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CFA LEVEL 1 

 
STUDY SESSION 18 
 
ALTERNATIVE
INVESTMENTS
a
Open- end vs.
Closed- end

NAV
a. Managed investment
companies (mutual funds) Investment
company fees one-time fees
ongoing annual fees

Style

Sector

Index
b. Strategies
Global

Stable Value

Definition mimic an index

In-kind
price
process Advantages
tax

Diversification
74.1.
Exchange traded
Alternative
Investments- Better risk management
Part 1
Composition is known
Advantages
Operating expense ratio

No trading at a discount or premium

Tax

b,c. ETF Dividend

Few indices

Intraday trade
Disadvantages
Inefficient markets

Larger investors

Market risk

Asset class/ sector risk

Trading prices # NAV (depth and liquidity)


Risks
Tracking errors

Derivative risks --> credit risk

Currency and country risks


Outright ownership
a
Leveraged equity position
Types

Mortgages

Aggregation vehicles

Characteristics

d,e,f. Real Cost method


Estate
Investment
Sales
comparison
method
e,f. Approaches to the
valuation of real estate
Income
method

Discounted
after tax cash
flow model

R&D
Seed
stage

Initial marketing
Start-up
Formative financing
stage
74.2. Early
stage
Alternative Commercial production
First stage
Investments- financing
Part 2 Stages Balanced
stage Producing and selling products
Second stage
investing
Expansion Not yet generating income
stage
financing
Later Third stage Major expansion
stage financing

Mezzanine
(bridge IPO
g,h. Venture financing)
capital
investing
Illiquidity

Long term horizon

Difficulty in valuation

Limited data

Characteristics Entrepreneurial /
Management mismatches

Fund Manager incentive mistakes

Timing in the
business cycle

Requirement for extensive


operations analysis

h. NPV of a venture capital project


Absolute return
Limited partnership
Forms a
Limited liability corporation
Offshore corporation

Long/short funds
Classifications Market-neutral funds
Global macro funds
Event- driven funds

Leverage
Illiquidity
Potential for mispricing
k. Counterparty credit risk
i. Hedge Unique risks
Settlement errors
fund
Short covering
Margin calls

Performance

Self-selection bias
Backfilling bias
l. Survivorship bias
Biases
Smoothed pricing
Option-like strategies
Fee structures and gaming

Effect of survivorship bias

74.3. Fund to invest in


Alternative hedge funds
Investments- j. Fund of funds Benefits
Part 3 investing Drawbacks

m. How legal issues affect valuation

m,n. Closely held n. Valuation Cost approach


companies methods
Comparable approach
Income approach

o1. Distressed securities investing

o2. Compare VC with


distressed securities
investing

Role as an investment vehicle


Commodities
Motivation for investing in
Commodities derivatives
p,q,r Commodities Commodity-linked securities
Sources of return on
Collateralized commodity
futures position
a. Relationship Contango a
between spot
prices and
expected future Backwardation
prices

75. Investing Sources of return


In
Commodities b. Commodity Risk
investment
Effect on portfolio

c. Commodity Active investment


index strategy

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