الوحدة 1: Wealth Management and the Financial Services Sector 10% من وزن المنهج
The purpose, participants, services, regulation and professional context of wealth management.
- • Financial-services structure
- • Wealth-management services
- • Professional and regulatory context
الوحدة 2: Macro-Economic Environment 11.25% من وزن المنهج
Growth, inflation, employment, policy, economic cycles and the international environment affecting investments.
- • Economic indicators
- • Monetary and fiscal policy
- • Economic and market cycles
الوحدة 3: Cash, Money Markets and the Foreign Exchange Market 10% من وزن المنهج
Cash instruments, short-term markets, interest rates, currencies and foreign-exchange risk.
- • Cash and deposits
- • Money-market instruments
- • Foreign exchange
الوحدة 4: Fixed-Income Securities 20% من وزن المنهج
Bond structures, pricing, yields, credit, duration, risks and the role of fixed income in portfolios.
- • Bond features and markets
- • Price and yield
- • Credit and interest-rate risk
الوحدة 5: Equities 15% من وزن المنهج
Equity characteristics, markets, company analysis, valuation, returns and risks.
- • Equity markets
- • Financial and company analysis
- • Equity valuation
الوحدة 6: Real Estate and Alternative Investments 16.25% من وزن المنهج
Direct and indirect property, commodities, private markets, hedge funds and other alternatives.
- • Real estate
- • Private equity and hedge funds
- • Commodities and alternatives
الوحدة 7: Derivatives 10% من وزن المنهج
Forwards, futures, options, swaps and their uses in investment and risk management.
- • Derivative markets
- • Futures and options
- • Swaps and risk management
الوحدة 8: Settlement and Safe Custody 7.5% من وزن المنهج
Trade settlement, custody, ownership records, corporate actions and operational risks.
- • Settlement process
- • Custody and registration
- • Corporate actions and controls