The CFA Institute has called on employers to help bring down the number of candidates who do not show up to its Chartered Financial Analyst exams, after one in five of those who applied across the three-part course failed to turn up to the tests for the fourth year in a row.

Nitin Mehta, the CFA's managing director for Emea, said employer support was "probably the biggest factor" in helping stem the number of no-shows - which accounted for 21% of candidates in 2015, 20% in 2014, 19% in 2013 and 20% in 2012.