The investment advisor body of knowledge : readings for the CIMA certification / IMCA Investment Management Consultants Association.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

IMCA, author.

Contributor:

Investment Management Consultants Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investment advisors--United States--Examinations, questions, etc--Study guides.

Investment advisors.

Portfolio management--Examinations--Study guides.

Portfolio management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1155 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The complete body of knowledge for CIMA candidates and professionals The 2015 Certified Investment Management Analyst Body of Knowledge + Test Bank will help any financial advisor prepare for and pass the CIMA exam, and includes key information and preparation for those preparing to take the test. CIMA professionals integrate a complex body of investment knowledge, ethically contributing to prudent investment decisions by providing objective advice and guidance to individual and institutional investors. The CIMA certification program is the only credential designed specifically for financ

Contents:

The Investment Advisor Body of Knowledge; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Purpose of This Textbook; The Layout and Structure of This Textbook; How to Use This Text; The CIMA Content; The CIMA Exams; Additional Resources; Helpful Web Links; 1 IMCA Code of Professional Responsibility and Standards of Practice; Part I IMCA Code of Professional Responsibility; Part II IMCA Standards of Practice; Part III IMCA Performance Reporting Standards; Part IV IMCA Disciplinary Rules and Procedures; Part V IMCA Guidelines Regarding the Acceptance of Benefits from Third Parties

Part I IMCA Code of Professional ResponsibilityPart II IMCA Standards of Practice; Standard 1: The IMCA Code of Professional Responsibility; Standard 2: Responsibilities to the Client; Standard 3: Responsibilities to the Public; Standard 4: Responsibilities to the Profession; Standard 5: Responsibilities to the Employer; Part III IMCA Performance Reporting Standards; Section 1: Introduction; Section 2: Manager Search and Analysis; Section 3: Reporting Performance Results to Clients; Section 4: Recommended Reporting and Disclosures; Part IV IMCA Disciplinary Rules and Procedures; Glossary

Disciplinary Rules and ProceduresPart V IMCA Guidelines for Consultants Regarding the Acceptance of Benefits from Third Parties; In General; Definitions; Applicable Guidelines; 2 Regulatory Considerations; Direct Relationships; Indirect Relationships; Laws and Regulations; ERISA; Uniform Prudent Investor Act (UPIA); Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act (UMIFA) and Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA); Federal Regulatory Agencies; SEC; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); State Agencies; 3 Statistics and Methods

Part I Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management: Some Basic MathPart II Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management: Probabilities; Part III Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management: Basic Statistics; Part IV Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management: Distributions; Part V Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management: Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals; Part VI Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management: Linear Regression Analysis

Part VII Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management: Time Series ModelsPart I Some Basic Math; Compounding; Limited Liability; Graphing Log Returns; Continuously Compounded Returns; Discount Factors; Geometric Series; Part II Probabilities; Discrete Random Variables; Continuous Random Variables; Mutually Exclusive Events; Independent Events; Probability Matrices; Part III Basic Statistics; Averages; Expectations; Variance and Standard Deviation; Standardized Variables; Covariance; Correlation; Application: Portfolio Variance and Hedging; Moments; Skewness; Kurtosis

Part IV Distributions

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118912348

1118912349

9781118912416

1118912411

OCLC:

1136155285