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Alternative Investments: CAIA Level II is designed as the primary reading resource for the Level II exam of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association's Charter program. To ensure that the material best reflects up-to-date practices in the area of alternative investments, the CAIA Association invited a group of leading industry professionals and academics to contribute to the production of this book. While some of them helped directly by writing some of the chapters of this book, others provided valuable input as members of our advisory board. Without their immense talent and dedication, this book would not have been completed.
Since its inception in 2002, the CAIA Association has strived to be the leader in alternative investment education worldwide and to be the catalyst for the best education in the field wherever it lies. The CAIA program was established with the help of a core group of faculty and industry experts who were associated with the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) at the Isenberg School of Management and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). From the beginning, the CAIA Association recognized that a meaningful portion of its curriculum must be devoted to codes of conduct and ethical behavior in the investment profession. To this end, with the permission and cooperation of the CFA Institute, we have incorporated its Code of Ethics and its Standards of Practice Handbook into our curriculum. Further, we have leveraged the experience and contributions of our members and other alternative investment professionals who serve on our board and committees to create and update the CAIA Association program's curriculum and its associated readings.
