Standard VI(C) – Referral Fees
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Los 1(a): Describe the roles of equities in the overall portfolio
Los 1(b): Describe how an equity manager’s investment universe can be segmented
Los 1(e): Describe rationales for equity investment across the active management spectrum
LOS 1(f): Discuss considerations in choosing a benchmark for an equity portfolio
Los 2(d): Describe and interpret a model for fixed-income returns
Los 2(g): Describe liability-driven investing
Los 2(h): Describe the strategy of cash flow matching
Los 3(a): Explain the roles that alternative investments play in multi-asset portfolios
Los 3(e): Discuss suitability considerations in allocating to alternative investments
Los 3(f): Discuss approaches to asset allocation to alternative investments
Los 3(g): Discuss the importance of liquidity planning in allocating to alternative investments
Los 3(h): Discuss considerations in monitoring alternative investment programs
Los 5(a): Discuss common characteristics of institutional investors as a group
Los 5(b): Discuss investment policy of institutional investors
Los 5(f): Evaluate the investment policy statement of an institutional investor
Los 5(i): Describe considerations affecting the balance sheet management of banks and insurers
Los 6(a): Explain the components of execution costs, including explicit and implicit costs
Los 6(b): Calculate and interpret effective spreads and VWAP transaction cost estimates
Los 6(c): Describe the implementation shortfall approach to transaction cost measurement
Los 6(d): Describe factors driving the development of electronic trading systems
Los 6(e): Describe market fragmentation
Los 6(f): Distinguish among types of electronic traders
Los 6(g): Describe characteristics and uses of electronic trading systems
Los 6(h): Describes the comparative advantages of low-latency traders
Los 6(i): Describe the risks associated with electronic trading and how regulators mitigate them
Los 6(j): Describes abusive trading practices that real-time surveillance of markets may detect