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Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Syllabus
Credential from the CAIA Association focused on hedge funds, private equity, real assets, and alternative investments. The full Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) syllabus: 7 subjects, 30 chapters, 95 topics and 206 sub-topics, with 363 flashcards written against it.
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) subjects
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) has 7 subjects. Each one is listed below with its chapters in syllabus order; open a subject for every topic and sub-topic inside them.
Professional Standards, Ethics, and the Alternative Investment Industry
- The CAIA Ethical Framework and CFA Institute Code & Standards · 4 topics
- Conflicts of Interest and Trust in Alternatives · 3 topics
- The Landscape and Size of the Alternative Investment Universe · 3 topics
Quantitative Methods, Statistics, and Risk Foundations
- Return Measurement and Compounding · 3 topics
- Statistical Properties of Return Distributions · 3 topics
- Risk, Risk-Adjusted Performance, and Hypothesis Testing · 4 topics
- Modeling Tools and Alpha-Beta Separation · 3 topics
Real Assets
- Natural Resources and Land · 3 topics
- Commodities · 4 topics
- Real Estate and Infrastructure · 4 topics
- Intellectual Property and Other Real Assets · 3 topics
Hedge Funds and Managed Futures
- Structure, Fees, and Economics of Hedge Funds · 3 topics
- Equity and Event-Driven Strategies · 3 topics
- Relative Value and Macro Strategies · 3 topics
- Managed Futures and CTAs · 3 topics
- Hedge Fund Replication, Funds of Funds, and Due Diligence · 3 topics
Private Equity and Private Debt
- Private Equity Fund Structures and Lifecycle · 3 topics
- Venture Capital and Growth Equity · 3 topics
- Leveraged Buyouts and Value Creation · 3 topics
- Private Credit and Distressed Debt · 3 topics
- Secondaries and Co-Investments · 3 topics
Structured Products and Digital Assets
- Credit Risk and Credit Derivatives · 3 topics
- Securitization and Collateralized Structures · 3 topics
- Structured Products and Linear/Nonlinear Payoffs · 3 topics
- Digital Assets and Blockchain · 4 topics
Asset Allocation, Risk Management, and Manager Selection
- Asset Allocation Frameworks · 3 topics
- Portfolio Construction with Alternatives · 3 topics
- Risk Management and Measurement · 3 topics
- Manager Selection and Monitoring · 3 topics
- Regulation, ESG, and Emerging Themes · 3 topics
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) flashcards
363 question-and-answer cards across 7 subject decks, each shown in full on its subject page.
- Professional Standards, Ethics, and the Alternative Investment Industry — 49 cards
- Quantitative Methods, Statistics, and Risk Foundations — 51 cards
- Real Assets — 50 cards
- Hedge Funds and Managed Futures — 51 cards
- Private Equity and Private Debt — 54 cards
- Structured Products and Digital Assets — 50 cards
- Asset Allocation, Risk Management, and Manager Selection — 58 cards
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) syllabus FAQ
What subjects are in the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) syllabus?
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) covers 7 subjects: Professional Standards, Ethics, and the Alternative Investment Industry, Quantitative Methods, Statistics, and Risk Foundations, Real Assets, Hedge Funds and Managed Futures, Private Equity and Private Debt, Structured Products and Digital Assets and Asset Allocation, Risk Management, and Manager Selection.
How many chapters and topics are in the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) syllabus?
30 chapters and 95 topics, broken down further into 206 sub-topics, across 7 subjects. Hedge Funds and Managed Futures is the largest subject, with 15 topics in 5 chapters.
Are there Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) flashcards?
Yes — 363 question-and-answer flashcards in 7 subject decks. Each deck is printed in full on its subject page here, and the same cards are in the Examius app with spaced repetition. The free plan covers one exam of your choice, including its flashcards; Examius Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks every other exam and deck.
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