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Prepare for success on the 2023 CFA Level III exam with the latest official CFA ® Program Curriculum. The 2023 CFA Program Curriculum Level III Box Set contains all the material you need to succeed on the Level III CFA exam in 2023. This set includes the full official curriculum for Level III and is part of the larger CFA Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK). Designed to acclimate you to the exam’s heavy reliance on information synthesis and solution application regarding portfolio management and wealth planning, the Level III curriculum will help you master both calculation-based and word-based problems. Highly visual and intuitively organized, this box set allows you to: Learn from financial thought leaders. Access market-relevant instruction. Gain critical knowledge and skills. The set also includes practice questions to assist with your recall of key terms, concepts, and formulas. The volumes in Level III’s box set are: Volume 1: Behavioral Finance, Capital Market Expectations, and Asset Allocation Volume 2: Derivatives, Currency Management, and Fixed Income Volume 3: Fixed Income and Equity Portfolio Management Volume 4: Alternative Investment, Portfolio Management, and Private Wealth Management Volume 5: Institutional Investors, Other Topics in Portfolio Management, and Cases Volume 6: Ethics and Professional Standards Perfect for anyone preparing for the 2023 Level III CFA exam, the 2023 CFA Program Curriculum Level III Box Set is a must-have resource for those seeking the advanced skills required to become a Chartered Financial Analyst ® . 2023 CFA© Program Curriculum Level III Volumes 1 Behavioral Finance, Capital Market Expectations, and Asset Allocation (CFA Institute) (Z-Library) How to Use the CFA Program Curriculum Background on the CBOK Organization of the Curriculum Features of the Curriculum Designing Your Personal Study Program CFA Institute Learning Ecosystem (LES) Prep Providers Feedback Portfolio Management 1 Behavioral Finance 1 The Behavioral Biases of Individuals Introduction and Categorizations of Behavioral Biases 1.1 Categorizations of Behavioral Biases 1.2 Differences between Cognitive Errors and Emotional Biases Cognitive Errors: Belief Perseverance Biases: Conservation Bias and Confirmation Bias 2.1 Belief Perseverance Biases Cognitive Errors: Belief Perseverance Biases – Representativeness 3.1 Base-­Rate Neglect 3.2 Sample-­Size Neglect 3.3 Consequences of Representativeness Bias 3.4 Detection of and Guidance on Overcoming Representativeness Bias Cognitive Errors: Belief Perseverance Biases - Illusion of Control Bias and Hindsight Bias 4.1 Illusion of control bias 4.2 Hindsight Bias Cognitive Errors: Information Processing Biases 5.1 Anchoring and Adjustment Bias 5.2 Mental Accounting Bias 5.3 Framing Bias 5.4 Availability Bias 5.5 Cognitive Errors: Conclusion Emotional Biases: Loss Aversion 6.1 Loss-­Aversion Bias Emotional Biases: Overconfidence & Self Control 7.1 Overconfidence Bias 7.2 Self-­Control Bias Emotional Biases: Status Quo, Endowment, and Regret-­Aversion 8.1 Status Quo Bias 8.2 Endowment Bias 8.3 Regret-­Aversion Bias 8.4 Emotional Biases: Conclusion Summary Practice Problems Solutions 2 Behavioral Finance and Investment Processes Introduction and General Discussion of Investor Types 1.1 General Discussion of Investor Types New Developments in Psychographic Modeling: Behavioral Investor Types 2.1 The Behavioral Alpha Process: A Top-­Down Approach 2.2 Limitations of Classifying Investors into Various Types How Behavioral Factors Affect Adviser-­Client Relations 3.1 Formulating Financial Goals 3.2 Maintaining a Consistent Approach 3.3 Investing as the Client Expects 3.4 Ensuring Mutual Benefits 3.5 Limitations of Traditional Risk Tolerance Questionnaires How Behavioral Factors Affect Portfolio Construction 4.1 Inertia and Default 4.2 Naïve Diversification 4.3 Company