CAIA Exam Bundle

liquid alternatives - Answer Liquid alternatives typically have (1) constraints on permissible investments strategies (for example, liquidity and leverage limits), (2) no incentive fees, (3) less skilled managers as a result of less attractive compensation and limited strategies, and (4) an inabilit...

An asset-pricing model that attempts to explain how investors should behave is a(n): - Answer normative model. Normative models attempt to explain how investors should behave. Positive models attempt to explain how investors do behave. Theoretical models use assumptions and logic, while empirical...

An asset-pricing model that attempts to explain how investors should behave is a(n): - Answer normative model. Normative models attempt to explain how investors should behave. Positive models attempt to explain how investors do behave. Theoretical models use assumptions and logic, while empirical...

Standard I(A) - Knowledge of Law - Answer Understand and comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including the CFA institutes code) of any government, regulatory organization, licensing agency, or professional association governing their professional activities. In the event of a con...

Alternative investments - Answer Alternative investments are sometimes viewed as including any investment that is not simply a long position in traditional investments. Fixed-Income Securities - Answer A fixed income security is an investment that provides a return in the form of fixed periodic p...

4 types of alternative assets - Answer Alternatives are defined by inclusion: Real Assets Hedge Funds Private Equity Structred products Real Assets - Answer Direct ownership of non financial assets: - natural resources - commodities - real estate - land - infrastructure - IP (intellectu...

Define investment - Answer Investment is deferred consumption List the four major types of real assets other than land and other types of real estate. - Answer Natural resources, commodities, infrastructure, and intellectual property. List the three major types of alternative investments other...

Collar strategy consists of... - Answer ownership of a risky asset with a long position in a put option on the underlying asset, and a short position in the call option on the underlying asset Hedging Bucket - Answer within a plan's asset-liability framework seeks to track the plan's liabilitie...

What assets are often chracterized as traditional by some and alternatives by others in: hedge funds, private equity, and real assets - Answer Hedge Funds: Liquid alternative mutual funds Private Equity: Closed-end funds with illiquid holdings Real Assets: Public real estate and public equitie...

5th percentile vs 25th percentile performance - Answer 5th percentile managers outperform in every comparison BUT 25th percentile managers' performance is more volatile --> even if 25th percentile managers outperform they tend to mean revert --> demonstrates the perils of choosing managers ba...