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CFA Level 3 Learning
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Asset Allocation
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Portfolio Construction
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Performance Measurement
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Derivatives and Risk Management
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Learning Module 1. Capital Market Expectations, Part 1: Framework and Macro Considerations
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Curriculum walkthrough & Question crunch
International interactions
Learning Module 2. Capital Market Expectations, Part 2: Forecasting Asset Class Returns
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Curriculum walkthrough & Question crunch
Overview of approaches to forecasting
Forecasting fixed income returns
Risks in emerging market bonds
Forecasting equity returns
Forecasting real estate returns
Forecasting exchange rates
Forecasting volatility
Adjusting a global portfolio
Learning Module 3. Overview of Asset Allocation
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Curriculum walkthrough & Question crunch
Asset allocation overview
Investment governance background
The economic balance sheet and asset allocation
Approaches to asset allocation
Modeling asset class risk
Strategic asset allocation
Strategic asset allocation: asset only
Strategic asset allocation: liability relative
Strategic asset allocation: goals based
Implementation choices
Rebalancing: strategic choices
Learning Module 4. Principles of Asset Allocation
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Curriculum walkthrough & Question crunch
Asset-only asset allocations and mean-variance optimization
Monte Carlo simulation
Criticisms of mean-variance optimization
Addressing the criticisms of mean-variance optimization
Adding constraints beyond budget constraints, resampled MVO and 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
Aproaches to liability-relative asset allocation: surplus optimization
Aproaches to liability-relative asset allocation
Examining the robustness of asset allocation alternatives
Factor modeling in liability-relative approaches
Developing goals-based asset allocations
Constructing sub-portfolios and the overall portfolio
Revisiting the module process in detail
Issues related to goals-based asset allocation
Heuristics and other approaches to asset allocation
Portfolio rebalancing in practice
Learning Module 5. Asset Allocation with Real-World Constraints
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Liquidity
Time horizon
Regulatory and other external constraints
Asset allocation for the taxable investor and after-tax portfolio optimization
Taxes and portfolio rebalancing
Revising the strategic asset allocation
Short-term shifts in asset allocation
Dealing with behavioral biases in asset allocation
CFA Level 3 Learning
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Asset Allocation
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CFA Level 3 Learning
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Asset Allocation
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