CHA Designation

I recently came across the Certified Hedge Fund Analyst Certification CHA (http://hedgefundgroup.org/Chartered-Hedge-Fund-Associate-CHA.html). Anyone familiar with it? I’m a CFA charterholder and not really looking at acquiring additional knowledge just getting more familiar with the industry as part of jobhunt; but don’t also want to get involved into something that would be not respected or a waste of time. Thanks.

Jake Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I recently came across the Certified Hedge Fund > Analyst Certification CHA > (http://hedgefundgroup.org/Chartered-Hedge-Fund-As > sociate-CHA.html). Anyone familiar with it? I’m a > CFA charterholder and not really looking at > acquiring additional knowledge just getting more > familiar with the industry as part of jobhunt; but > don’t also want to get involved into something > that would be not respected or a waste of time. > Thanks. looks like someone is trying to start a CFAI-style racket

I think soon theres going to be a chartered designation for every topic in finance…chartered fixed-income analyst…chartered equity analyst…chartered corporate finance analyst…etc…theres already the CAIA…more to come soon i am sure…

Why would anyone write this exam? … I think CAIA is much more established than this…any opinions??

I’ve never heard of the CHA. CAIA, yes.

i thought this thread was about the ‘certified horsemanship association’ member designation. what a letdown google it - its way higher than this hedgie crap

The CHA is brand new, so don’t expect to find much credibility yet.

Apparently the guy behind this has a blog and claims over 10,000 membership (i.e. mailing list)…

The guy behind it is Richard Wilson. His blog is http://richard-wilson.blogspot.com/ His Hedge Fund Group (HFG) on LinkedIn has 12,000+ members, so thats where the number comes from.

So is the CAIA worthwhile? Is it a pretty intense curriculum?