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Membership Profile

- Current Membership of HKSFA is 5,090 (as at 14 Jan 2012) 

- CFA Charterholder 95%


Membership Types

There are two types of Members in The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts: Regular Members and Affiliate Members

Regular Members must meet the following requirements to be considered for membership:

1. Have a bachelor's degree from an accredited academic institution or equivalent education or work experience.

2. Have either :

  • Four years of acceptable professional work experience and have passed the Chartered Financial Analyst Examination Level 1
  • Four years of acceptable professional work experience and passed a self-administered ethics examination according to a format established and approved by the Board of Governors of CFA Institute.
  • Be a CFA Institute current member in good standing.

Affiliate Members must meet the following requirements to be considered for membership:

Have at least one year of acceptable professional work experience. Any Affiliate Member who does not qualify for Regular Membership within five years after commencement of Affiliate Membership shall lose such status as an Affiliate Member.

No person shall become a Member of the Society unless he/she has signed the Member's agreement, the Member's Professional Conduct Statement and any additional documentation requested by CFA Institute, which attest, amongst other things, that the Member has carefully read the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct and has agreed to abide by the Code and Standards and has disclosed fully any prior violation and pending regulatory or other proceedings relating to his/her conduct.

Membership Application

Application :
Applications can be submitted at your own account page of the CFA Institute's website.  Should you wish to contact CFA Institute, please note their contact information below :

CFA Institute (Main Office)
560 Ray C. Hunt Drive, P.O. Box 3668,
Charlottesville,
VA 22903-0668, USA.

Tel : (1) (434) 951-5499
Fax : (1) (434) 951-5262
e-mail : info@cfainstitute.org
URL : www.cfainstitute.org

CFA Institute (Asia Pacific Office)

Suite 4905-08, One Exchange Square
8 Connaught Place
Central
Hong Kong

Tel : (852) 8228-8820 / 2868-2700
Fax : (852) 2868-9912
Email : info@cfainstitute.org
URL : www.cfainstitute.org

Other Offices
Please visit CFA Institute's website at 
http://www.cfainstitute.org


Application Requirement :

1. Please submit your membership application via CFA Institute's website at https://www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprogram/gettingstarted/membership/Pages/index.aspx

2. Sponsors : 2 Sponsors are required :
One CFA Institute Regular Member and the applicant's supervisor, one of which must be a member of the Hong Kong Society. If the supervisor requirement cannot be met because the applicant is the principal of the firm, a student, retired, self-employed, or if providing a supervisor sponsor places the applicant in a difficult professional position, then an additional sponsorship by a Regular Member of CFA Institute is required.

Application Procedures :

1.  Update working experience at your profile and submit the
     membership application online at https://www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprogram/gettingstarted/membership/Pages/index.aspx

2.  Send your sponsor link to your sponsors for submission.

Membership Fees & Payment

1.  Initial Joining Fee: HK$500 (pay directly to HKSFA in Hong Kong).  It is a
     one-time fee that new members have to pay for the first year they join HKSFA.
     You may request for a payment link for online payment by VISA or MASTER
     credit card.

2.  Annual Dues : US$80 (CFA Institute collects it on behalf of HKSFA, please
     pay it at your own account page of the CFA Institute's website).

3.  An HKSFA membership must also be a member of CFA Institute.  So our 
     members must also pay the Annual Dues of CFA Institute.  For the Annual
     Dues of CFA Institute, please refer to the information posted on CFA Institute's
     website at
www.cfainstitute.org.  

To become a member of HKSFA, you have to pay the Joining Fee as well as Annual Dues when you activate your membership after your application has been approved.  The fiscal year of HKSFA runs from 1 July to 30 June.

Note : 
For membership reinstatement/re-activation, members are required to pay full year Annual Dues (US$80) no matter at which date of the year they reinstate/re-activate their membership.

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