Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the many individuals who played important roles in producing this book. In particular, we owe great thanks to William Kelly, Chief Executive Officer of the CAIA Association, and our committee members:

Curriculum Advisory Council

  • Stephane Amara, CAIA
  • Mark Anson, CAIA
  • Garry Crowder
  • David McCarthy
  • Tom Robinson, CAIA
  • Hilary Till
  • James Tomeo

Hedge Funds, CTAs, and Fund of Hedge Funds Committee

  • Jaeson Dubrovay, CAIA
  • Mark Hutchinson
  • Kathryn Kaminski, CAIA
  • Jim Liew
  • Hamlin Lovell, CAIA
  • Putri Pascualy
  • Mark Wiltshire, CAIA

Real Assets (Real Estate, Commodities, Infrastructure, Intellectual Properties, and Natural Resources) Committee

  • Tom Arnold, CAIA
  • Andrew Baum
  • Georg Inderst
  • Sameer Jain
  • Tom Johnson, CAIA
  • David Lynn
  • George A. Martin
  • Joelle Miffre
  • Richard Spurgin

Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee

  • James Bachman, CAIA
  • Erik Benrud, CAIA
  • Douglas Cumming
  • Ludovic Phalippou
  • Pierre-Yves Mathonet
  • Thomas Meyer
  • Gitanjali M. Swamy

Due Diligence, Risk Management, and Regulation Committee

  • Gordon Barnes, CAIA
  • Michal Crowder
  • Jason Scharfman
  • Christopher Schelling, CAIA
  • Sean Gill, CAIA
  • Tom Kehoe
  • Danny Santiago, CAIA

Asset Allocation, Endowments, Pension Funds, and Sovereign Funds Committee

  • Samuel Gallo, CAIA
  • James T. Gillies, CAIA

Special credit goes to CAIA staff for their valuable contributions in painstakingly bringing the third edition to completion.

CAIA Staff

  • Beth Rochon, Curriculum Project Manager
  • Andrew Dunham, Research and Publications Coordinator ...

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