Big data, robo-advisers and artificial intelligence are to be included on the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam from 2019. The CFA is a professional qualification for financial analysts in England and Wales. “A growing number of tasks that previously only people could perform are now being done, and done well, by computers. 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.
Big data, robo-advisers and artificial intelligence are to be included on the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam from 2019. The CFA is a professional qualification for financial analysts in England and Wales. 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.