Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Level I Examination Review

Packed with mock tests and quizzes to increase your chances of passing the exam

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Level I Examination Review Brand new course for 2013

22 – 26 September 2013 • Fairmont Hotel, Dubai, UAE

Top Benefits Of Attending This Course:

Who should attend?

• Get a step closer to becoming a CFO by qualifying for CFA charter

• Finance managers

• Learn how to read through the questions and solve them faster

• Equity research analysts

• Gain examination tips and tricks for last minute preparation • Receive a fast track review of the syllabus • Clear all your doubts and get a feel of the examination scenario by participating in the session quizzes and mock tests

• Investment bankers

• Credit research analysts • Investment analysts • Fund associates • Treasury professionals • Accountants • Wealth management professionals

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Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Level I Examination Review 22 – 26 September 2013 • Fairmont Hotel, Dubai, UAE Course Timings: Registration will be at 07:30 on Day One. The course will commence at 08:00 every day and finish at 14:30.There will be breaks for refreshments at approximately 10:30 and 12:30 and lunch will be served at the end of each day’s session

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Course Overview The CFA Level 1 Exam Review Preparatory course is the best way to prepare for the examination. Refresh your memory, clear your doubts, and sharpen you examination skills. The course will provide you a quick recap of the entire material that you have read earlier and will emphasise on the key concept and clear all doubts that you may have. Simulate your examination scenario by joining the practice tests that are spread across the course. If you are serious about your career in finance, you will not want to miss this course.

Pre-requisite: Delegates are expected to read the study material and then attend the intensive review course. This course will focus on clarifying the key concepts, clear specific doubts, and solve mock tests. Delegates will be provided with select reading material and quizzes as they register for the course.

Economics (Continued) • Measuring national income and growth • Business cycles • Monetary and fiscal policy • International trade and capital flows • Currency exchange rates • Mock test Corporate Finance • Capital budgeting • Cost of capital • Leverage • Dividend policy • Working capital management • Corporate governance

Day One

• Mock test

Ethical And Professional Standards • Code of ethics and standards for professional conduct • Global investment professional standards • Mock test

Day Three Financial Reporting And Analysis • Financial reporting standards (IFRS and US GAAP)

Quantitative Methods • Time value of money • Discounted cash flow • Statistical concepts and market returns • Probability concepts • Probability distributions • Sampling and estimation • Hypothesis testing • Technical analysis • Mock test

• Overview of financial statements • Financial reporting quality • Analysis of inventories • Analysis of long-lived assets • Analysis of taxes • Analysis of non-current liabilities • Financial analysis techniques • Red flags and accounting shenanigans • Mock test

Day Four

Economics • Demand and supply analysis - Consumer demand - The firm • The firm and market structures

Portfolio Management • Portfolio risk and return • Basics of portfolio planning and control • Mock test

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Alternative Investments • Types of alternative investments and their characteristics

Meet Your Expert Course Directors

• Investing in commodities

Prof. Arif Ahmed is a Chartered

• Mock test

Accountant and MBA (Finance) and has more than 24 years of experience

Market Organisation, Market Indices And Market Efficiency

under his belt in the area of finance

• Market organisation and structure

and risk management. In addition

• Security market indices

to training, Prof. Ahmed has assisted

• Market efficiency

many organisations to design and implement financial

• Mock test

management and control systems across various industries including media, metals and minerals, logistics, banking,

Equity Investments

engineering, energy, hospitality, paper, etc. He is one of

• Types of equity securities and their characteristics

the most sought after speakers for his inimitable style of

• Equity markets: characteristics, institutions, and benchmarks

blending concepts with application in industry.

• Fundamental analysis (sector, industry, company) • Equity market valuation and return analysis

Prof. Ahmed is the Director of South Asian Management

• Mock test

Technologies Foundation based in India. He has authored books in the area of finance and management.

Day Five Prof. Veena Hingarh is a Chartered Fixed Income

Accountant, Qualified Company

• Features of debt securities

Secretary, and a Certified Information

• Types of risks and their analysis

System Auditor.

• Overview of types of bonds and instruments • Yield spread • Valuation of debt securities

A career rank-holder Prof. Veena focuses on the areas of

• Spot and forward rates

finance and their interface with information technology

• Interest rate risk

as her specialisation. The delegates gain from her insight

• Mock test

into the working of finance and its integration with IT. Prof.

Veena is the Joint Director of South Asian Management Technologies Foundation, India.

Derivatives • Derivative instruments • Forward markets and instruments

Prof. Arif and Prof. Veena have also co-authored two

• Futures markets and instruments

books– Handbook on IFRS and Manual of Information

• Options markets and instruments

System Audit – both being reviewed positively by the

• Swaps markets and instruments

readers.

• Risk management application • Mock test

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