United States of America (Press Release) August, 2008 – Swiss Finance Academy Graduation Announcemen

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Graduation from Swiss Finance Academy’s Boot Camp - sounds ambitious! Of course, Swiss Finance Academy represents an environment for talented university students, MBAs and professionals to discover the high finance world. Swiss Finance Academy graduation, like someone’s first high status job in corporate finance or capital markets, is meant to be the first critical stepping stone in the education and career development of a determined professional. Swiss Finance Academy teaches students how to work long hours, build accurate and detailed financial models, create extensive and crisp presentations, understand the dynamic global capital markets from a trader’s standpoint, learn to handle a difficult interview with finesse, while at the same time make new friends who would go on to be leaders in finance and business. The experience is very different from the warm cocoon of a university or a traditional day-job; it is build upon a professional setting where many young peers with “make it happen” attitude aspire to start their own hedge funds, investment banking boutiques or wealth management outfits when they “really grow up.” It is an incredible experience.

Swiss Finance Academy has been the first critical step for aspiring investment bankers for several years now. But, Swiss Finance faculty say, there’s a lot a young person needs to know even before entering the first Swiss Finance Academy class. A strong work-ethic, basic knowledge of business and finance from introductory books and textbooks and a desire to follow the capital markets; these not only prepare aspiring students for Swiss Finance Academy, but also help lay a solid foundation that lasts a lifetime. While Swiss Finance Academy offers important networking skills and insights, such as valuable tips on securing interviews, communicating effectively, coming across as a polished professional and building rapport with mentors on the job, it also provides much more in the way of learning how to learn.

Graduating from Swiss Finance Academy is a big deal. Students actively participate in long classes, do daily homework and drills, prepare team presentations and take several exams. The experience can be exhausting but it is meant to provide an edge in the real world. After all, it’s the official end of the ‘ever expanding Wall Street and City of London’ boom years - top finance and banking employers have become increasingly selective in hiring and retention in order to cope with the declining industry outlook. Because Swiss Finance Academy graduation is hard earned, it is a big deal, and alumni remember their experiences for a very long time. As Marie-Christine V. a McGill University student who attended Swiss Finance Academy’s 2008 program described her feelings, “Those were three weeks that I’ll remember for a long time.” Another Berkley student who graduated in 2005 and is now a finance professional in New York describes Swiss Finance Academy as “the best time of my life.”

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