Student Resources
Build Your Future in Finance
CFA Society Los Angeles connects students with resources, professional networks, competitions, and career-development opportunities designed to help you explore the investment profession and prepare for what comes next.
Start Exploring the Investment Profession
Whether you are beginning to explore finance, building practical experience, expanding your professional network, or preparing to enter the industry, CFA Society Los Angeles and CFA Institute offer resources that can help you take the next step.
Investment Career Accelerator Network (ICAN)
ICAN, the Investment Career Accelerator Network from CFA Institute, is a free career resource hub for students and recent graduates interested in exploring careers in finance. You do not need to be a CFA Institute member or be studying finance to participate.
Discover Your Career Path
Take the ICAN Finance Career Quiz to explore finance career pathways that align with your strengths, interests, values, and goals.
Explore Finance Careers
Learn about early-career roles and different pathways within finance so you can better understand where your interests may lead.
Build Your Knowledge
Use introductory finance modules and interactive resources to explore core investment concepts and identify areas where you may want to build additional knowledge.
Develop Career-Ready Skills
Participate in investing challenges, student-focused opportunities, and events designed to provide practical experience and insight into the finance profession.
Become a CFA Society Los Angeles Student Member
Build your connection to Los Angeles' investment community while you are still in school. CFA Society Los Angeles Student Membership is available to eligible undergraduate and graduate students who are actively enrolled and interested in expanding their investment knowledge and connecting with finance professionals.
Put Your Skills into Practice
Move beyond the classroom through hands-on experiences that challenge you to analyze real-world issues, work as a team, communicate your ideas, and connect with investment professionals.
Ethics Challenge
The CFA Institute Ethics Challenge gives university students the opportunity to evaluate a professional ethics case using the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. Teams identify potential violations, develop recommendations, and present their analysis to a panel of judges.
The experience helps students strengthen their ethical decision-making, critical-thinking, teamwork, and presentation skills while considering situations they may encounter during their careers.
CFA Institute Research Challenge
The CFA Institute Research Challenge provides university students with hands-on experience in equity research and investment analysis. Working in teams and with guidance from industry professionals, students analyze a company, prepare a written research report, and present their investment conclusions.
Participants gain practical experience while developing research, financial analysis, report-writing, teamwork, and presentation skills.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Your path does not have to begin with a single program. Choose the opportunity that best matches where you are today.
Explore
Start with ICAN to learn about finance careers, identify pathways that fit your interests, and begin developing industry knowledge.
Connect
Join CFA Society Los Angeles as a Student Member to begin building relationships with the local investment community.
Experience
Participate in opportunities such as the Ethics Challenge or CFA Institute Research Challenge to apply what you are learning in a practical setting.
Your Finance Career Can Start Now
Explore career pathways, connect with the Los Angeles investment community, and build practical experience while you are still in school.
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