How to Prepare for FRM

An international professional certification offered by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) designation is the Financial Risk Manager (FRM). The candidate needs to complete two levels of practice-oriented exams which cover mostly topics in finance & risk management and demonstrate 2 years' professional work experience in the same field in order to reach the FRM designation.

Examination Pattern FRM Part I FRM Part I is a four-hour long exam (starting 8 AM in the morning) held on the 3rd Saturday of May and November every year. The paper consists of 100 MCQs focusing on tools used to evaluate financial risk: fundamental risk management concepts, quantitative analysis, financial markets and products, and risk models and valuation.

'Schweser Notes for FRM Exam' provides sufficient material to clear the FRM exam in a compact way. But, the level of sample questions in Schweser is a little below that of the actual FRM examination. So, after going through the book, one must solve sample practice papers for FRM available on the GARP website. Most of the other sample papers are also available online for FRM exam preparation on websites like EduPristine and Bionic turtle. Preparation Material

There are no fixed passing marks for the FRM exam. Passing scores are decided by the FRM committee and are generally based on relative performance. Even though FRM does not announce the marks of the candidate, it declares a quartile for each of the four topics. It is generally recommended to be in the top two quartiles (i.e. above 50 %tile) in each subject. Else, scoring the 3rd quartile (i.e. 25-50 %tile) in one subject should be compensated by a 1st quartile (i.e. 75 %tile above) in another. One must jot that this is not the real criteria, but a prediction based on historical results. Passing Marks

Fundamental Risk Management Concepts (20% weightage) The topic verifies the candidate's understanding of the basic concepts of risk management, recent financial disasters and the US credit crisis (2007-08), standard models in finance (like CAPM, Arbitrage pricing, etc.), and GARP's Code of conduct. Topic-wise GuideFRM Level I contains four topics with the following weightage:

Quantitative Analysis (20% weightage) This topic is totally mathematical covering the concepts of regression, probability, and time series analysis. It should be easy to cover if you have done such courses throughout college. Financial Markets & Products (30% weightage)This topic deals with the mechanics of derivative products (options, futures, swaps, etc.) and markets. This book requires good understanding & should take the majority of your preparation time. This topic introduces the aspirant to the use of various risk models and valuation techniques used for pricing options. Valuation & Risk Models (30% weightage)

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