Facts from figures

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Certification as a chartered financial analyst is gaining international prominence, and the proportion of candidates from outside N America seeking to take the exam has jumped from 5% to 20%. A series of three exams, one per year, leads to CFA certification; only about half the test-takers pass, or a bit over 18,000 people since 1963. Certification is said to be worth a $200,000-per-year job on Wall Street, where those fund managers who have it moderately to significantly outperform their brethren without it.

International aspects, Training, Financial planners, Professional education

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Workers' morale drops in Hong Kong during downturn

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Worker morale has dropped more rapidly during the 1997 recession in Hong Kong than it has in Singapore, though less than researchers may have anticipated, according to a new survey from International Survey Research. Roughly 42% of workers at the city's 40 biggest firms reported they were contented with their employers, as opposed to 54% in Singapore, 46% in China, 65% in the US and 74% in Switzerland.

Science & research, World, Employee Relations, Surveys, Labor relations, Job satisfaction, Workers

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