Stock: Investing in the Familiar 4.4 Excessive Trading 4.5 Home Bias Behavioral Finance and Analyst Forecasts and Overconfidence in Forecasting Skills 5.1 Overconfidence in Forecasting Skills Influence of Company’s Management on Analysis and Analyst Biases in Conducting Research 6.1 Remedial Actions for Influence of Company’s Management on Analysis 6.2 Analyst Biases in Conducting Research 6.3 Remedial Actions for Analyst Biases in Conducting Research How Behavioral Factors Affect Committee Decision Making 7.1 Investment Committee Dynamics 7.2 Techniques for Structuring and Operating Committees to Address Behavioral Factors How Behavioral Finance Influences Market Behavior 8.1 Defining Market Anomalies 8.2 Momentum 8.3 Bubbles and Crashes 8.4 Value and Growth Summary Practice Problems Solutions 2 Capital Market Expectations 3 Capital Market Expectations, Part 1: Framework and Macro Considerations Introduction & Framework for Developing Capital Market Expectations 1.1 Framework and Challenges Challenges in Forecasting 2.1 Limitations of Economic Data 2.2 Data Measurement Errors and Biases 2.3 The Limitations of Historical Estimates 2.4 Ex Post Risk Can Be a Biased Measure of Ex Ante Risk 2.5 Biases in Analysts’ Methods 2.6 The Failure to Account for Conditioning Information 2.7 Misinterpretation of Correlations 2.8 Psychological Biases 2.9 Model Uncertainty Economic and Market Analysis: The Role of Economic Analysis and Analysis of Economic Growth: Exogenous Shocks to Growth 3.1 The Role of Economic Analysis 3.2 Analysis of Economic Growth Applying Growth Analysis to Capital Market Expectations 4.1 A Decomposition of GDP Growth and Its Use in Forecasting 4.2 Anchoring Asset Returns to Trend Growth Approaches to Economic Forecasting 5.1 Econometric Modeling 5.2 Economic Indicators 5.3 Checklist Approach 5.4 Economic Forecasting Approaches: Summary of Strengths and Weaknesses Business Cycle Analysis, Phases of the Business Cycle and Market Expectations and the Business Cycle 6.1 Phases of The Business Cycle 6.2 Market Expectations and the Business Cycle Inflation and Deflation: Trends and Relations to the Business Cycle Analysis of Monetary and Fiscal Policies 8.1 Monetary Policy What Happens When Interest Rates Are Zero or Negative? And Implications of Negative Rates for Capital Market Expectations 9.1 Implications of Negative Interest Rates for Capital Market Expectations The Monetary and Fiscal Policy Mix and the Shape of the Yield Curve and the Business Cycle 10.1 The Shape of the Yield Curve and the Business Cycle International Interactions 11.1 Macroeconomic Linkages 11.2 Interest Rate/Exchange Rate Linkages Summary Practice Problems Solutions 4 Capital Market Expectations, Part 2: Forecasting Asset Class Returns Introduction Overview of Tools and Approaches 2.1 The Nature of the Problem 2.2 Approaches to Forecasting Forecasting Fixed Income Returns 3.1 Applying DCF to Fixed Income 3.2 The Building Block Approach to Fixed-­Income Returns Risks in Emerging Market Bonds 4.1 Economic Risks/Ability to Pay 4.2 Political and Legal Risks/Willingness to Pay Forecasting Equity Returns 5.1 Historical Statistics Approach to Equity Returns 5.2 DCF Approach to Equity Returns 5.3 Risk Premium Approaches to Equity Returns 5.4 Risks in Emerging Market Equities Forecasting Real Estate Returns 6.1 Historical Real Estate Returns 6.2 Real Estate Cycles 6.3 Capitalization Rates 6.4 The Risk Premium Perspective on Real Estate Expected Return 6.5 Real Estate in Equilibrium 6.6 Public vs. Private Real Estate 6.7 Long-­Term Housing Returns Forecasting Exchange Rates 7.1 Focus on Goods and Services, Trade, and the Current Account 7.2 Focus on Capital Flows Forecasting Volatility 8.1 Estimating a Constant VCV Matrix with Sample Statistics 8.2 VCV Matrices from Multi-­Factor Models 8.3 Shrinkage Estimation of VCV Matrices 8.4 Estimating Volatility from Smoothed Returns 8.5 Time-­Varying Volatility: ARCH Models