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Changes in the CFA Level I Curriculum from 2013 to 2014.

For the year 2014, the CFA Program curriculum for CFA Level I has seen minimal changes
from 2013.

Ethics, Quantitative Methods, Economics, Financial Reporting and Analysis,
Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, Equity are pretty much exactly the same in
2014 as they were for 2013.
All the Fixed Income Readings (aside from one Reading, Fundamentals of Credit
Analysis) have been replaced with 4 completely new Readings.
One Derivatives Reading, Derivatives Markets and Instruments, has been revised.
One Alternative Investments Reading, Investing in Commodities, has been deleted.


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Changes in the CFA Level II Curriculum from 2013 to 2014

For the year 2014, the CFA Program curriculum for CFA Level II has seen pretty significant
changes from 2013.

Ethics, Quantitative Methods, Economics and Corporate Finance are pretty much
exactly the same in 2014 as they were for 2013.
Three of the Financial Reporting and Analysis Readings, Inter-Corporate
Investments, Multinational Operations and The Lessons we Learned, have been
revised/updated.
Two new Readings, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy and Industry and Company
Analysis, have been added in the Equity Section.
One new Reading, A Primer on Commodity Investing, has been added to the
Alternative Investments Section
One Fixed Income Reading, General Principles of Credit Analysis, has been
deleted. A new Reading, Credit Analysis Models, has been introduced.
One Derivatives Reading, Credit Derivatives has been deleted. A new Reading,
Credit Default Swaps, has been introduced.
One Portfolio Management Reading, The Theory of Active Portfolio Management
has been deleted. Two new Readings, Residual Risk and Return: The Information
Ratio and The Fundamental Law of Active Management has been introduced.

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experienced for yourself how our study products are better than any others in the market,
choose one of our study packages and join us. Note that the UltimatePlus Prep Package
comes with our new Were with you until you pass policy where you are entitled to
unlimited content updates and repeats until you pass. All re-takers (even those who have
never used Elan Guides before) are eligible for a 40% discount on all our study packages, and
there are also discounts for full-time students. Our Early Bird pricing is available until
August 31. Prices for all products and packages will be raised on August 31 so get your order
in now.

We look forward to working with you.

Regards,

Basit I Shajani, CFA
CEO and Content Head