| Topic 1 CAIA Ethical Principles |
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1.1 Professional and Fiduciary Responsibilities
1.2 Ethics
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| Topic 2 Institutional Asset Owners |
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2.1 Types of Asset Owners and the Investment Policy Statement
2.2 Foundations and the Endowment Model
2.3 Pension Fund Portfolio Management
2.4 Sovereign Wealth Funds
2.5 Family Offices and the Family Office Model
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| Topic 3 Asset Allocation |
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3.1 Asset Allocation Processes and the Mean-Variance Model
3.2 Total Portfolio Approach
3.3 Other Asset Allocation Approaches
3.4 Portfolio Construction Approaches
3.5 Rebalancing Strategies
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| Topic 4 Risk and Risk Management |
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4.1 Hedging Portfolios
4.2 Benchmarking and Performance Attribution
4.3 Applied Benchmarking
4.4 Liquidity and Funding Risks
4.5 Risk Measurement, Risk Management, and Risk Systems
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| Topic 5 Methods and Models |
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5.1 Modeling Overview and Fixed Income Models
5.2 Valuation and Hedging Using Binomial Trees
5.3 Multifactor Equity Pricing Models
5.4 Directional Strategies and Methods
5.5 Multivariate Empirical Methods and Performance Persistence
5.6 Relative Value Methods
5.7 Valuation Methods for Private Assets: The Case of Real Estate
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| Topic 6 Accessing Alternative Investments |
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6.1 Hedge Fund Replication
6.2 Diversified Access to Hedge Funds
6.3 Access to Real Assets
6.4 The Risk and Performance of Private and Listed Assets
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| Topic 7 Due Diligence and Selecting Managers |
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7.1 Selection of a Fund Manager
7.2 Cases in Tail Risk
7.3 Investment Process Due Diligence
7.4 Operational Due Diligence
7.5 Due Diligence of Terms and Business Activities
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| Topic 8 Volatility and Complex Strategies |
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8.1 Volatility as a Factor Exposure
8.2 Volatility, Correlation, and Dispersion Products and Strategies
8.3 Complexity and Structured Products
8.4 Complexity and the Case of Cross-Border Real Estate Investing
8.5 Cryptocurrency Investing and Trading
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| Topic 9 Universal Investment Considerations |
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9.1 Global Regulation
9.2 Geopolitics
9.3 Sustainability and Alternative Investments
9.4 Sustainability Analysis and Application
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| Topic 10 Emerging Topics |
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10.1 Web 3.0 Tokenization and Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
10.2 From ELIZA to ChatGPT: The Evolution of NLP and Financial Applications
10.3 Assessing Long-Term Investor Performance: Principles, Policies and Metrics
10.4 Value Creating in Private Equity
10.5 Scale, Scope and Speed in Private Capital Funds
10.6 Cash for Calls: A Quantitative Approach to Managing Liquidity for Capital Calls
10.7 Takahashi-Alexander Revised: Modeling Private Equity Portfolio Outcomes Using Historical Simulations
10.8 Direct Value Creation and Capture in the Pension Fund Industry: Five Examples
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