Where do CFA® Charterholders work?

The below table highlights firms with 300 or more Charterholders worldwide

It's important to note that this data is self-reported by Charterholders; hence, individual records might be outdated.

Employer	Number of Charterholders	Rank 2024	Rank 2025	Move in 2025
JPMorgan Chase	2,582	2	1	Up
RBC	2,532	1	2	Down
UBS	2,159	3	3	Unchanged
Bank of America	1,680	4	4	Unchanged
Morgan Stanley	1,640	5	5	Unchanged
TD bank	1,481	6	6	Unchanged
HSBC	1,424	7	7	Unchanged
BlackRock	1,365	8	8	Unchanged
Citigroup	1,365	9	9	Unchanged
Goldman Sachs	1,329	11	10	Up
BMO Financial Group	1,213
Fidelity Investments	1,198
Ernst & Young	1,188
Pricewaterhouse Coopers	1,115
CIBC World Markets	1,071
Scotiabank	1,028
Allianz	1,011
Deloitte	874
Wells Fargo	850
KPMG	823
Deutsche Bank	759
BNP Paribas	698
Marsh & McLennan	692
State Street	648
Barclays	643
Manulife Financial	626
S&P Global	593
Prudential	589
T Rowe Price	588
Invesco	554
Vanguard	553
Franklin Templeton	550
Sun life Financial	515
Northern Trust	511
Bank of China	509
National Bank of Canada	508
Wellington Management	507
Standard Chartered	474
Sumitomo	472
Bank of New York Mellon	464
Schroders	457
Raymond James	448
Bloomberg	434
Banco Santander	433
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	402
Morningstar	393
Macquarie	388
ICBC	387
Ameriprise Financial	385
Capital Group	384
World Bank	384
Nomura	381
Moody's	365
TIAA-CREF	362
China Merchants	357
Desjardins	355
Charles Schwab	350
Pictet	349
PNC Financial	329
ING Group	321
Alliance Bernstein	306
DBS	305

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