As a CAIA Member, your education doesn’t stop once you earn the Charter. To help you stay current in an industry that never stands still, CAIA Membership includes complimentary access to CAIA.nxt™ microcredentials—focused, on-demand learning built around the areas shaping the future of alternative investments.
These microcredentials allow you to deepen your expertise and stay relevant as markets evolve—all at your own pace, and at no additional cost.
How to Access Your Microcredentials
Complimentary access to CAIA.nxt™ microcredentials is exclusive to active CAIA Members and must be initiated through your CAIA account.
To get started:
- Sign in to your CAIA account at caia.org
- Navigate to your profile and locate the My Account Links section
- Select “My CAIA.nxt Microcredentials”
- You will be brought directly to the CAIA.nxt dashboard
- From there, choose “My Microcredential Enrollments” to view:
- Microcredentials available for you to start or continue
- Microcredentials you’ve already completed
Please note: For CAIA Members, the CAIA.nxt™ dashboard and microcredentials can only be accessed through your CAIA account.
Direct access via CAIA.nxt™ without logging in through CAIA is not available.
What You Can Access—Right Now
- Private Equity Microcredential
Private equity is the largest strategy in the alternative investments industry. As companies stay private longer or choose not to go public, grasping the role of private equity in client portfolios becomes increasingly essential. From portfolio conversations to capital allocations, private equity knowledge is your new differentiator. This five-part Microcredential gets you fluent, fast.
- Real Estate Microcredential
Real estate can play multiple roles in a portfolio, like generating income, growth, inflation protection, and capital preservation. Being a very diverse asset class, understanding the various styles, sectors, and access points for real estate has never been more important when building a client-centric, diversified portfolio.
- Digital Assets Microcredential
The Digital Assets Microcredential provides foundational education on digital assets, a quickly evolving technology that has led to a proliferation of new investment opportunities. You’ll be exposed to critical topics regarding digital assets such as risk management, tax implications, and asset allocation.
- In the past decade, private debt has rapidly ascended to become one of the fastest-growing private market strategies. The Private Debt Microcredential provides foundational education on private debt, ensuring you understand the complexities of this dynamic landscape.
- Portfolio Implementation (Coming Soon!)
- The Portfolio Implementation Microcredential will help you understand the vehicles, structures, and sequencing behind alternative allocation across different client profiles.