Eight Readings Removed

Question

Saw this post in AF and thought I'd re-post here. Basically the Level 3 curriculum is a little different than last year's. Here are the changes to the readings:

Study Session 4

Replaced “Low-Basis Stock Integrated Wealth Management: The New Direction for Portfolio
Managers, by Jean L. P. Brunel, CFA”

with

“Concentrated Single Asset Positions by Thomas J. Boczar, CFA, and Nischal R. Pai, CFA”

Study Session 5

Eliminated “Allocating Shareholder Capital to Pension Plans, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance”

Study Session 7

Eliminated “Dreaming With BRICs: The Path to 2050, Global Economics Paper Number 99, by Dominic Wilson and Roopa Purushothaman”

Study Session 8

Eliminated “The Case for International Diversification Global Investments, Sixth Edition, by Bruno Solnik and Dennis McLeavey, CFA”

Study Session 10

Eliminated “Hedging Mortgage Securities to Capture Relative Value, Fixed Income Readings for the Chartered Financial Analyst® Program, Second Edition, Frank J. Fabozzi, CFA, editor”

Study Session 12

Eliminated “Emerging Markets Finance, by Geert Bekaert and Campbell R. Harvey
Journal of Empirical Finance, Volume 10, Issue 5”

Study Session 13

Eliminated “Swaps, Derivatives Markets, Second Edition, by Robert L. McDonald”

and

“Commodity Forwards and Futures, Derivatives Markets, Second Edition, by Robert L. McDonald”

Study Session 17

Eliminated “Global Performance Evaluation, Global Investments, Sixth Edition, by Bruno Solnik and Dennis McLeavey, CFA”

comicbookguy · Answer

No more dreaming with BRICs?! :(

That was such an outdated reading to begin with!

I did well in Swaps but not in Commodities. So I'm still not sure how I feel about the changes. Overall I doubt it will affect the outcome much.

Zee Tan · Answer

The full changes can be found on this pdf: http://www.passingscorefinance.com/LOS/2012-2013/cfa_loschanges3.pdf