For $1,198 and 75 to 100 hours of study, you too can become a Chartered Hedge Fund Associate, or CHA, a designation earned through a self-study course sponsored by an organization called the Hedge Fund Group. (Upon completion of the coursework, the student takes an online exam that he or she must complete in less than two hours.)
Richard Wilson, the Boston-based founder of the Hedge Fund Group, says 70 people have taken...
