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CFA Level 1 Alternative Investments: Our Cheat Sheet

20 Jun 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2024 and 2025’s curriculum. Whilst a relatively smaller topic weight in the overall Level 1 exams, CFA Alternative Investments is an important topic career-wise if you work in asset management as it is expected to capture 49% of global asset management revenue by 2024. I personally found this topic very interesting - a nice break from the traditional fixed income and equity. It is the perfect topic to master to maximize your exam ...

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Portfolio Management Career Path: Roles, Salaries & Progression

20 Jun 2024

Career Advice

Portfolio managers often have lucrative, challenging and diverse careers. They are not only responsible for institutional investment oversight, but are also frequently able to establish personal relationships with corporate clients.  So if you’re interested ...

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Accounting Career Path: Roles, Salaries, Progression

19 Jun 2024

Career Advice

There are at least 3 million professional accountants around the world. This isn't surprising considering how vital the accounting industry is to our society, from small businesses, large corporations and even governmental organizations. If ...

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How To Be More Disciplined, Instantly

16 Jun 2024

Study Motivation

Today, I want to share one simple yet effective technique on how to be more disciplined in your studies and life, that you can implement right away. It all started a few years ago, ...

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Why Is ESG Important? Which Careers Benefit From It?

16 Jun 2024

ESG

Finance careers can be lucrative and open up a wide range of professional opportunities. However, it is also important to realize that specific sectors such as investments are affected by much more than ...

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4 Solid Ways How Exercising Improves Exam Performance

15 Jun 2024

Study Motivation

I got into exercising a bit more a few years ago. While I’ve now become a lot more sedentary compared to my fitness peak, I still maintain a fairly active lifestyle, if I ...

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How to Be Great at Answering CFA Level 3 Essay Questions

14 Jun 2024

CFA, CFA Level 3

The CFA Level 3 essay questions (constructed response) tends to be many candidates’ Achilles heel, even when they accurately self-grade the essay practice questions during practice. However, there is a quick way to substantially ...