CFA Level 1: Alternative Investments
A comprehensive standalone course covering the full CFA Institute Level 1 Alternative Investments curriculum. Structured around the seven official learning modules — alternative investment features, methods, and structures; performance and returns; private capital (equity and debt); real estate and infrastructure; natural resources; hedge funds; and digital assets — the course builds from the structural foundations of alternative investing to asset-class-specific analysis. Each chapter combines conceptual frameworks with step-by-step BA II Plus calculator walkthroughs for the quantitative material: management and incentive fee calculations, carried interest waterfalls, MOIC and IRR, leveraged real estate returns, cap rate valuation, hedge fund fee structures with hurdle rates and high-water marks, and commodity futures return decomposition. The course closes with a full 30-question mock exam in authentic Level 1 format with worked solutions and per-module score diagnosis.
- Level: intermediate
- Duration: 12 weeks
- 9 sections
- Price: $20
Topics: CFA Level 1 alternative investments, private equity, private capital, venture capital, leveraged buyout, hedge funds, real estate investing, REITs, infrastructure investment, natural resources, commodities, digital assets, cryptocurrency, carried interest, high-water mark, fee structures, MOIC and IRR, BA II Plus calculator
What's inside
- CFA Level 1: Alternative Investments
- Chapter 1: Alternative Investment Features, Methods, and Structures
- Chapter 2: Alternative Investment Performance and Returns
- Chapter 3: Investments in Private Capital — Equity and Debt
- Chapter 4: Real Estate and Infrastructure
- Chapter 5: Natural Resources: Commodities, Timberland, and Farmland
- Chapter 6: Hedge Funds: Strategies, Structures, and Returns
- Chapter 7: Introduction to Digital Assets
- Chapter 8: Mock Exam — CFA Level 1 Alternative Investments