分类: 注册金融分析师(CFA)资格认证考试

  • CFA三级原版书(非划线版)(共6本教材扫描PDF)

    CFA三级原版书(非划线版)(共6本教材扫描PDF)

    CFA 3级 第1本.pdf
    CFA 3级 第2本.pdf
    CFA 3级 第3本.pdf
    CFA 3级 第4本.pdf
    CFA 第三级 第五本.pdf
    CFA 3级 第6本.pdf

  • CFA三级基础班Portfolio management for institutional investor

    CFA三级基础班Portfolio management for institutional investors–pdf下载

    1.养老基金(Pension funds)
    –界定利益计划
    界定利益计划:由养老金资产支付养老金负债。计划发起人的精算师需要根
    据未来劳动力变化、薪酬水平及变化、提前退休人数比例、雇员预期寿命等
    因素估算养老金负债金额以及这些负债的现值。养老金负债也等于已退休
    (retired)和在职(active)员工的负债之和。
    养老金盈亏状态(funded status):养老金资产的市场价值(market
    value)与养老金负债的现值(present value)的关系。当资产市场价值大
    于等于负债现值的时候称为资金充足计划(Fully funded plan),当资产市
    场价值小于负债现值的时候称为资金不足计划(under-funded plan)。

    1.养老基金(Pension funds)
    –界定利益计划
    养老金负债共有三个定义:
    累计利益负债(accumulated benefit obligation):假设养老金计划现在
    立即终止,所有已累计利益负债的现值,不考虑未来薪酬的增长因素。
    预计利益负债(projected benefit obligation):考虑未来薪酬的增长因素
    情况下估算的利益负债现值。通常盈亏状态的计算要用预计利益负债。
    总体未来负债(total future obligation):最全面但也最不确定的方法,包
    括累计利益和预计未来利益的现值。
    说明:简单公式:

    1.养老基金(Pension funds)
    –界定供款计划
    界定供款计划的两个关键问题:
    第一,分散化(diversification),即计划发起人需要为计划受益人提供一个
    分散化的投资选项列表。
    第二,公司股票(company stock),即养老金计划投资于发起人公司股票
    的比例须有所限制。
    界定供款计划的投资策略书(IPS)与界定利益计划的很不一样,前者发起
    人只需提供一个分散化的投资列表并对受益人提供投资教育,具体的投资是
    由受益人自己负责的。因此,DC的IPS仅规定投资、运作的基本原则,没有
    具体的收益率、风险容忍度等指标,请参见reading 2—p280 。

    –混合计划及其它
    混合计划及其它(hybrid and other plans)
    混合养老金计划包括现金余额计划(cash balance plan)、养老金股权计划
    (pension equity plan)、目标利益计划(target benefit plan)和最低限计划(floor
    plan)
    共同的特点是把DC计划好的方面(比如,可转移(portability)、管理方便
    (administrative ease)等)和DB计划好的方面(比如,利益保障(benefit
    guarantees)、服务年限回报(years of service rewards)、与薪酬挂钩(link
    retirement pay to a percentage of salary)等)结合起来,其中以现金余额计
    划和员工持股计划(employee stock ownership plan, ESOP)最普遍。

  • CFA Level III GIPS highlighted–pdf下载

    CFA Level III GIPS highlighted–pdf下载

    Table of Content
    Preface: background of the GIPs standards
    I. Introduction
    A. Preamble – Why Is a Global Standard Needed?
    B. Vision Statement
    C. Objectives
    D. Overview
    E. Scope
    F. Compliance
    G. Implementing a Global Standard

    II. Provisions of the global investment performance standard
    0. Fundamentals of compliance
    1. Input data
    2. Calculation methodology
    3. Composite construction
    4. Disclosures
    5. Presentation and reporting
    6. Real estate
    7. Private equity

    GIPS Characteristics
    GIPS Characteristics
    ? The GIPS are not a complete set of rules for performance calculation and
    presentation, and will evolve over
    ? Within the GIPS are supplemental real estate and private equity provisions
    that must be applied to these asset classes
    The GIPS must be applied on a firm wide basis in order for a firm to claim compliance
    A firm must state how it defines itself as a firm when claiming compliance with GIPS
    A firm is defined as “an investment firm, subsidiary, or division held out to clients or potential
    clients as a distinct business entity
    The definition of the firm establishes the boundaries for what constitutes firm assets and the set
    of portfolios that must be included in at least one composite

  • CFA Level3三级复习策略–pdf下载

    CFA Level3三级复习策略–pdf下载

    Analiste was an analyst under Heade. One day he told Heade that he had
    some private information suggesting that an unnamed South American oil
    service stock was “ready to pop” and asked for his guidance on whether the
    stock could be widely owned by the company’s clients. Heade said “You are
    one of our most experienced analysts. Do what you think is right.”
    Which of the following most accurately describes whether Heade fulfilled his
    supervisory responsibilities under the CFA Standards?
    A. Heade was entitled to delegate responsibility to senior analysts with broad
    experience such as Analiste, and is not required to approve each stock
    selection.
    B. Heade should have been sensitive to several “warning flags” presented by
    Analiste’s state of mind, choice of investment and sources of information, and
    brevity of disclosure. Heade should have taken a careful look at the situation.

