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More fails means more $$$ for the uni, so it's all good. Politik, I don't think you're Honours material. They're not that desperate. You need to submit a form with the lecturer's approval to the FCE Student Centre. They will then process your application and if you're successful, they will...

All the actuarial exemptions can probably fit in now you don't have to do micro 2 or acct 2b.

Actuarial Studies/Seng would be a wise choice.

I thought CA was for those who want to do auditing. As for CFA and FINSIA, they seem to be on par.

There isn't any pt doing 2 qualifications that are of equivalent value in terms of professional development. You would only do further bridging studies with FINSIA on top of your existing CFA to meet some regulatory requirement, eg ASIC PS 146. The masters in finance at maq may be of use...

*irony coming from you* I concur. It's a piece of shit. If you want to do something with an international flavour, do a real degree in Economics, Law, Arts, etc, or just read a few books.

I think we need to distinguish between education for professional development purposes and to meet regulatory requirements. CFA is a "professional" Finance qualification generally regarded as equivalent to a Masters in Finance from either FINSIA or uni. Anecdotal evidence suggests that most...

The Chartered Financial Analyst program is internationally recognised.

Actuaries are smart ppl...they can get bored easily. The jobs listed by ND are driven by the dynamic financial markets....every day is exciting as it is another day to make a profit! - quant - pricing new products that are traded to identify arb for eg. - research - using FA to find...

Why is an Honours subject offered in Summer Session AND normal session? That's a lot of offerings for Honours.

Accounting is mundane.

HIGHER Theory of Stats is a joke. Calculus is easy but takes work to understand. It's just the new notation that takes getting used to, like Einstein's notation. Higher Linear Algebra is a pretty good course as it covers both theory and application. DEs is 6uoc of work. The material can...

There is discrete calculus. The time step is an arbitrary delta T. It's called time scale calculus as it attempts to blend bridge the theory of differential equations and difference equations.

MX is an environmental hazard. They should break the legs of every MX employee for polluting the planet every afternoon.

Part III exams (doesn't include the Business Practice module...or whatever it's called now)

There was a survey which said that it took on average 5 yrs for all QUALIFIED actuaries to complete their exams by the IAA. This doesn't include people who dropped out mid-way.

Note: This reply is not because of Wolfowitz's ignorance and lack of mathematical ability but to address the more interesting issue of outsourcing of analytical work. The main barrier to any significant kind of outsourcing of actuarial work is because of: - lack of experience and local...

Outsourcing actuarial grunt work to India has already been addressed by the Institute of Actuaries Australia in its monthly magazine. It's not a viable option at the moment as there aren't enough experienced and qualified actuaries in India, and because they lack the local knowledge of laws and...

You can get a Commerce double major in BEc/BA.

Hahaha...promoting BoS at uni. Some funny shit by Polidick.