Adjusting a Global Portfolio 9.1 Macro-­Based Recommendations 9.2 Quantifying the Views Summary Practice Problems Solutions 3 Asset Allocation and Related Decisions in Portfolio Management 5 Overview of Asset Allocation Introduction and Asset Allocation: Importance in Investment Management 1.1 Asset Allocation: Importance in Investment Management The Investment Governance Background to Asset Allocation 2.1 Governance Structures 2.2 Articulating Investment Objectives 2.3 Allocation of Rights and Responsibilities 2.4 Investment Policy Statement 2.5 Asset Allocation and Rebalancing Policy 2.6 Reporting Framework 2.7 The Governance Audit The Economic Balance Sheet and Asset Allocation Approaches to Asset Allocation, Relevant Objectives and Relevant Risk Concepts 4.1 Relevant Objectives 4.2 Relevant Risk Concepts Modeling Asset Class Risk Strategic Asset Allocation Strategic Asset Allocation: Asset Only Strategic Asset Allocation: Liability Relative Strategic Asset Allocation: Goals Based Implementation Choices 10.1 Passive/Active Management of Asset Class Weights 10.2 Passive/Active Management of Allocations to Asset Classes 10.3 Risk Budgeting Perspectives in Asset Allocation and Implementation Rebalancing: Strategic considerations 11.1 A Framework for Rebalancing 11.2 Strategic Considerations in Rebalancing Summary Practice Problems Solutions 6 Principles of Asset Allocation Introduction Developing Asset-­Only Asset Allocations; and Mean-­Variance Optimization: Overview 2.1 Mean–Variance Optimization: Overview Monte Carlo Simulation Criticisms of Mean-­Variance Optimization Addressing the Criticisms of Mean-­Variance Optimization; Reverse Optimization and Black Litterman Model 5.1 Reverse Optimization 5.2 Black–Litterman Model Addressing the Criticisms of Mean-­Variance Optimization; Adding Constraints beyond Budget Constraints, Resampled Mean-­Variance Optimizations and Other Non-­Normal Optimization Approaches 6.1 Resampled Mean–Variance Optimization 6.2 Other Non-­Normal Optimization Approaches Allocating to Less Liquid Asset Classes Risk Budgeting Factor-­Based Asset Allocation Developing Liability-­Relative Asset Allocations; and Characterizing the Liabilities 10.1 Characterizing the Liabilities Approaches to Liability-­Relative Asset Allocation; and Surplus Optimization 11.1 Surplus Optimization Approaches to Liability-­Relative Asset Allocation 12.1 Hedging/Return-­Seeking Portfolio Approach 12.2 Integrated Asset–Liability Approach 12.3 Comparing the Approaches Examining the Robustness of Asset Allocation Alternatives Factor Modeling in Liability-­Relative Approaches Developing Goals-­Based Asset Allocations. The Goals-­Based Asset Allocation Process and Describing Client Goals. 15.1 The Goals-­Based Asset Allocation Process 15.2 Describing Client Goals Constructing Sub-­Portfolios and the Overall Portfolio 16.1 The Overall Portfolio Revisiting the Module Process in Detail Periodically Revisiting the Overall Asset Allocation and Issues Related to Goals-­Based Asset Allocation 18.1 Issues Related to Goals-­Based Asset Allocation Heuristics and Other Approaches to Asset Allocation 19.1 The “120 minus your age” rule 19.2 The 60/40 stock/bond heuristic 19.3 The endowment model 19.4 Risk parity 19.5 The 1/N rule Portfolio Rebalancing in Practice Summary Practice Problems Solutions 7 Asset Allocation with Real-­World Constraints Introduction Constraints in Asset Allocation and Asset Size 2.1 Asset Size Liquidity Time Horizon 4.1 Changing Human Capital 4.2 Changing Character of Liabilities Regulatory and Other External Constraints 5.1 Insurance Companies 5.2 Pension Funds 5.3 Endowments and Foundations 5.4 Sovereign Wealth Funds Asset Allocation for the Taxable Investor and After-­Tax Portfolio Optimization 6.1 After-­Tax Portfolio Optimization Taxes and Portfolio Rebalancing and Strategies to Reduce Tax Impact 7.1 Strategies to Reduce Tax Impact Revising the Strategic Asset Allocation 