Study Notes for CFA® Level III 2025 – Performance Measurement – offered by AnalystPrep

Study Notes for CFA® Level III 2025 – Performance Measurement – offered by AnalystPrep

Learning Module 1 Portfolio Performance Evaluation

Los 1(a): Explain the following components of portfolio evaluation and their interrelationships: performance measurement, performance attribution, and performance appraisal

Los 1(b): Describe attributes of an effective attribution process

Los 1(c): Contrast return attribution and risk attribution; contrast macro and micro return attribution

Los 1(d): Describe returns-based, holdings-based, and transaction-based performance attribution, including advantages and disadvantages of each

Los 1(e): Interpret the sources of portfolio returns using a specified attribution approach

Los 1(f): Interpret the output from fixed-income attribution analyses

Los 1(g): Discuss considerations in selecting a risk attribution approach

Los 1(h): Identify and interpret investment results attributable to the asset owner versus those attributable to the investment manager

Los 1(i): Discuss uses of liability-based benchmarks

Los 1(j): Describe types of asset-based benchmarks

Los 1(k): Discuss tests of benchmark quality

Los 1(l): Describe problems that arise in benchmarking alternative investments

Los 1(m): Describe the impact of benchmark misspecification on attribution and appraisal analysis

Los 1(n): Calculate and interpret the Sortino ratio, the appraisal ratio, upside/downside capture ratios, maximum drawdown, and drawdown duration

Los 1(o): Describe limitations of appraisal measures and related metrics

Los 1(p): Evaluate the skill of an investment manager

Learning Module 2: Investment Manager Selection

Los 2(a): Describe the components of a manager selection process, including due diligence

Los 2(b): Contrast Type I and Type II errors in manager hiring and continuation decisions

Los 2(c): Describe uses of returns-based and holdings-based style analysis in investment manager selection

Los 2(d): Describe uses of the upside capture ratio, downside capture ratio, maximum drawdown, drawdown duration, and up/down capture in evaluating managers

Los 2 (e): Evaluate a manager’s investment philosophy and investment decision-making process

Los 2(f): Evaluate the costs and benefits of pooled investment vehicles and separate accounts

Los 2(g): Compare types of investment manager contracts, including their major provisions and advantages and disadvantages

Los 2(h): Describe the three basic forms of performance-based fees

Los 2(i): Analyze and interpret a sample performance-based fee schedule

Learning Module 3: Overview of Global Investment Performance Standards

Los 3(a): Discuss the objectives and scope of the GIPS standards and their benefits to prospective clients and investors, as well as investment managers

Los 3(b): Discuss requirements of the GIPS standards with respect to return calculation methodologies, including the treatment of external cash flows, cash and cash equivalents, and expenses and fees

Los 3(c): Explain the recommended valuation hierarchy of the GIPS standards

Los 3(d): Explain requirements of the GIPS standards with respect to composite return calculations, including methods for asset-weighting portfolio returns

Los 3(e, f): Composites: Identifying Eligible Portfolios and Establishing Investment Strategies

Los 3(g): Explain requirements of the GIPS standards with respect to composite construction, including switching portfolios among composites, the timing of the inclusion of new portfolios in composites, and the timing of the exclusion of terminated portfolios from composites

Los 3(h): Explain requirements of the GIPS standards with respect to presentation and reporting

Los 3(i): Explain the conditions under which the performance of a past firm or affiliation may be linked to or used to represent the historical performance of a new or acquiring firm

Los 3(j): Discuss the purpose, scope, and process of verification

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