Opinions on the FRM Exams?

[TrackSuitInvestor]

Does anyone else find GARP textbooks and material to be filled with errors and overly complicated ways of explaining simple things? I am finishing my studies for Part 2 and I feel as FRM books were written by academics who have no experience in actual risk management, save for authors like Ang.
Compared to CFA books, the GARP comes out looking like the biggest bunch of amateurs.

[Codtrawler87]

Plumbing > FRM

[TrackSuitInvestor]

Plumbing > CFA

[Eugene_Casey]

@TrackSuitInvestor

Does anyone else find GARP textbooks and material to be filled with errors and overly complicated ways of explaining simple things? I am finishing my studies for Part 2 and I feel as FRM books were written by academics who have no experience in actual risk management, save for authors like Ang.
Compared to CFA books, the GARP comes out looking like the biggest bunch of amateurs.

Yeah, totally feel you. Some of the GARP material feels like it was written to impress professors, not help candidates. Way more confusing than it needs to be. You’re not alone!