Amquest Education, one of India's fastest-growing finance ed-tech platforms, has announced a 50% discount on its flagship CFA course and investment banking course as part of its first anniversary celebration. The offer is open to the first 50 students, with only 6 seats remaining at the time of this report. For any aspiring finance professional sitting on the fence, this is a rare window that does not come around often in professional certification training.
What the offer actually covers
The discount applies to both the CFA coaching program and the 16-week investment banking course. These are not introductory or lite versions of the programs. Students who claim the offer get full access to the same curriculum, faculty, placement support, and learning resources as any regular-fee enrollee. The offer ends this month. There is no extended deadline, and seats are not being held.
Best Investment Banking course with guaranteed interviews
The investment banking course at Amquest Education runs for 16 weeks and is structured into 15 modules. You will learn everything from core finance and accounting fundamentals to advanced Financial Modeling, Valuation and the application of AI in Finance. The starting salary for graduates from this program, per Glassdoor India data for 2025-26, begins at ₹6 LPA and goes up to ₹25 LPA for senior analyst and associate roles.
Here is what Amquest Education's IB program covers across its module structure:
Foundation (M1 to M5)
- Global Finance
- Financial Reporting
- Corporate Finance
- Equities
- Banking Operations
Advanced (M6 to M8)
- Fixed Income
- Trading and Derivatives
- Wealth Management
Modelling and Research (M9 to M11)
- Financial Modelling
- Equity Research
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
- Project Finance
- LBO Modelling
AI and Analytics (M12 to M14)
- Prompt Engineering for Finance
- AI in Finance
- AI in Investment Strategies
- Data Visualisation with Power BI and Tableau
Capstone (M15)
- Real-deal capstone project on actual deal scenarios
What sets this investment banking course apart from most competitors is the AI integration. Students work with tools like Claude AI, Trendlyne, Perplexity, and Kalpi Capital as co-analysts. The training does not position these tools as shortcuts. Students learn when AI outputs are wrong, how to defend every number in an interview room, and how to use AI to cut research time without losing analytical depth.
The placement record speaks clearly: 6 guaranteed interviews per student, 450+ hiring partners, and a 91% placement success rate. Target employers span boutique investment banks, Big 4 advisory firms (EY, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG), asset management companies, equity and credit research firms, NBFCs, and corporate treasury teams.
Best CFA course with 85% pass rate
The Chartered Financial Analyst designation, awarded by the CFA Institute, is one of the most respected credentials in global finance. It is recognised in 165+ countries and carries weight at investment banks, asset management firms, hedge funds, and Big 4 advisory practices. Clearing all three levels of the CFA program, however, is genuinely hard.
The global pass rate at CFA Level 1 alone hovers around 45%. Amquest reports an 85% pass rate across all levels, which is a meaningful difference.
The CFA program runs across three levels, each with a different depth and exam format:
CFA Level 1
Exam format:
- 180 MCQs across two 135-minute sessions
Key focus areas:
- Ethics and Professional Standards
- Financial Statement Analysis (FSA)
- Equity Investments
- Fixed Income
- Derivatives
- Quantitative Methods
CFA Level 2
Exam format:
- 22 case-based MCQ item sets across two 132-minute sessions
- 20 scored sets and 2 pilot sets
Key focus areas:
- Asset valuation and complex financial data analysis
- Equity Valuation
- Fixed Income
- Portfolio Management
CFA Level 3
Exam format:
- 11 MCQ item sets and 11 constructed response (essay) sets across two 132-minute sessions
- 20 scored sets and 2 pilot sets
Key focus areas:
- Portfolio Management
- Derivatives and Risk Management
- Ethics and Professional Standards
- Specialised Pathway (30 to 35% exam weightage options: Portfolio Management, Private Wealth, or Private Markets)
At Amquest, each level of CFA coaching includes:
- 350+ hours of instruction spanning live and recorded sessions
- 1,000+ topical practice questions
- 1,500+ flashcards
- CFA Juice Notes covering all 10 core topics
- Mind maps for last-minute revision
- Full exam simulations on a portal that mirrors the actual CFA exam interface
- 1:1 mentorship from a CFA Charterholder throughout your preparation
On the Level 3 pathway structure:
- Students pick one of three tracks: Portfolio Management, Private Wealth, or Private Markets
- The chosen pathway accounts for 30 to 35% of the Level 3 exam
- Amquest Education trains students across all three tracks so the choice is informed, not guesswork
On the Practical Skills Module (PSM):
- The CFA Institute mandates one PSM per level before releasing exam results
- PSM options include Python Programming, Financial Modelling, and Data Science and AI
- Each PSM must be unique across your three CFA levels
- Amquest Education guides students through PSM selection and completion so it does not hold up results after exam day
Who is teaching these courses?
Faculty quality in finance courses is not a secondary consideration. Both the CFA course and the investment banking course at Amquest Education are taught by active practitioners.
CFA course faculty includes:
- Ashwar Gupta (BITS Pilani, CFA) - Founder of Kalpi, former PharVision Capital, 7+ years of industry experience
- Anil Bains (CFA, Kellogg, IIT Roorkee) - Founder of Attryb, former Amazon
- Shreyash Wani (CFA, FRM, SCR) - Associate Director at Acuity Knowledge Partners, former 3i, 15+ years of experience
- Rajdeep S (CA, ICWA, LLB, CFA Level 2, CMA) - Partner at BDO, former EY, 15+ years of experience
Amquest Education's CFA program is led by Pannkaj Bahetii, who brings 12+ years of CFA coaching experience and a training record spanning over 1,00,000 candidates across India. This kind of institutional depth is rare outside the major test-prep players, and it shows in the 85% pass rate the institute reports.
Investment banking course faculty includes:
This Investment Banking course is also led by Pannkaj Bahetii (CFA Level III Passed, Master’s in Finance), who brings over 12 years of experience in consulting, fundraising, and training. He is supported by a team of industry practitioners who teach and mentor students at Amquest Education.
- Shashi Bhushan (IIMA, IIT Delhi) - CFO at Runwal Enterprises, former Kotak, 23+ years of experience
- Ankit Raipuria (CA) - Partner at YourCFO, former PwC, 20+ years of experience
- Arpit Agarwal (LLB, Master's in Finance) - Associate Director at Crisil, former PwC, 15+ years of experience
- Vikash Bhattar (CA, CS) - Academic Head at Amquest, 12+ years of experience
The faculty pool includes both dedicated finance educators and currently active CFOs, IB analysts, and Big 4 partners. This means the content students receive reflects what actually happens in deal rooms and research desks today, not what was written in a curriculum three years ago.
How to claim the 50% off on CFA or IB
Enrollment is a four-step process: fill out an inquiry form, speak to a course counsellor about batch and timeline, confirm the seat, and start coaching. Both the CFA course and the investment banking course have dedicated counsellors who walk students through batch selection, EMI options, and exam registration timelines.
The offer closes when the 50 seats fill. At the time this article goes out, 6 seats remain.
Visit the Amquest Education website to claim your spot or call +91 9158 89 89 89 for a free demo session.