHAX, DPCAX\n\nIndia open ended funds: ETGIX\n\nCompanies that you can buy shares in directly (only a couple of examples)\n\nChina: CHL\n\nIndia: SAY\n\nFor broadest exposure go with one of the funds.
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Depending on your function/industry, you might want to get a masters/PhD in the related study.  You can also get profession certifications such as  CFA, CPA, etc.
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Enjoy the reading.\n\nThey operate through private placements and restrict share ownership to rich individuals and institutions frees them from most disclosure and regulation requirements that apply to mutual funds and banks.\n\nFor present purposes, three main classes of hedge funds can be identified: \n\nmacro funds, which take large directional (unhedged) positions in national markets based on top-down analysis of macroeconomic and financial conditions, including the current account, the inflation rate, and the real exchange rate; \n\nglobal funds, which also take positions worldwide, but employ bottom-up analysis, picking stocks on the basis of individual companies' prospects; and \n\nrelative value funds, which take bets on the relative prices of closely related securities (treasury bills and bonds, for example).
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Call some of your local Invesment Banking Firms ans ask if they are involved in Options Trading (as not all IBF's are). When you find a firm or firm's who do, ask them if they are conducting any seminars or workshops with open attendance. This will allow you to sit in and listen to who they are, what they do, what they offer, how it works, etc.. After their presentation is over, you can usually speak with a broker 1 on 1 and they should always be more than happy to answer any and all questions you have! Good luck.
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Assuming you mean India, there are two exchange traded funds (ETF's) which are baskets of stocks in India. They are; IIF and IFN and you should be able to get quotes and/or charts for them on any quote provider such as Yahoo. It is probably safer to trade the ETF's than individual issues, but if you are looking to trade individual stocks there are a number of companies in India that trade as US depository receipts on the New York Stock Exchange.
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It very much depends on what you want to do with the qualification and whee you want to work.  CEMAP is essentially a mortgage advisers qualification so if you want to work in the estate agency or mortgage advice arena then you will need it.  CEFA and FPC are financial advice qualifications and if you want to get into financial advice then you will need one of these.  If you really want to get on as a financial adviser then you will almost certainly need/be expected to go on to do the AFPC which - without stating the obvious is the advanced finacial planning certificate and is made up of modules including advanced pension planning, wills and trusts and advanced investment planning to name a few.  Hope this helps - good luck - none of them are easy!
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The British Bankers' Association (BBA) LIBOR is the primary benchmark used by banks, securities houses and investors to fix the cost of borrowing in the money, derivatives and capital markets around the world.\n\nBBA LIBOR fixing evolved in the early 1980's with the growth of syndicated lending and early developments in the derivatives markets. Since then it has assumed an increasing importance as well over 20% of all international bank lending and more than 30% of all FX transactions take place in London.\n\nBBA LIBOR is now used to calculate the interest rates applying to a wide range of contracts including OTC instruments such as swaps, loan agreements, FRNs, FRAs and Exchange Traded Short Term Interest Rate contracts traded on LIFFE, CME and DTB amongst others.\n\nBBA LIBOR is fixed for the following currencies: GBP, CAD, EUR, USD, AUD, YEN, CHF, NZD, SEK and DKK.\n\nAll currencies are fixed on a spot basis on each London Business Day apart from Sterling, which is fixed for same day value. EUR rates are fixed on each Target Business Day regardless of whether it is a London Business Day.\n\nThere is no comprehensive list of all its users or uses, but it is generally acknowledged as a truly international benchmark. BBA LIBOR is published simultaneously on more than 300,000 screens throughout the world, being distributed by, amongst others, the following major information vendors: \n\nReuters (official fixing agent) \nThomson Financial \nTelekurs \nBloomberg \nInfotec \nIDC \nQuick \nClass Editori\n\nReuters manages the fixing process on behalf of the BBA, collecting data from Contributor Panel Banks, applying quality control tests to it and calculating the Fixing, releasing it just before noon, London time.\n\nIn 1998 the BBA, in association with its BBA LIBOR Steering Group, undertook a review of the BBA LIBOR Fixing process to confirm that it continues to meet market demands. The BBA LIBOR Steering Group reported to the FX and Money Market Advisory Panel, which is made up of senior Treasury practitioners in the City. They accepted its recommendation that the definition of LIBOR should be refined and Guidance Notes issued to Contributor Panel Banks to ensure a uniformity of approach.\n\nThe Euro BBA LIBOR Panel replaced the previous in-zone LIBOR Panels, such as DEM and FRF.\n\nThe BBA's FX and Money Market Advisory Panel bases its decision about which banks to invite to become Contributors to the BBA LIBOR Panels upon confidentially supplied activity data. Candidate banks give their quarterly activity in the currency concerned in both the interbank cash and forward FX swap markets with a maturity of up to one year dealt through their London offices.[A short dated FX swap is analogous to an interbank placement or deposit].\n\nBanks are welcome to contact the BBA if they wish to be considered for inclusion in a BBA LIBOR Panel.\n\nUnlike BBA Euro LIBOR, EURIBOR, the complementary fixing which has been established by the European Banking Federation and ACI to benchmark in-zone rates, applies a concept of country quota. Each in-country has at least one bank represented on the Panel and smaller countries will rotate membership of the Panel amongst their leading commercial banks every 6 months.\n\nEURIBOR has a panel of 49 reference banks from in zone countries as well as international banks. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Chase, Citibank, JP Morgan Bank of America and UBS have been selected to represent international banks.\n\nThe averaging method of BBA LIBOR (wherein the top and bottom quartiles are discarded and the middle 50% averaged to produce the LIBOR fixing) is similar to EURIBOR's although only the top and bottom 15% are rejected in the FBE/ACI process. This differential topping and tailing will result in there being a greater ratio of smaller banks to larger banks in EURIBOR. The degree to which EURIBOR and BBA Euro LIBOR are used in the wholesale markets could be determined by differences in perception ab
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You will have to do the AMFI certification exam..\n\nvisit www.nseindia.com and go to NCFM section where u will have details on AMFI\n\nDistribution of MF is a good business provided u have large investor base and some HNI clients, else i am not sure if the commission u will receive would be worth the efforts.
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Which area are you talking about? You may find this article oif interest\n\nhttp://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1458080.ece
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www.scottrade.com i think has an international site
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Depends on where the company is located, i.e. is it incorporated in the U.S. or in India?  I'm not sure the Information Act is something you can use if the company is not a U.S. business.  I would check with the embassy in India for more information.
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No idea, all I can say is IIFA is in the house already and I think ITA will be conducted within next two monthes.
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A whole bunch, check out BPP professional education's site on:\n\nhttp://www.bppfinancialservices.com/website/default.aspx\n\nIt details the courses for:\n\nCFA (Charterted Financial Analyst)\nIMC (Investment Management Certificate)\nSII Dip (Securities and Investment Institute Diplomas)\n\nAlso IAQ (Investment Administration Qualification) and IFA qualifications.\n\nCould always give them a call (their numbers on the site) as they're a helpful bunch.
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specialized in international trade consultations
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Check for yourself:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Financial_Analyst\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Financial_Planner
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LIBOR is an abbreviation for "London Interbank Offered Rate," and is the interest rate offered by a specific group of London banks for U.S. dollar deposits of a stated maturity. LIBOR is used as a base index for setting rates of some adjustable rate financial instruments, including Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs).