温馨提示:了解最新考纲是一个优秀备考计划的开始,CFA考纲变化的各个知识点是每年考试容易出现的考点。
17年CFA一级考纲总结
1.由2016年4个Reading增至2017年5个Reading;2.Study Session 1中增加一个Reading,Ethics and Trust in the Investment Profession。
READING 1.ETHICS AND TRUST IN THE INVESTMENT PROFESSIONa)explain ethics;
b)describe the role of a code of ethics in defining a profession;c)identify challenges to ethical behavior;d)describe the need for high ethical standards in the investment industry;e)distinguish between ethical and legal standards;f)describe and apply a framework for ethical decision making.
2、Quantitative Methods
无变化
3、Economics
1.由2016年的9个Reading减为2017年7个Reading;2.微观经济学部分的Demand and Supply Analysis中introduction,Consumer Demand及Firm合并为一个Reading 14 Topics in Demand and Supply Analysis。由2016年31个考点减为2017年6个。
READING 14.TOPICS IN DEMAND AND SUPPLY ANALYSISa)calculate and interpret price,income,and cross-price elasticities of demand and describe factors that affect each measure;b)compare substitution and income effects;c)distinguish between normal goods and inferior goods;d)describe the phenomenon of diminishing marginal returns;e)determine and describe breakeven and shutdown points of production;f)describe how economies of scale and diseconomies of scale affect costs.
4、Financial Reporting and Analysis
1.Study Session 8,Reading 24,Income Statement部分,删除对extraordinary items的理解。
5、Corporate Finance
1.Corporate Governance内容变化较大。
READING 34.CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ESG:AN INTRODUCTIONa)describe corporate governance;
b)describe a company’s stakeholder groups and compare interests of stakeholder groups;c)describe principal-agent and other relationships in corporate governance and the conflicts that may arise in these relationships;d)describe stakeholder management;
e)describe mechanisms to manage stakeholder relationships and mitigate associated risks;f)describe functions and responsibilities of a company’s board of directors and its committees;g)describe market and non-market factors that can affect stakeholder relationships and corporate governance;h)identify potential risks of poor corporate governance and stakeholder management and identify benefits from effective corporate governance and stakeholder management;i)describe factors relevant to the analysis of corporate governance and stakeholder management;j)describe environmental and social considerations in investment analysis;k)describe how environmental,social,and governance factors may be used in investment analysis.
6、Portfolio Management
无变化。
7、Equity
无变化。
8、Fixed Income
无变化。
9、Derivatives
无变化。
10、Alternative Investments
无变化。
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17年CFA二级考纲总结
1、经济学
无变化
2、财务报表分析
原2016年Reading 16删除
Inventories:Implications for Financial Statements and Ratios
原2016年Reading 17删除
Long-lived Assets:Implications for Financial Statements and Ratios
3、股权投资
原2016年Reading 31删除
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
原2016年Reading 32删除
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy
4、另类投资
原2016年Reading 42改变
从2016 A Primer on Commodity Investing
改变为2017 Commodities and Commodity Derivatives:An Introduction
以下为2017年新内容
A.compare characteristics of commodity sectors;B.compare the life cycle of commodity sectors from production through trading or consumption;C.contrast the valuation of commodities with the valuation of equities and bonds;D.describe types of participants in commodity futures markets;E.analyze the relationship between spot prices and expected future prices in markets in contango and markets in backwardation;F.compare theories of commodity futures returns;G.describe,calculate,and interpret the components of total return for a fully collateralized commodity futures contract;H.contrast roll return in markets in contango and markets in backwardation;I.describe how commodity swaps are used to obtain or modify exposure to commodities;J.describe how the construction of commodity indexes affects index returns.
5、投资组合
新增2017年
Measuring and Managing Market Risk
Algorithmic trading and high-frequency trading以下为2017年新内容
Measuring and Managing Market Risk
A.explain the use of value at risk(VaR)in measuring portfolio risk;B.compare the parametric(variance-covariance),historical simulation,and Monte Carlo simulation methods for estimating VaR;C.estimate and interpret VaR under the parametric,historical simulation,and Monte Carlo simulation methods;D.describe advantages and limitations of VaR;E.describe extensions of VaR;
F.describe sensitivity risk measures and scenario risk measures and compare these measures to VaR;G.demonstrate how equity,fixed-income,and options exposure measures may be used in measuring and managing market risk and volatility risk;H.describe the use of sensitivity risk measures and scenario risk measures;I.describe advantages and limitations of sensitivity risk measures and scenario risk measures;J.describe risk measures used by banks,asset managers,pension funds,and insurers;K.explain constraints used in managing market risks,including risk budgeting,position limits,scenario limits,and stop-loss limits;L.explain how risk measures may be used in capital allocation decisions.
Algorithmic trading and high-frequency tradingA.define algorithmic trading;
B.distinguish between execution algorithms and high-frequency trading algorithms;C.describe types of execution algorithms and high-frequency trading algorithms;D.describe market fragmentation and its effects on how trades are placed;E.describe the use of technology in risk management and regulatory oversight;F.describe issues and concerns related to the impact of algorithmic and high-frequency trading on securities markets.
6、道德
无变化
7、量化分析
无变化
8、公司金融
无变化
9、固定收益
新增:
READING 39.CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS
The candidate should be able to:
a describe credit default swaps(CDS),single-name and index CDS,and the parameters that define a given CDS product;b describe credit events and settlement protocols with respect to CDS;c explain the principles underlying,and factors that influence,the market’s pricing of CDS;d describe the use of CDS to manage credit exposures and to express views regarding changes in shape and/or level of the credit curve;e describe the use of CDS to take advantage of valuation disparities among separate markets,such as bonds,loans,equities,and equity-linked instruments.
10、衍生品
结构虽然有大的调整,但是核心知识点并未改变,见下面黄色字体标注关键变动:
1.CDS删除,实际移动到固定收益
2.16年考纲提及到的Eurodollar Future,cap and floor,contango and backwardation,FRA
17年CFA三级考纲总结
近几年来CFA三级的考纲内容变化都不大,今年也不例外.
相对于2016年的官方教材,2017年CFA三级官方教材基本没有变化,唯一的变动来自私人财富管理中的Reading12部分.
协会对此章节的全部内容进行了重写,不过其考察的主体知识点基本没有变化.
一、新增部分(2017年三级考纲新增1个章节)
1.2017年三级考纲中唯一变化的是Private Wealth Management(2)部分新增加了Reading 12 Risk Management for Individuals
二、删除部分(2017年三级考纲中删除了1个章节)
1.2017年三级考纲中的Private Wealth Management(2)部分删除了2016年考纲中的Reading 12 Lifetime Financial Advice:Human Capital,Asset Allocation,and Insurance
三、参考书变动部分:
1.Trading,Monitoring,and Rebalancing中,2016年的Reading 29 Execution of Portfolio Decisions by Ananth Madhavan,Jack L.Treynor,and Wayne H.Wagner在2017年变成了Reading 29 Execution of Portfolio Decisions by Ananth Madhavan,PhD,Jack L.Treynor,MBA,and Wayne H.Wagner,PhD,(Ananth Madhavan增加了一个博士学位,Jack L.Treynor增加了一个MBA学位)