8.1 Goals 8.2 Constraints 8.3 Beliefs Short-­Term Shifts in Asset Allocation 9.1 Discretionary TAA 9.2 Systematic TAA Dealing with Behavioral Biases in Asset Allocation 10.1 Loss Aversion 10.2 Illusion of Control 10.3 Mental Accounting 10.4 Representativeness Bias 10.5 Framing Bias 10.6 Availability Bias Summary Practice Problems Solutions 2023 CFA© Program Curriculum Level III Volumes 2 Derivatives, Currency Management, and Fixed Income (CFA Institute) (Z-Library) How to Use the CFA Program Curriculum Background on the CBOK Organization of the Curriculum Features of the Curriculum Designing Your Personal Study Program CFA Institute Learning Ecosystem (LES) Prep Providers Feedback Portfolio Management 4 Derivatives and Currency Management 8 Options Strategies Introduction Position Equivalencies 2.1 Synthetic Forward Position 2.2 Synthetic Put and Call Covered Calls and Protective Puts 3.1 Investment Objectives of Covered Calls Investment Objectives of Protective Puts 4.1 Loss Protection/Upside Preservation 4.2 Profit and Loss at Expiration Equivalence to Long Asset/Short Forward Position 5.1 Writing Puts Risk Reduction Using Covered Calls and Protective Puts 6.1 Covered Calls 6.2 Protective Puts 6.3 Buying Calls and Writing Puts on a Short Position Spreads and Combinations 7.1 Bull Spreads and Bear Spreads Straddle 8.1 Collars 8.2 Calendar Spread Implied Volatility and Volatility Skew Investment Objectives and Strategy Selection 10.1 The Necessity of Setting an Objective 10.2 Criteria for Identifying Appropriate Option Strategies Uses of Options in Portfolio Management 11.1 Covered Call Writing 11.2 Put Writing 11.3 Long Straddle 11.4 Collar 11.5 Calendar Spread Hedging an Expected Increase in Equity Market Volatility 12.1 Establishing or Modifying Equity Risk Exposure Summary Practice Problems Solutions 9 Swaps, Forwards, and Futures Strategies Managing Interest Rate Risk with Swaps 1.1 Changing Risk Exposures with Swaps, Futures, and Forwards Managing Interest Rate Risk with Forwards, Futures and Fixed-­Income Futures 2.1 Fixed-­Income Futures Managing Currency Exposure 3.1 Currency Swaps 3.2 Currency Forwards and Futures Managing Equity Risk 4.1 Equity Swaps 4.2 Equity Forwards and Futures 4.3 Cash Equitization Volatility Derivatives: Futures and Options 5.1 Volatility Futures and Options Volatility Derivatives: Variance Swaps Using Derivatives to Manage Equity Exposure and Tracking Error Solution: 7.1 Cash Equitization Using Derivatives in Asset Allocation 8.1 Changing Allocations between Asset Classes Using Futures 8.2 Rebalancing an Asset Allocation Using Futures 8.3 Changing Allocations between Asset Classes Using Swaps Using Derivatives to Infer Market Expectations 9.1 Using Fed Funds Futures to Infer the Expected Average Federal Funds Rate 9.2 Inferring Market Expectations Summary Practice Problems Solutions: 10 Currency Management: An Introduction Introduction Review of Foreign Exchange Concepts 2.1 Spot Markets 2.2 Forward Markets 2.3 FX Swap Markets 2.4 Currency Options Currency Risk and Portfolio Risk and Return 3.1 Return Decomposition 3.2 Volatility Decomposition Strategic Decisions in Currency Management: Overview 4.1 The Investment Policy Statement 4.2 The Portfolio Optimization Problem 4.3 Choice of Currency Exposures Strategic Decisions in Currency Management: Spectrum of Currency Risk Management Strategies 5.1 Passive Hedging 5.2 Discretionary Hedging 5.3 Active Currency Management 5.4 Currency Overlay Strategic Decisions in Currency Management: Formulating a Currency Management Program Active Currency Management: Based on Economic Fundamentals, Technical Analysis and the Carry Trade 7.1 Active Currency Management Based on Economic Fundamentals 7.2 Active Currency Management Based on Technical Analysis 7.3 Active Currency Management Based on the Carry Trade Active Currency Management: Based on Volatility Trading Currency Management Tools: Forward Contracts, FX