Editing Chartered Financial Analyst (section)

===Corporate finance===
The curriculum initially covers the major [[corporate finance]] topics: [[Capital budgeting|capital investment]] decisions, [[capital structure]] policy and implementation, and [[dividend policy]]; this builds on the accounting, economics, and statistics areas. It then extends to more advanced topics such as the analysis of [[mergers and acquisitions]], [[corporate governance]], and business and [[financial risk]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Is the CFA Useful for Corporate Finance? - Kaplan Schweser|url=https://www.schweser.com/cfa/blog/career-information/cfa-charter-in-corporate-finance|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.schweser.com}}</ref>