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Does Someone know major differences in syllabus of 2013 and 2013
Cfa Level 3 Curriculum
want to know which readings are not there
and if any new reading added
 
People who start studying in Aug/Sept have historically had a pass rate of 10%. you might want to wait son.
 
Study Session 4
Replaced “Low-Basis Stock Integrated Wealth Management: The New Direction for Portfolio
Managers, by Jean L. P. Brunel, CFA”
with
“Concentrated Single Asset Positions by Thomas J. Boczar, CFA, and Nischal R. Pai, CFA”
Study Session 5
Eliminated “Allocating Shareholder Capital to Pension Plans, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance”
Study Session 7
Eliminated “Dreaming With BRICs: The Path to 2050, Global Economics Paper Number 99, by Dominic Wilson and Roopa Purushothaman”
Study Session 8
Eliminated “The Case for International Diversification Global Investments, Sixth Edition, by Bruno Solnik and Dennis McLeavey, CFA”
Study Session 10
Eliminated “Hedging Mortgage Securities to Capture Relative Value, Fixed Income Readings for the Chartered Financial Analyst® Program, Second Edition, Frank J. Fabozzi, CFA, editor”
Study Session 12
Eliminated “Emerging Markets Finance, by Geert Bekaert and Campbell R. Harvey
Journal of Empirical Finance, Volume 10, Issue 5”
Study Session 13
Eliminated “Swaps, Derivatives Markets, Second Edition, by Robert L. McDonald”
and
“Commodity Forwards and Futures, Derivatives Markets, Second Edition, by Robert L. McDonald”
Study Session 17
Eliminated “Global Performance Evaluation, Global Investments, Sixth Edition, by Bruno Solnik and Dennis McLeavey, CFA”
 
You’re lucky if you passed level 2 now cause the L3 curriculum has 8 less readings this year and from what I remember, they’re decent ones to leave out. I’d say this bulk of material adds up to at least a whole study session so all smiles :)
 
Does anyone have an excel with all study session details along with the ones that have been eliminated?
 
mossadiq wrote:
Does anyone have an excel with all study session details along with the ones that have been eliminated?
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I have, tell me an email Id where I can share it.
 
It does make almost a study session. I dont think any of us who wrote the exam in 2013 took atleast 4 readings on this seriously :) (dont know if thats the reason I am having to write 2014 again though )
Allocating Shareholder Capital to Pension Plans, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance - This was actually quite nice reading and sad they are removing it..
 
Looks like with all those missing readings we can get back to like a 60% pass rate. I’m shocked, but glad there is less to review this year.
 
If Chimmers is right, yeah, those were all definitely the weaker readings. Dozens of pages long with only a few major, testable points having been made. Also written in a kind of haphazard way… not in the normal systematic way that its done with for the other readings.
 
i dont start before april 15 :p
m asking this coz if there are major changes i might not give it .. as i will end up in my dads business .. so almost no added advantage for me in monetary terms .. i am 22.5 years now and want to study max till 25 .. thimking bout mba
 
i failed this session L3
but m only 22.5 yrs now so have time
 
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