    ECONOMICS—level two?
    16. Given the two stage FCFE for stock market index, FCFE for 2007 is
    60, the growth rate from 2008-2010 is 12.4%, the growth rate after 2010 is
    9%, the cost of equity is 12.4% (the same to first stage growth rate, easy
    for discount the first 3 year FCFE), calculate the value of the index. (Use
    the two stage DCF model)
    17. Given the Dividend, EPS for 2007 and 2008, given risk free rate and
    risk-premium, given ROE, calculate P/E for 2008 under DDM mode

    Risk management:
    How can a trader produce a short vega, long gamma position?
    A. buy short-maturity options, sell long-maturity options.
    B. buy long-maturity options, sell short-maturity options.
    C. buy and sell options of long maturity.
    D. buy and sell options of short maturity.

  • CFA Level3三级 Private Wealth Management–pdf下载

    CFA Level3三级 Private Wealth Management–pdf下载

  • CFA三级全景班讲义Fixed Income Analysis–pdf下载

    CFA三级全景班讲义Fixed Income Analysis–pdf下载

    Benchmark & Bond Index

    Bond Portfolio Benchmark
    1.Using Bond Index as benchmark
    Agree with the market forecast
    Passive management
    A superior ability to forecast or identify the under-value securities
    Active management
    2.Using Liabilities as benchmark
    Against a single liability
    Against a set of liabilities

    Bond Indexing Strategy 1
    1.Increasing active management
    2.Increasing expected return
    3.Increasing tracking error
    Pure Indexing Full-blown active management
    Active managing
    Tracking error
    Expected return

    Bond Indexing Strategy 2
    1.Pure bond indexing
    Difficult and costly
    2.Enhanced indexing by matching primary risk factors
    Sampling
    3.Enhanced indexing by small risk factors mismatches
    Tilting
    4.Active management by larger risk factors mismatches
    5.Full-blown active management
    Advantages:
    Related to the index
    Tracking and Restrictions
    Fees and returns
    Disadvantages:
    Risk
    Cost
    Tracking error

    Early Retirement Structures 1 – Callable Bond
    Negative convexity
    Under-perform when the rates fall
    Early Retirement Structures 2 – Sinking Funds
    Just like a kind of call
    Sell in discount
    In discount, when the rates fall, the price has the potential to increase
    Not fall as much when the rates rise, due to repurchase each year
    Early Retirement Structures 3 – Put-able Bond
    When there is a strong belief that rates will rise, the put-able bond can be
    considered

  • CFA考试三级培训Ethics and GIPS–pdf下载

    CFA考试三级培训Ethics and GIPS–pdf下载

    Main Topics
    Code of Ethics
    Standards of Professional Conducts
    Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct
    Global Investment Performance Standards

    Reading 4: The Consultant
    Reading 5: Pearl Investment Management (A), (B), and (C)
    a. evaluate professional conduct and formulate an appropriate response to
    actions which violate the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of
    Professional Conduct;
    b. prepare appropriate policy and procedural changes needed to assure
    compliance with the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct.

    Reading 6: Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct
    a. summarize the ethical responsibilities required by the six components
    of the Asset Manager Code;
    b. interpret the Asset Manager Code in situations presenting issues of
    compliance, disclosure, or professional conduct;
    c. recommend practices and procedures designed to prevent violations of
    the Asset Manager Code.

    2.Guidance
    Member should seek advice of counsel or their compliance
    when in doubt
    Member should document any violations when they
    disassociate themselves from prohibited activity and
    encourage their employers to bring an end to such activity.
    There is no requirement under Standards to report
    violations to governmental authorities, but this may be
    advisable in some circumstances and required by law in
    others.

  • CFA三级基础班讲义SS3 Behavioral Finance–pdf下载

    CFA三级基础班讲义SS3 Behavioral Finance–pdf下载

    Reading 7:
    The candidate should be able to evaluate the impact of
    heuristic-driven biases on investment decision making
    including representativeness, overconfidence, anchoringand-
    adjustment, and aversion to ambiguity.

    Reading 8
    Reading 8:
    a. explain how loss aversion can result in investors’
    willingness to hold on to deteriorating investment
    positions;
    b. evaluate the impacts that the emotional frames of selfcontrol,
    regret minimization, and money illusion have on
    investor behavior;

    Reading 12:
    a. explain how the illusions of knowledge and control lead
    expert forecasters to be overconfident in their forecasting
    skills;
    b. explain the ego defense mechanisms that forecasters
    rely on as justification for inaccurate forecasts;
    c. explain why forecasts may continue to be used when
    previous forecasts have been inaccurate.

