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CAIA Level II - Advanced Core Topics inAlternative Investments
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More About This Title CAIA Level II - Advanced Core Topics inAlternative Investments

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THE CAIA ASSOCIATION is an independent, not-for-profit, global organization committed to education and professionalism in the field of alternative investments. It offers two exams (Level I and Level II) to professional analysts in this growing field so that, upon successful completion, the individuals hold the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation. This certification has a great deal of prestige in the global community with members from overy sixty countries.
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Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Authors.

PART I VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY (Pierre-Yves Mathonet and Thomas Meyer).

Introduction.

1 Private Equity Market Landscape.

2 Routes into Private Equity.

3 Private Equity Funds Structure.

4 The Investment Process.

5 Private Equity Portfolio Design.

6 Fund Manager Selection Process.

7 Benchmarking in the Private Equity World.

8 Monitoring Private Equity Investments.

9 Private Equity Fund Valuation.

10 Private Equity Fund Discount Rate.

11 The Management of Liquidity.

References.

PART II COMMODITIES AND MANAGED FUTURES.

Section A Commodities (Richard Spurgin and Melissa Donohue).

12 Key Concepts in Commodity Market Analysis.

13 Role of Commodities in Asset Allocation.

14 Methods of Delivering Long Commodity Exposure.

15 Methods of Delivering Commodity Alpha.

16 Commodity Indices.

17 Investment Vehicles and Asset Allocation.

References.

Section B Managed Events (Ernest Jaffarian).

18 Managed Futures Industry Development and Regulation.

19 Managed Futures Strategies.

20 Risk and Performance Measurement in Managed Futures Strategies.

21 Benchmarking and Investment Products.

22 Investment Analysis in Managed Futures.

References.

PART III REAL ESTATE (Urbi Garay and Simon Stevenson).

23 Real Estate Investments.

24 Real Estate Indices.

25 Real Estate Equity Valuation.

26 Real Estate Investment Risks and Due Diligence.

27 Residential and Commercial Mortgages.

28 Mortgage-Backed Securities.

29 Real Estate and Asset Allocation.

30 Alternative Real Estate Investment Vehicles.

31 Real Estate Development.

References.

PART IV HEDGE FUNDS (François Lhabitant).

Introduction.

32 Convertible Arbitrage.

33 Global Macro.

34 Equity Long/Short.

35 Fund-of-Hedge-Funds and Investible Indices.

36 Strategy Specific Due Diligence.

37 Operational Risk.

References.

Index.

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