CFA

The current president of the CFA, Song Cai, is also a Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party.

Also publicly shamed in the documentary are former CFA chairman Chen Xuyuan and ex-deputy director of the GAS, Du Zhaocai.

If it's not giving you joy, or you no longer or hardly use a subscription, cut it, recommends Alvin Carlos, a CFA, CFP® and financial planner and managing partner of District Capital Management.

Dave Fortin, CFA and co-founder at Boston-based investing platform FutureMoney, agrees.

His former boss, the former CFA president Chen Xuyuan, was sentenced to life in prison earlier this year for accepting bribes worth $11 million.