The Examiner®
The Examiner® is the Official Publication of the Society of Financial Examiners. The Examiner® is published quarterly and contains informational articles of interest to financial examiners, financial analysts, and IT examiners.
To view the following publications you will need Adobe© Acrobat Reader installed on your system. CRE Reading Program Credits apply only to the four(4) most recent Examiner Issues listed below, for a maximum total of 8 CREs per year. All CRE Reading Tests will now be taken, submitted, and scored online through the new testing site. Each Reading Test will be available online approximately a week to 10 days after the Examiner issue release notice.
The SOFE Test site link is https://www.mytestcom.net/app/myTestcom.cfm?accountLogin=SofeORG123
How to log in the first time (First -Time Users Only):
User name — Your username is the same as the username you enter when logging into the Members Only area of SOFE website**
Password — Your password is your last name with the word "test" appended to the end of it, no spaces (Example: Smithtest)
Account Code — SofeORG123
Returning Users and First Time Users
If you have trouble logging into the SOFE test.com site, click on the forgotten password option on the SOFE test.com log in page and put your email address in the username field when prompted for a username. Your log in information will then be sent to you at that email address.
If you do not recall the email address used contact SOFE headquarters at 800-787-SOFE.
Recent issues of The Examiner®
Archived Issues of The Examiner® (CRE Reading Tests Expired)
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2023
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2022
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2022
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2022
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2021
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2021
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2021
- SOFE Examiner Winter 2020
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2020
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2020
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2020
- SOFE Examiner Winter 2019
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2019
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2019
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2019
- SOFE Examiner Winter 2018
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2018
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2018
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2018
- SOFE Examiner Winter 2017
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2017
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2017
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2017
- SOFE Examiner Winter 2016
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2016
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2016
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2016
- SOFE Examiner Winter 2015
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2015
- SOFE Summer Examiner 2015
- SOFE Spring Examiner 2015
- SOFE Examiner Winter 2014
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2014
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2014
- SOFE Spring Examiner 2014
- SOFE Winter Examiner 2013
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2013
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2013
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2013
- SOFE Examiner Winter 2012
- SOFE Examiner Fall 2012
- SOFE Examiner Summer 2012
- SOFE Examiner Spring 2012
Article Index of Archived Issues of The Examiner®
Click here to download the SOFE Examiner Article index (PDF file).