Big data, robo-advisers and artificial intelligence are to be included on the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam from two years . the Chartered Financial Analyst is already part of the curriculum, but will become a subject in its own right within 2019 . Fintech groups the emerging sector into three topic areas: financial analysis and big data analytics; technology's impact on portfolio and private wealth management; how capital flows through the system, including crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending, and mobile payments, cryptocurrency and market infrastructure.
Big data, robo-advisers and artificial intelligence are to be included on the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam from 2019. Fintech is already part of the curriculum, but will become a subject in its own right within two years. The CFA Institute groups the emerging sector into four topic areas: financial analysis and big data analytics; technology's impact on portfolio and private wealth management; how capital flows through the system, including crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending, and mobile payments, cryptocurrency and market infrastructure.