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CFA Level 1 Ethics: Our Cheat Sheet

Sophie Macon

9 Apr 2025

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2025’s curriculum. If mastered, Ethics can be the ace up your sleeve throughout your CFA exam journey, given its relative high topic-weight yet similar content across all 3 levels. That said, Ethics can be really dry to read through at times... we know, as we have gone through them ourselves. That's why we’ve created this CFA Level 1 Ethics Cheat Sheet to help speed up your revision of this section. ☕ Our Cheat ...

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CAIA Exam: What Is Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst?

Sophie Macon

9 Apr 2025

CAIA

The demand for alternative investments is expected to rise. According to Blackrock, their institutional clients currently allocate an average of 25% of their portfolios towards alternatives, which is expected to rise to between 30-40%, whereas ...

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CFA Level 1 Portfolio Management: Our Cheat Sheet

Sophie Macon

9 Apr 2025

CFA, CFA Level 1

Note: this cheat sheet is updated for the latest 2025’s curriculum. It is probably no surprise that portfolio management is the most popular career current CFA candidates are interested in exploring further. Portfolio management is ...

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CAIA Stackable Program: Level 1 Exemption for CFA Charterholders

Zee Tan

8 Apr 2025

CAIA

If you're considering alternative courses like CAIA after CFA exams, you're in luck. CAIA Association - the leader in the alternative investment education space - has some updates on its CAIA Stackable Credential Program, ...

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How To Pass CFA Level 1 in First Attempt

Imran Dean

7 Apr 2025

CFA, How To Study

As a CFA exam candidate, I've achieved the holy grail: I’m lucky enough as a candidate to have passed my CFA exams the first times I attempted them. As more than half of Level ...

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CFA Charterholders: Why Top Firms Prefer Hiring Them

Zee Tan

6 Apr 2025

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 3

Interviewing for a new job, targeting a promotion, or looking to progress your career? Top tier firms know that the CFA Program produces results. ​For your next career move, here’s a primer with all the ...

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What To Do When You Lose Your Job: A Helpful Checklist

Zee Tan

5 Apr 2025

Career Advice

More than 20 million people lose their jobs in the US alone every year. With bizarre news of mass firing over Zoom calls and recessionary fears, job security has become more unpredictable lately. Losing ...