ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to thank the many individuals who played important roles in producing this book.
The standards and orientation of the second edition are a continuation of those set for the first edition. Robert R. Johnson, CFA, former senior managing director of CFA Institute, supported the creation of custom curriculum readings in this area and their revision. Dennis W. McLeavey, CFA, initiated the project during his term as head of Curriculum Development. Christopher B. Wiese, CFA, oversaw final organization, writing, and editing of the first edition for the CFA curriculum.
First edition manuscript reviewers were Jean-Francois Bureau, CFA, Sean D. Carr, Rosita P. Chang, CFA, Jacques R. Gagné, CFA, Gene C. Lai, Asjeet S. Lamba, CFA, Piman Limpaphayom, CFA, and Zhiyi Song, CFA. Chapter authors Pamela P. Drake, CFA, and John D. Stowe, CFA, provided notable assistance at critical junctures. We thank all of the above for their excellent and detailed work.
For this second edition, Gregory Noronha, CFA, was added to the author lineup. Second edition manuscript reviewers were Evan Ashcraft, CFA, David K. Chan, CFA, Lee Dunham, CFA, Philip Fanara, CFA, Usman Hayat, CFA, William Jacobson, CFA, Frank Laatsch, CFA, Murli Rajan, CFA, Knut Reinertz, CFA, Sanjiv Sabherwal, Sandeep Singh, CFA, Frank Smudde, CFA, and Peter Stimes, CFA. Jerald E. Pinto, CFA, director, Curriculum Projects, had primary responsibility for the delivery of the revised chapters.