Swaps and Currency Options 9.1 Forward Contracts 9.2 Currency Options Currency Management Strategies 10.1 Over-/Under-­Hedging Using Forward Contracts 10.2 Protective Put Using OTM Options 10.3 Risk Reversal (or Collar) 10.4 Put Spread 10.5 Seagull Spread 10.6 Exotic Options 10.7 Section Summary Hedging Multiple Foreign Currencies 11.1 Cross Hedges and Macro Hedges 11.2 Minimum-­Variance Hedge Ratio 11.3 Basis Risk Currency Management Tools and Strategies: A Summary Currency Management for Emerging Market Currencies 13.1 Special Considerations in Managing Emerging Market Currency Exposures 13.2 Non-­Deliverable Forwards Summary Practice Problems Solutions 5 Fixed-­Income Portfolio Management (1) 11 Overview of Fixed-­Income Portfolio Management Introduction Roles of Fixed-­Income Securities in Portfolios 2.1 Diversification Benefits 2.2 Benefits of Regular Cash Flows 2.3 Inflation-­Hedging Potential Classifying Fixed-­Income Mandates 3.1 Liability-­Based Mandates 3.2 Total Return Mandates 3.3 Fixed-­Income Mandates with ESG Considerations Fixed-­Income Portfolio Measures 4.1 Portfolio Measures of Risk and Return 4.2 Correlations between Fixed-­Income Sectors 4.3 Use of Measures of Risk and Return in Portfolio Management Bond Market Liquidity 5.1 Liquidity among Bond Market Sub-­Sectors 5.2 The Effects of Liquidity on Fixed-­Income Portfolio Management A Model for Fixed-­Income Returns 6.1 Decomposing Expected Returns 6.2 Estimation of the Inputs 6.3 Limitations of the Expected Return Decomposition Leverage 7.1 Using Leverage 7.2 Methods for Leveraging Fixed-­Income Portfolios 7.3 Risks of Leverage Fixed-­Income Portfolio Taxation 8.1 Principles of Fixed-­Income Taxation 8.2 Investment Vehicles and Taxes Summary Practice Problems Solutions 12 Liability-­Driven and Index-­Based Strategies Introduction Liability-­Driven Investing 2.1 Liability-­Driven Investing vs. Asset-­Driven Liabilities 2.2 Types of Liabilities Interest Rate Immunization: Managing the Interest Rate Risk of a Single Liability 3.1 A Numerical Example of Immunization Interest Rate Immunization: Managing the Interest Rate Risk of Multiple Liabilities 4.1 Cash Flow Matching 4.2 Laddered Portfolios 4.3 Duration Matching 4.4 Derivatives Overlay 4.5 Contingent Immunization Liability-­Driven Investing: An Example of a Defined Benefit Pension Plan 5.1 Model Assumptions 5.2 Model Inputs 5.3 Calculating Durations 5.4 Addressing the Duration Gap Risks in Liability-­Driven Investing 6.1 Model Risk in Liability-­Driven Investing 6.2 Spread Risk in Liability-­Driven Investing 6.3 Counterparty Credit Risk 6.4 Asset Liquidity Risk Bond Indexes and the Challenges of Matching a Fixed-­Income Portfolio to an Index 7.1 Size and Breadth of the Fixed-­Income Universe 7.2 Array of Characteristics 7.3 Unique Issuance and Trading Patterns 7.4 Primary Risk Factors Alternative Methods for Establishing Passive Bond Market Exposure 8.1 Full Replication 8.2 Enhanced Indexing 8.3 Alternatives to Investing Directly in Fixed-­Income Securities Benchmark Selection Summary Practice Problems Solutions 2023 CFA© Program Curriculum Level III Volumes 3 Fixed Income and Equity Portfolio Management (CFA Institute) (Z-Library) How to Use the CFA Program Curriculum Background on the CBOK Organization of the Curriculum Features of the Curriculum Designing Your Personal Study Program CFA Institute Learning Ecosystem (LES) Prep Providers Feedback Portfolio Management 6 Fixed-­Income Portfolio Management (2) 13 Yield Curve Strategies Introduction Key Yield Curve and Fixed-­Income Concepts for Active Managers 2.1 Yield Curve Dynamics 2.2 Duration and Convexity Yield Curve Strategies 3.1 Static Yield Curve 3.2 Dynamic Yield Curve 3.3 Key Rate Duration for a Portfolio Active Fixed-­Income Management across Currencies A Framework for Evaluating Yield Curve Strategies Summary Practice Problems Solutions 14 Fixed-­Income Active Management: Credit Strategies Introduction