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Chapter 1: Ethical and Professional Standards

Chapter 1: Ethical and Professional Standards explains the core concepts, key definitions, and practical implications you need for solid analysis. It highlights common pitfalls and the intuition behind the methods so the results are interpreted correctly.

In this section

  • Ethics and Trust in the Investment Profession
    Ethics and Trust in the Investment Profession: Explains The Importance of Ethics in Finance and Trust: The Glue of Investment Markets with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct
    Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct: Explains Why Ethics Matters and Inside the CFA Institute Code of Ethics with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Guidance for Standards I–VII
    Guidance for Standards I–VII: Exam-style multiple-choice practice with detailed explanations to reinforce key definitions, decision steps, and common traps for CFA Level 1.
  • Introduction to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)
    Introduction to the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS): Explains Background and Purpose and Key Principles of GIPS with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Ethics Application
    Ethics Application: Exam-style multiple-choice practice with detailed explanations to reinforce key definitions, decision steps, and common traps for CFA Level 1.

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Chapter 2: Quantitative Methods