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Uppermark Caia Level 2

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UpperMark™ Study Handbooks are the foundation of our Suite study packages. Adhering closely to the CAIA assigned readings, they provide comprehensive coverage of the CAIA material. Our Study Handbooks come with our FormulaSheet - a handy product containing CAIA Level II key equations. It's been few years since I took CAIA, but I found UpperMark for level 1 to be pretty good. I don't remember what I got on the actual test, but I remember thinking the test was easier than the study material for level 1. I was averaging higher score than you on the UpperMark tests though.

  1. Uppermark Caia Level 2 Cheats
  2. Caia Level 2 Weights
  3. Uppermark Caia Level 2 Dfd

Professional Standards and Ethics

  • Professionalism
  • Integrity of Capital Markets
  • Duties to Clients
  • Duties to Employers
  • Investment Analysis, Recommendations, and Actions
  • Conflicts of Interest

Introduction to Alternative Investments

  • What Is an Alternative Investment?
  • The Environment of Alternative Investments
  • Quantitative Foundations
  • Statistical Foundations
  • Foundations of Financial Economics
  • Derivatives and Risk-Neutral Valuation
  • Measures of Risk and Performance
  • Alpha, Beta, and Hypothesis Testing

Real Assets

  • Natural Resources and Land
  • Commodities
  • Other Real Assets
  • Real Estate and Debt
  • Real Estate Equity

Hedge Funds

  • Structure of the Hedge Fund Industry
  • Macro and Managed Futures Funds
  • Event-Driven Hedge Funds
  • Relative Value Hedge Funds
  • Equity Hedge Funds
  • Funds of Hedge Funds

Private Equity

  • Private Equity Assets
  • Private Equity Funds
  • Private Credit and Distressed Debt

Structured Products

  • Introduction to Structuring
  • Credit Risk and Credit Derivatives
  • CDO Structuring of Credit Risk
  • Equity-Linked Structured Products

Uppermark Caia Level 2 Cheats

Level I Topic

Approximate Exam Weight

Professional Standards and Ethics15-25%
Introduction to Alternative Investments20-28%
Real Assets including Commodities11-17%
Hedge Funds12-20%
Private Equity11-17%
Structured Products10-14%

Ethics Regulations and ESG

  • Asset Manager Code
  • Recommendations and Guidance
  • Global Regulation
  • ESG and Alternative Investments
  • ESG Analysis and Application

Models

  • Modeling Overview and Interest Rate Models
  • Risk Credit Models
  • Multi-Factor Equity Pricing Models
  • Asset Allocation Processes and the Mean-Variance Model
  • Other Asset Allocation Approaches

Institutional Asset Owners and Investment Policies

  • Types of Asset Owners and the Investment Policy Statement
  • Foundations, and The Endowment Model
  • Pension Fund Portfolio Management
  • Sovereign Wealth Funds
  • Family Offices and the Family Office Model
Uppermark Caia Level 2

Risk and Risk Management

  • Cases in Tail Risk
  • Benchmarking and Performance Attribution
  • Liquidity and Funding Risks
  • Hedging, Rebalancing, and Monitoring
  • Risk Measurement, Risk Management, and Risk Systems

Methods for Alternative Investing

  • Valuation and Hedging Using Binomial Trees
  • Directional Strategies and Methods
  • Multivariate Empirical Methods and Performance Persistence
  • Relative Value Methods
  • Valuation Methods for Private Assets: The Case of Real Estate

Accessing Alternative Investments

  • Hedge Fund Replication
  • Diversified Access to Hedge Funds
  • Access to Real Estate and Commodities
  • Access Through Private Structures
  • The Risk and Performance of Private and Listed Assets

Due Diligence & Selecting Managers

  • Active Management and New Investments
  • Selection of a Fund Manager
  • Investment Process Due Diligence
  • Operational Due Diligence
  • Due Diligence of Terms and Business Activities

Caia Level 2 Weights

Volatility and Complex Strategies

  • Volatility as a Factor Exposure
  • Volatility, Correlation, and Dispersion Products and Strategies
  • Complexity and Structured Products
  • Insurance-Linked and Hybrid Securities
  • Complexity and the Case of Cross-Border Real Estate Investing

Uppermark Caia Level 2 Dfd

Level II Topic

Approximate Exam Weight

Multiple ChoiceConstructed Response
Ethics, Regulation, and ESG0%10%
Models8-12%0-10%
Institutional Asset Owners and Investment Policies8-12%0-10%
Risk and Risk Management8-12%0-10%
Methods for Alternative Investing8-12%0-10%
Due Diligence and Selecting Strategies8-12%0-10%
Volatility and Complex Strategies8-12%0-10%
Current and Integrated Topics0%10%




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