Study Notes for CFA® Level III – Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning – offered by AnalystPrep

Study Notes for CFA® Level III – Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning – offered by AnalystPrep

Reading 9: Risk Management for Individuals

Los 9 a: Compare the characteristics of human capital and financial capital as components of an individual's total wealth

Los 9 b: Discuss the relationships among human capital, financial capital, and economic net worth

Los 9 c: Discuss the financial stages of life for an individual

Los 9 d: Describe an economic (holistic) balance sheet

Los 9 e: Discuss risks (earnings, premature death, longevity, property, liability, and health risks) in relation to human and financial capital

Los 9 f: Describe types of insurance relevant to personal financial planning

Los 9 g: Describe the basic elements of a life insurance policy and how insurers price a life insurance policy

Los 9 h: Discuss the use of annuities in personal financial planning

Los 9 i: Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of fixed and variable annuities

Los 9 j: Discuss how asset allocation policy may be influenced by the risk characteristics of human capital

Los 9 k: Recommend and justify appropriate strategies for asset allocation and risk reduction when given an investor profile of key inputs

Reading 15: Case Study in Risk Management – Private Wealth

Los 15 a, b: Early Career Stage: Identifying and Analyzing Risk Exposures

Los 15 c, d: Risk Exposures During the Career Development Stage

Los 15 e, f: Risk Exposures During Peak Accumulation Stage

Los 15 g, h: Risk Exposures During Early Retirement Stage

Reading 10: Portfolio Management for Institutional Investors

Los 10 a: Discuss common characteristics of institutional investors as a group

Los 10 b: Discuss investment policy of institutional investors

Los 10 c: Discuss the stakeholders in the portfolio, the liabilities, the investment time horizons, and the liquidity needs of different types of institutional investors

Los 10 d: Describe the focus of legal, regulatory, and tax constraints affecting different types of institutional investors

Los 10 e: Evaluate risk considerations of private defined benefit (DB) pension plans in relation to 1) plan funded status, 2) sponsor financial strength, 3) interactions between the sponsor’s business and the fund’s investments, 4) plan design, and 5) workforce characteristics

Los 10 f: Evaluate the investment policy statement of an institutional investor

Los 10 g: Prepare the investment objectives section of an institutional investor’s investment policy statement

Los 10 h: Evaluate the investment portfolio of a private DB plan, sovereign wealth fund, university endowment, and private foundation

Los 10 i: Describe considerations affecting the balance sheet management of banks and insurers

Reading 14: Cases in Portfolio Management – Institutional

Los 14 a: Discuss tools for managing portfolio liquidity risk

Los 14 b: Discuss capture of the illiquidity premium as an investment objective

Los 14 c: Analyze asset allocation and portfolio construction in relation to liquidity needs and risk and return requirements and recommend actions to address identified needs

Los 14 d: Demonstrate the application of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct regarding the actions of individuals involved in manager selection

Los 14 e, f: Tactical Asset Allocation

Reading 16: Cases in Risk Management – Institutional

Los 16 a: Discuss financial risks associated with the portfolio strategy of an institutional investor

Los 16 b: Discuss environmental and social risks associated with the portfolio strategy of an institutional investor

Los 16 c: Analyze and evaluate the financial and non-financial risk exposures in the portfolio strategy of an institutional investor

Los 16 d: Discuss various methods to manage the risks that arise on long term direct investments of an institutional investor

Los 16 e: Evaluate strengths and weaknesses of an enterprise risk management system and recommend improvements

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