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Level_1_Syllabus

The document outlines a comprehensive syllabus covering various financial and economic topics, including Quantitative Methods, Economics, Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Issuers, Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Alternative Investments, Portfolio Management, and Ethics. Each section includes prerequisites and specific areas of focus, such as statistical measures, market structures, financial reporting, investment strategies, and ethical standards in the investment profession. This structured approach aims to equip learners with essential knowledge and skills in finance and investment analysis.

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Level_1_Syllabus

The document outlines a comprehensive syllabus covering various financial and economic topics, including Quantitative Methods, Economics, Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Issuers, Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Alternative Investments, Portfolio Management, and Ethics. Each section includes prerequisites and specific areas of focus, such as statistical measures, market structures, financial reporting, investment strategies, and ethical standards in the investment profession. This structured approach aims to equip learners with essential knowledge and skills in finance and investment analysis.

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Syllabus

1) Quantitative Methods - Prerequisite


i) Interest Rates, Present Value, and Future Value
ii) Organizing, Visualizing and Describing Data
iii) Probability Concepts
iv) Common Probability Distributions
v) Sampling and Estimation
vi) Basics of Hypothesis Testing

2) Quantitative Methods
i) Rates and Returns
ii) The Time Value of Money in Finance
iii) Statistical Measures of Asset Returns
iv) Probability Trees and Conditional Expectations
v) Portfolio Mathematics
vi) Simulation Methods
vii) Estimation and Inference
viii) Hypothesis Testing
ix) Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests of Independence
x) Simple Regression
xi) Introduction to Big Data Techniques

3) Economics - Prerequisite
i) Topics in Demand and Supply analysis
ii) Introduction to Firm and Market Organization
iii) Aggregate Output, Prices and Economic Growth
iv) Introduction to Business Cycles
v) Monetary and Fiscal Policy
vi) International Trade and Capital Flows
vii) Currency Exchange Rates

4) Economics
i) Firm and Market Structures
ii) Understanding Business Cycles
iii) Fiscal Policy
iv) Monetary Policy
v) Introduction to Geopolitics
vi) International Trade
vii) Capital Flows and the FX Market
viii) Exchange Rate Calculations
5) Financial Statement Analysis - Prerequisite
i) Introduction to Financial Reporting
ii) Income Statements
iii) Balance Sheets
iv) Cash Flow Statements
v) Inventories
vi) Long-Lived Assets
vii) Income Taxes
viii) Non-Current (Long-Term) Liabilities
ix) Applications of Financial Statement Analysis

6) Financial Statement Analysis


i) Analysis of Income Taxes
ii) Financial Reporting Quality
iii) Financial Analysis Techniques
iv) Introduction to Financial Statement Modeling
v) Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis
vi) Analyzing Income Statements
vii) Analyzing Balance Sheets
viii) Analysis Statements of Cash Flows 1
ix) Analysis Statements of Cash Flows 2
x) Analysis of Inventories
xi) Analysis of Long-Term Assets
xii) Topics in Long-Term Liabilities and Equity

7) Corporate Issuers
i) Organizational Forms. Corporate Issuer Features, and Ownership
ii) Investors and Other Stakeholders
iii) Corporate Governance: Conflicts, Mechanisms, Risk, and Benefits
iv) Working Capital and Liquidity
v) Capital Investments and Capital Allocation
vi) Capital Structure
vii) Business Models

8) Equity
i) Market Organization and Structure
ii) Security Market Indexes
iii) Market Efficiency
iv) Overview of Equity Securities
v) Company Analysis : Past and Present
vi) Industry and Competitive Analysis
vii) Company Analysis : Forecasting
viii) Equity Valuation : Concepts and Basic Tools
9) Fixed Income
i) Fixed-Income Instrument Features
ii) Fixed-Income Cash Flows and Types
iii) Fixed-Income Issuance and Trading
iv) Fixed-Income Markets for Corporate Issuers
v) Fixed-Income Markets for Government Issuers
vi) Fixed-Income Bond Valuations : Prices and Yields
vii) Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Fixed-Rate Bonds
viii) Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Floating-Rate Instruments
ix) The Term Structure of Interest Rates: Spot, Par, and Forward Curves
x) Interest Rate Risk and Return
xi) Yield-Based Bond Duration Measures and Properties
xii) Yield-Based Bond Convexity and Portfolio Properties
xiii) Curve-Based and Empirical Fixed-Income Risk Measures
xiv) Credit Risk
xv) Credit Analysis for Government Issuers
xvi) Credit Analysis for Corporate Issuers
xvii) Fixed-Income Securitization
xviii) Asset-Backed Security (ABS) Instrument and Market Features
xix) Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) Instrument and Market Features

10) Derivatives
i) Derivative Instrument and Derivative Market Features
ii) Forward Commitment and Contingent Claim Features and Instruments
iii) Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses
iv) Arbitrage, Replication, and the Cost of Carry in Pricing Derivatives
v) Pricing and Valuation of Forward Contracts and for an Underlying with Varying
Maturities
vi) Pricing and Valuation of Future Contracts
vii) Pricing and Valuation of Interest Rates and Other Swaps
viii) Pricing and Valuations of Options
ix) Option Replication using Put-Call Parity
x) Valuing a Derivative using a One-Period Binomial Model

11) Alternative Investments


i) Alternative Investments Features, Methods and Structures
ii) Alternative Investments Performance and Returns
iii) Investments in Private Capital : Equity and Debt
iv) Real Estate and Infrastructure
v) Natural Resources
vi) Hedge Funds
vii) Introduction to Digital Assets
12) Portfolio Management
i) Portfolio Management : An Overview
ii) Basics of Portfolio Planning and Construction
iii) The Behavioral Biases of Individual
iv) Introduction to Risk Management
v) Portfolio Risk and Return : Part 1
vi) Portfolio Risk and Return : Part 2

13) Ethics
i) Ethics and Trust in the Investment Profession
ii) Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct
iii) Guidance for Standards I-VII
iv) Introduction to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)
v) Ethics Application

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