CFA Courses

The various topics undertaken in whole academic session of CFA program are: Ethical and Professional Standards, Quantitative Methods, Economics, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives and Alternative Investments. The 3 levels are different from each other in various aspects, that is:

• The level I study focuses mainly on tools and inputs      and includes introduction to most of the topics.
• The level II study focuses on the application of tools      and inputs and the topics are taken in great detail.
• The level III study emphasizes on the strategies for      applying tools and inputs.

A brief discussion over some of the topics: Quantitative Methods Mainly concerned with statistics and covers probability theory, hypothesis testing, regression and time series analysis. Corporate Finance Covers capital investment decision, capital structure and dividend policy. Financial Reporting and Analysis Includes analyses of financial reports, ratio and financial statement. Security Analysis Covers analysis of various asset types that is: equity, fixed income, derivatives and alternate investment. Portfolio Management Includes Modern Portfolio Theory, Investment Practice and institutional investors, asset allocation and measurement of investment performance.