Key Credit and Spread Concepts for Active Management 2.1 Credit Risk Considerations 2.2 Credit Spread Measures Credit Strategies 3.1 Bottom-­Up Credit Strategies 3.2 Top-­Down Credit Strategies 3.3 Factor-­Based Credit Strategies Liquidity and Tail Risk 4.1 Liquidity Risk 4.2 Tail Risk Synthetic Credit Strategies Credit Spread Curve Strategies 6.1 Static Credit Spread Curve Strategies 6.2 Dynamic Credit Spread Curve Strategies Global Credit Strategies Structured Credit Fixed-­Income Analytics Summary Practice Problems Solutions 7 Equity Portfolio Management (1) 15 Overview of Equity Portfolio Management Introduction and the Role of Equities in a Portfolio 1.1 The Roles of Equities in a Portfolio Equity Investment Universe 2.1 Segmentation by Size and Style 2.2 Segmentation by Geography 2.3 Segmentation by Economic Activity 2.4 Segmentation of Equity Indexes and Benchmarks Income Associated with Owning and Managing an Equity Portfolio 3.1 Dividend Income 3.2 Securities Lending Income 3.3 Ancillary Investment Strategies Costs Associated with Owning and Managing an Equity Portfolio 4.1 Performance Fees 4.2 Administration Fees 4.3 Marketing and Distribution Costs 4.4 Trading Costs 4.5 Investment Approaches and Effects on Costs Shareholder Engagement 5.1 Benefits of Shareholder Engagement 5.2 Disadvantages of Shareholder Engagement 5.3 The Role of an Equity Manager in Shareholder Engagement Equity Investment Across the Passive-­Active Spectrum 6.1 Confidence to Outperform 6.2 Client Preference 6.3 Suitable Benchmark 6.4 Client-­Specific Mandates 6.5 Risks/Costs of Active Management 6.6 Taxes Summary Practice Problems Solutions 16 Passive Equity Investing Choosing a Benchmark: Indexes as a Basis for Investment 1.1 Choosing a Benchmark Choosing a Benchmark: Index Construction Methodologies Choosing a Benchmark: Factor-­Based Strategies Approaches to Passive Equity Investing: Pooled Investments 4.1 Pooled Investments Approaches to Passive Equity Investing: Derivatives-­Based Approaches & Index-­Based Portfolios 5.1 Separately Managed Equity Index-­Based Portfolios Passive Portfolio Construction 6.1 Full Replication 6.2 Stratified Sampling 6.3 Optimization 6.4 Blended Approach Tracking Error Management 7.1 Tracking Error and Excess Return 7.2 Potential Causes of Tracking Error and Excess Return 7.3 Controlling Tracking Error Sources of Return and Risk in Passive Equity Portfolios 8.1 Attribution Analysis 8.2 Securities Lending 8.3 Investor Activism and Engagement by Passive Managers Summary Practice Problems Solutions 8 Equity Portfolio Management (2) 17 Active Equity Investing: Strategies Introduction Approaches to Active Management 2.1 Differences in the Nature of the Information Used 2.2 Differences in the Focus of the Analysis 2.3 Difference in Orientation to the Data: Forecasting Fundamentals vs. Pattern Recognition 2.4 Differences in Portfolio Construction: Judgment vs. Optimization Bottom-­Up Strategies 3.1 Bottom-­Up Strategies Top-­Down Strategies 4.1 Country and Geographic Allocation to Equities 4.2 Sector and Industry Rotation 4.3 Volatility-­Based Strategies 4.4 Thematic Investment Strategies Factor-­Based Strategies: Overview Factor-­Based Strategies: Style Factors 6.1 Value 6.2 Price Momentum 6.3 Growth 6.4 Quality Factor-­Based Strategies: Unconventional Factors Activist Strategies 8.1 The Popularity of Shareholder Activism 8.2 Tactics Used by Activist Investors 8.3 Typical Activist Targets Other Active Strategies 9.1 Strategies Based on Statistical Arbitrage and Market Microstructure 9.2 Event-­Driven Strategies Creating a Fundamental Active Investment Strategy 10.1 The Fundamental Active Investment Process 10.2 Pitfalls in Fundamental Investing Creating a Quantitative Active Investment Strategy 11.1 Creating a Quantitative Investment Process 11.2 Pitfalls in Quantitative Investment Processes Equity Investment Style Classification 12.1 Different Approaches to Style Classification 