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      Preface

      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.

      The quality, rigor, and relevance of our curriculum readings derive from the ideals upon which the CAIA Association was based. The CAIA program offered its first Level I examination in February 2003. Our first class consisted of 43 dedicated investment professionals who passed the Levels I and II exams and met the other requirements of membership. Many of these founding members were instrumental in establishing the CAIA designation as the global mark of excellence in alternative investment education. Through their support and with the help of the founding cosponsors – the AIMA and the CISDM – the CAIA Association is now firmly established as the most comprehensive and credible designation in the rapidly growing sphere of alternative investments.

      The AIMA is the hedge fund industry's global, not-for-profit trade association, with more than 1,500 corporate members worldwide. Members include leading hedge fund managers, fund of hedge funds managers, prime brokers, legal and accounting services, and fund administrators, all of whom benefit from the AIMA's active influence in policy development; its leadership in industry initiatives, including education and sound practice manuals; and its excellent reputation with regulators.

      The CISDM of the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst seeks to enhance the understanding of the field of alternative investments through research, education, and networking opportunities for member donors, industry professionals, and academics.

      The CAIA Association has experienced rapid growth in its membership over the past 14 years. It is now a truly global professional organization, with more than 8,000 members in over 80 countries.We strive to stay nimble in our process so that the curriculum remains relevant and keeps pace with the constant changes in this dynamic industry.

      Although the CAIA Association's origins are largely based in the efforts of professionals in the hedge fund and managed futures space, these founders correctly identified a void in the wider understanding of alternative investments as a whole. From the beginning, the CAIA curriculum has also covered private equity, commodities, and real assets, always with an eye toward shifts in the industry. Today, several hundred CAIA members identify their main area of expertise as real estate or private equity, and several hundred more are from family offices, pension funds, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds that allocate across multiple classes within the alternative investment industry. To ensure benefit to the widest spectrum of members, we have developed curriculum subcommittees that represent each area of coverage within the curriculum. Alternative investment areas and products share some

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