By Stacy Smith, Senior Publicist at John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
CAIA Level II: Advanced Core Topics in Alternative Investments, Second Edition is the complete, authoritative reference on alternative investment. Reflecting the commitment to quality education in leading-edge investment strategies for which the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association® is known, this latest edition has been revised and updated to provide the most current information on the core topics that comprise each of the basic areas of alternative investments, including new chapters on farmland and timber investments, infrastructure and intellectual property, and unsmoothing of appraisal-based returns. This volume sharpens the focus on institutional investors in alternative investments, with coverage of the special issues faced by pension funds, endowments and foundations.
Edited by the CAIA Association with insightful contributions from practicing professionals and leading experts in the alternative investment field, CAIA Level II: Advanced Core Topics in Alternative Investments, Second Edition is the most comprehensive, rigorous, and globally relevant source of educational material available within the field of alternative investments. It serves as the textbook for the CAIA Level II Program, which examines the tools necessary to understand various alternative asset classes in a portfolio management context. Designed to provide real-world relevance to alternative investment professionals, the book focuses on issues facing today’s specialist and serves as a solid resource for information on the structural and returns characteristics of various strategies within each alternative asset class, methods of analysis, and enhanced coverage of the risk management concepts central to alternative investments.
This thoroughly revised, expanded and updated edition offers greater accessibility by incorporating innovative teaching methods as well as keywords, definitions and examples that are directly relevant to the CAIA Level II examination. The book is supplemented by a study guide complete with learning objectives, as well as a new workbook containing sample questions and exercises, available for free download at CAIA Program Curriculum.
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