CFA® L3 — Alternative Investments Portfolio Management
Allocating to PE, hedge funds, real assets — sizing, risk, illiquidity premium, and the realities of due diligence at a portfolio level.
Quick info
- Layer
- Professional Certifications
- Track
- CFA® Level 3
- Estimated hours
- 25 hrs
- Chapters
- 1
- Exam body
- CFA Institute
- Cost on Trustner
- Free
Every chapter below has Foundation, Deep Dive, and Advanced material — read in any order, expand each chapter to see the full content.
About this course
CFA L3 Alternatives in portfolio context: due diligence, manager selection, sizing alternatives in total portfolio. ~5% weight.
Who this is for
- CFA L3 candidates.
- Allocators sizing alternatives.
- Endowment/foundation CIOs.
What you'll learn
- Due diligence framework — investment, operational
- Hedge fund manager selection
- PE pacing model
- Real assets in portfolio context
Course material — 1 chapters
Each chapter offers three tiers — Foundation for the core concept, Deep Dive for worked examples and practitioner depth, and Advanced for edge cases and exam tips. Click any chapter to expand.
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CFA® L3 — Asset Allocation
Strategic and tactical asset allocation, capital-market expectations, the IPS, currency management. Heavy in the L3 essay paper.
CFA® L3 — Portfolio Construction
Active vs passive choice, factor investing, manager selection, ETF use, taxes, and the mechanics of building and rebalancing a real portfolio.
CFA® L3 — Performance Measurement
Attribution, benchmarking, risk-adjusted returns, the GIPS Standards. Measuring what a manager actually delivered.
CFA® L3 — Derivatives & Risk Management
Hedging equity, currency, and rate risk; managing portfolios with futures, options, and swaps; tail-risk hedging strategies.