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Asset Allocation

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Portfolio Construction

866

Performance Measurement

866

Derivatives and Risk Management

866

Learning Module 1. Capital Market Expectations, Part 1: Framework and Macro Considerations

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Curriculum walkthrough & Question crunch

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Framework for developing capital market expectations

20 min

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Framework for developing capital market expectations

20 min

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Challenges in forecasting: part 1

33 min

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Challenges in forecasting: part 1

33 min

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Challenges in forecasting: part 2

22 min

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Challenges in forecasting: part 2

22 min

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Economic and market analysis: exogenous shocks to growth

9 min

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Economic and market analysis: exogenous shocks to growth

9 min

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Applying growth analysis to capital market expectations

21 min

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Applying growth analysis to capital market expectations

21 min

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Approaches to economic forecasting

21 min

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Approaches to economic forecasting

21 min

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Business cycle analysis

32 min

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Business cycle analysis

32 min

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Inflation and deflation: trends and relations to the business cycle

18 min

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Inflation and deflation: trends and relations to the business cycle

18 min

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Analysis of monetary and fiscal policies

24 min

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Analysis of monetary and fiscal policies

24 min

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Zero or negative interest rates and implications for capital markets expectations

25 min

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Zero or negative interest rates and implications for capital markets expectations

25 min

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The monetary and fiscal policy mix

46 min

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The monetary and fiscal policy mix

46 min

International interactions

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Learning Module 2. Capital Market Expectations, Part 2: Forecasting Asset Class Returns

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Overview of approaches to forecasting

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Forecasting fixed income returns

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Risks in emerging market bonds

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Forecasting equity returns

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Forecasting real estate returns

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Forecasting exchange rates

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Forecasting volatility

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Adjusting a global portfolio

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Learning Module 3. Overview of Asset Allocation

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Asset allocation overview

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Investment governance background

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The economic balance sheet and asset allocation

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Approaches to asset allocation

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Modeling asset class risk

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Strategic asset allocation

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Strategic asset allocation: asset only

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Strategic asset allocation: liability relative

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Strategic asset allocation: goals based

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Implementation choices

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Rebalancing: strategic choices

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Learning Module 4. Principles of Asset Allocation

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Asset-only asset allocations and mean-variance optimization

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Monte Carlo simulation

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Criticisms of mean-variance optimization

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Addressing the criticisms of mean-variance optimization

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Adding constraints beyond budget constraints, resampled MVO and other non-normal optimization approaches

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Allocating to less liquid asset classes

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Risk budgeting

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Factor-based asset allocation

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Developing liability-relative asset allocations and characterizing the liabilities

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Aproaches to liability-relative asset allocation: surplus optimization

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Aproaches to liability-relative asset allocation

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Examining the robustness of asset allocation alternatives

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Factor modeling in liability-relative approaches

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Developing goals-based asset allocations

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Constructing sub-portfolios and the overall portfolio

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Revisiting the module process in detail

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Issues related to goals-based asset allocation

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Heuristics and other approaches to asset allocation

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Portfolio rebalancing in practice

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Learning Module 5. Asset Allocation with Real-World Constraints

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Liquidity

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Time horizon

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Regulatory and other external constraints

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Asset allocation for the taxable investor and after-tax portfolio optimization

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Taxes and portfolio rebalancing

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Revising the strategic asset allocation

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Short-term shifts in asset allocation

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Dealing with behavioral biases in asset allocation

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CFA Level 3 Learning

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Asset Allocation

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Learning Module 1. Capital Market Expectations, Part 1: Framework and Macro Considerations
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Learning Module 2. Capital Market Expectations, Part 2: Forecasting Asset Class Returns
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Learning Module 3. Overview of Asset Allocation
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Learning Module 4. Principles of Asset Allocation
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Learning Module 5. Asset Allocation with Real-World Constraints
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CFA Level 3 Learning

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Asset Allocation

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Learning Module 1. Capital Market Expectations, Part 1: Framework and Macro Considerations
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Learning Module 2. Capital Market Expectations, Part 2: Forecasting Asset Class Returns
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Learning Module 3. Overview of Asset Allocation
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Learning Module 4. Principles of Asset Allocation
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Learning Module 5. Asset Allocation with Real-World Constraints
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