12.2 Strengths and Limitations of Style Analysis Summary Practice Problems Solutions 18 Active Equity Investing: Portfolio Construction Introduction Building Blocks of Active Equity Portfolio Construction 2.1 Fundamentals of Portfolio Construction 2.2 Building Blocks Used in Portfolio Construction The Implementation Process: Portfolio Construction Approaches 3.1 The Implementation Process: The Choice of Portfolio Management Approaches The Implementation Process: Measures of Benchmark-­Relative Risk The Implementation Process: Objectives and Constraints Absolute vs. Relative Measures of Risk 6.1 Absolute vs. Relative Measures of Risk Determining the Appropriate Level of Risk 7.1 Implementation constraints 7.2 Limited diversification opportunities 7.3 Leverage and its implications for risk Allocating the Risk Budget Additional Risk Measures Used in Portfolio Construction and Monitoring 9.1 Heuristic Constraints 9.2 Formal Constraints 9.3 The Risks of Being Wrong Implicit Cost-­Related Considerations in Portfolio Construction 10.1 Implicit Costs—Market Impact and the Relevance of Position Size, Assets under Management, and Turnover 10.2 Estimating the Cost of Slippage The Well-­Constructed Portfolio Long/Short, Long Extension, and Market-­Neutral Portfolio Construction 12.1 The Merits of Long-­Only Investing 12.2 Long/Short Portfolio Construction 12.3 Long Extension Portfolio Construction 12.4 Market-­Neutral Portfolio Construction 12.5 Benefits and Drawbacks of Long/Short Strategies Summary Practice Problems Solutions 2023 CFA© Program Curriculum Level III Volumes 4 Alternative Investment, Portfolio Management, and Private Wealth Management (CFA Institute) (Z-Library) How to Use the CFA Program Curriculum Background on the CBOK Organization of the Curriculum Features of the Curriculum Designing Your Personal Study Program CFA Institute Learning Ecosystem (LES) Prep Providers Feedback Portfolio Management 9 Alternative Investments for Portfolio Management 19 Hedge Fund Strategies Introduction and Classification of Hedge Fund Strategies 1.1 Classification of Hedge Funds and Strategies Equity Strategies: Long/Short Equity 2.1 Long/Short Equity Equity Strategies: Dedicated Short Selling and Short-­Biased 3.1 Investment Characteristics 3.2 Strategy Implementation Equity Strategies: Equity Market Neutral 4.1 Investment Characteristics 4.2 Strategy Implementation Event-­Driven Strategies: Merger Arbitrage 5.1 Merger Arbitrage Event-­Driven Strategies: Distressed Securities 6.1 Investment Characteristics 6.2 Strategy Implementation Relative Value Strategies: Fixed Income Arbitrage 7.1 Fixed-­Income Arbitrage Relative Value Strategies: Convertible Bond Arbitrage 8.1 Investment Characteristics 8.2 Strategy Implementation Opportunistic Strategies: Global Macro Strategies 9.1 Global Macro Strategies Opportunistic Strategies: Managed Futures 10.1 Investment Characteristics 10.2 Strategy Implementation Specialist Strategies 11.1 Volatility Trading 11.2 Reinsurance/Life Settlements Multi-­Manager Strategies 12.1 Fund-­of-­Funds 12.2 Multi-­Strategy Hedge Funds Analysis of Hedge Fund Strategies using a Conditional Factor Risk Model 13.1 Conditional Factor Risk Model Evaluating Equity Hedge Fund Strategies: Application Evaluating Multi-­Manager Hedge Fund Strategies: Application Portfolio Contribution of Hedge Fund Strategies 16.1 Performance Contribution to a 60/40 Portfolio 16.2 Risk Metrics Summary Practice Problems Solutions 20 Asset Allocation to Alternative Investments Introduction and The Role of Alternative Investments in a Multi-­Asset Portfolio 1.1 The Role of Alternative Investments in a Multi-­Asset Portfolio Diversifying Equity Risk 2.1 Volatility Reduction over the Short Time Horizon 2.2 Risk of Not Meeting the Investment Goals over the Long Time Horizon Traditional Approaches to Asset Classification 3.1 Traditional Approaches to Asset Classification Risk-­Based Approaches to Asset