    Reading 13:
    a. contrast chronic market inefficiencies with accurate
    inefficiencies and describe the behavioral factors (such as
    convoy behavior, Bayesian rigidity, price-target
    revisionism, and the ebullience cycle) that may give rise to
    chronic inefficiencies;
    b. explain the portfolio rebalancing behavior of holders,
    rebalancers, valuators, and shifters, and evaluate the
    impact these rebalancing behaviors have on market
    efficiency.

    Alpha Hunters and Beta Grazers
    Chronic market inefficiencies
    i. Structural: frictions on trading, organization barriers and capital flow
    imbalances
    ii. Behavioral
    Process versus outcome
    Herding (convoy)
    Rigid views (Bayesian Rigidity)
    Price target revisions
    Correlating emotions with market (The Ebullience Cycle)

  • CFA三级基础班讲义SS6 Capital Market Expectations in Portfoli

    CFA三级基础班讲义SS6 Capital Market Expectations in Portfolio Management–pdf下载

    Capital Market Expectation
    Reading 23:
    h. demonstrate the use of the Taylor rule to predict central bank
    behavior;
    i. evaluate ( 1) the shape of the yield curve as an economic predictor
    and (2) the relationship between the yield curve and fiscal and
    monetary policy;
    j. identify and interpret the components of economic growth trends and
    demonstrate the application of economic growth trend analysis to the
    formulation of capital market expectations;
    k. discuss the risks faced by investors in emerging-market securities
    and the country risk analysis techniques used to evaluate emerging
    market economies;;
    l. identify and interpret macroeconomic and interest and exchange rate
    linkages between economies;
    m. compare and contrast the major approaches to economic forecsting;
    n. demonstrate the use of economic information in forecasting asset
    class returns

    Formulating Capital Market Expectations
    Capital market expectations: macro-regarding classes of
    assets or micro-regarding individual assets
    Steps to formulate capital market expectations
    i. Determine the specific capital market expectations according
    to the investor’s status
    ii. Investigate assets’ historical performance
    iii. Identify the valuation model used and its requirements
    iv. Collect the best data possible
    v. Use experience and judgment to interpret investment
    conditions
    vi. Formulate capital market expectations
    vii. Monitor performance and use it to refine the process
    Ref. Page:209

    Problems in Forecasting
    Nine problems encountered in producing forecasts:
    i. Limitations to using economic data
    ii. Data measurement errors and biases
    iii. Limitation of historical estimates
    iv. Using ex post data
    v. Biases in analyst’s methods

    Economic Growth Trends
    Economic growth can be partitioned into cyclical (ST) & trend components (LT)
    i. Trends are determined in part by demographics, productivity and structural
    changes in governmental policies
    ii. Trend growth can be decomposed into 1) changes in employment levels, 2)
    changes in productivity while former one can be further broken down into
    population growth and rate of labor force participation
    iii. productivity can be broken down into spending on new capital inputs and total
    factor productivity growth
    iv. 4 general guidelines regarding governmental policies that enhance growth
    Provide the infrastructure needed for growth
    Have a responsible fiscal policy
    Have tax policies that are transparent, consistently applied, pulled from a wide
    base, and not overly burdensome
    Promote competition in the marketplace

  • CFA三级基础班讲义SS7 Economic Concepts for Asset Valuation i

    CFA三级基础班讲义SS7 Economic Concepts for Asset Valuation in Portfolio Management–pdf下载

    Dreaming with BRICs: The Path to 2050
    Reading 25
    Reading 25:
    a. contrast the economic potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and China
    (BRICs) to that of the current G6 (U.S., Japan, U.K., Germany, France,
    and Italy) in terms of economic size and growth, demographics and per
    capita income, growth in global spending, and trends in real exchange
    rates;
    b. explain why certain developing economies may have high returns
    on capital, rising productivity, and appreciating currencies;
    c. evaluate the importance of technologic progress, employment
    growth, and growth in capital stock in estimating the economic
    potential of an emerging market;
    d. discuss the conditions necessary for sustained economic growth,
    including the core factors of macro-economic stability, institutional
    efficiency, open trade, and worker education;
    e. evaluate the investment rational for allocating part of a well
    diversified portfolio to emerging markets in countries with above
    average economic potential.

    Microvaluation
    DDM approach
    Measures of equity risk premium
    Historical returns
    Dividend yield
    Credit risk premium
    Expected growth rate
    g = (retention rate) (ROE)
    FCFE approach (two-stage FCFE)
    FCFE is the cash available to stockholders after funding capital
    requirements, working capital needs, and debt financing requirements

    Economic Potential of the BRICs
    Potential economic size and growth
    by 2050 the BRIC economies could be larger in size
    Demographics and per capita income
    will experience a decline in working age population but later than that in
    the G6
    per capita income is expected to be lower than G6, with the exception of
    Russia
    Growth in global spending
    much higher increases in annual spending
    Trends in real exchange rates
    could strengthen by 300% by 2050