Classification and Comparing Risk-­Based and Traditional Approaches 4.1 Illustration: Asset Allocation and Risk-­Based Approaches 4.2 Comparing Risk-­Based and Traditional Approaches Risk Considerations, Return Expectations and Investment Vehicle 5.1 Risk Considerations 5.2 Return Expectations 5.3 Investment Vehicle Liquidity 6.1 Liquidity Risks Associated with the Investment Vehicle 6.2 Liquidity Risks Associated with the Underlying Investments Fees and Expenses, Tax Considerations, and Other Considerations 7.1 Tax Considerations 7.2 Other Considerations Suitability Considerations 8.1 Investment Horizon 8.2 Expertise 8.3 Governance 8.4 Transparency Asset Allocation Approaches and Statistical Properties and Challenges of Asset Returns 9.1 Statistical Properties and Challenges of Asset Returns Monte Carlo Simulation 10.1 Simulating Skewed and Fat-­Tailed Financial Variables 10.2 Simulation for Long-­Term Horizon Risk Assessment Portfolio Optimization 11.1 Mean–Variance Optimization without and with Constraints 11.2 Mean–CVaR Optimization Risk Factor-­Based Optimization Liquidity Planning and Achieving and Maintaining the Strategic Asset Allocation 13.1 Achieving and Maintaining the Strategic Asset Allocation Managing the Capital Calls and Preparing for the Unexpected 14.1 Preparing for the Unexpected Monitoring the Investment Program 15.1 Overall Investment Program Monitoring 15.2 Performance Evaluation 15.3 Monitoring the Firm and the Investment Process Summary Practice Problems Solutions 10 Private Wealth Management (1) 21 Overview of Private Wealth Management Introduction and Private Clients Versus Institutional Clients 1.1 Private Clients versus Institutional Clients Understanding Private Clients: Information Needed in Advising Private Clients 2.1 Information Needed in Advising Private Clients Client Goals 3.1 Planned Goals 3.2 Unplanned Goals 3.3 The Wealth Manager’s Role Private Client Risk Tolerance 4.1 Risk Tolerance Questionnaire 4.2 Risk Tolerance Conversation 4.3 Risk Tolerance with Multiple Goals Technical and Soft Skills for Wealth Managers 5.1 Technical Skills 5.2 Soft Skills Investment Planning, and Capital Sufficiency Analysis 6.1 Capital Sufficiency Analysis Retirement Planning 7.1 Retirement Stage of Life Investment Policy Statement 8.1 Parts of the Investment Policy Statement Sample Investment Policy Statement Portfolio Construction and Allocation and Investments for Private Wealth Clients 10.1 Portfolio Allocation and Investments for Private Wealth Clients Portfolio Reporting and Review 11.1 Portfolio Reporting 11.2 Portfolio Review Evaluating The Success of an Investment Program 12.1 Goal Achievement 12.2 Process Consistency 12.3 Portfolio Performance 12.4 Definitions of Success Ethical and Compliance Considerations in Private Wealth Management 13.1 Ethical Considerations 13.2 Compliance Considerations Private Client Segments 14.1 Mass Affluent Segment 14.2 High-­Net-­Worth Segment 14.3 Ultra-­High-­Net-­Worth Segment 14.4 Robo-­Advisors Summary Practice Problems Solutions 22 Topics in Private Wealth Management Introduction General Principles of Taxation: Components of Return and Tax Status of the Account 2.1 Taxation of the Components of Return 2.2 The Tax Status of the Account The Jurisdiction that Applies to the Investor Measuring Tax Efficiency with After-­Tax Returns 4.1 Tax Efficiency of Various Asset Classes and Investment Strategies 4.2 Calculating After-­Tax Returns Taxable, Tax-­Exempt, and Tax-­Deferred Accounts: Capital Accumulation and Asset Location 5.1 Capital Accumulation in Taxable, Tax-­Deferred, and Tax-­Exempt Accounts 5.2 Asset Location Taxable, Tax-­Exempt, and Tax-­Deferred Accounts: Decumulation Strategies and Charitable Giving Strategies 6.1 Tax Considerations in Charitable Giving Tax Management Strategies and Basic Tax Strategies 7.1 Basic Portfolio Tax Management Strategies Application of Tax Management Strategies 8.1 Investment Vehicles