Chartered Financial Analyst®

CFA® Level 1

JUNE 2020

EXAMS

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COURSE STRUCTURE

CFA® LEVEL 1 EXAM PREPARATION, FOR THE JUNE 2020 EXAM SITTING, COURSES WILL BE ORGANIZED IN TWO PHASES: PHASE 1 – THE INTERIM PHASE SYLLABUS AND EXAM TECHNIQUE • PRIMARY AIM WILL BE TO COVER THE SYLLABUS AS WELL AS EXPLAIN AND APPLY THROUGH QUESTIONS THE EXAM TECHNIQUE

REQUIRED TO EXCEL IN THE CFA® LEVEL 1 EXAMS. PHASE 2 – THE REVISION PHASE PAST EXAM QUESTIONS • PRIMARY AIM WILL BE TO CONCENTRATE ON PRACTICING PAST EXAM QUESTIONS BY APPLYING KNOWLEDGE, EXAM TECHNIQUE

AND CRITICAL THINKING.

LECTURING TEAM

INDEX of CFA® - Level 1 modules Lecturer

Ethics and Professional Standards Fotis Demetriou

Investment Tools

Financial Reporting and Analysis Fotis Demetriou

Corporate Finance Stelios Petrides

Economics Kypros Neocleous

Quantitative Methods Fotis Demetriou

Asset Classes

Alternative Investments Stelios Petrides

Equity Investments Stelios Petrides

Derivatives Stelios Petrides

Fixed Income Stelios Petrides

Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning Stelios Petrides

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TUITION LEVEL 1 LECTURERS PROFILE

MR FOTIS DEMETRIOU

FOTIS DEMETRIOU IS A FULL TIME BANKER WITH 17 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN TWO BANKS IN CYPRUS, BOTH AT RETAIL AND

CORPORATE BANKING.

HE HAS AN UNDERGRADUATE AND A POSTGRADUATE ACADEMIC BACKGROUND IN ACCOUNTING, FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BAKING AND HE IS A CFA® CHARTERHOLDER.

FOTIS IS AN EXPERIENCED TUTOR IN THE AREAS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND BANKING AND HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN

DELIVERING CFA LEVEL 1 MODULES FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS WITH EXCELLENT FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS.

MR KYPROS NEOCLEOUS

KYPROS IS AN EXPERIENCED INVESTMENT ANALYST AND PORTFOLIO MANAGER WITH SOUND KNOWLEDGE IN RESEARCH

AND ANALYSIS, WITH STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF INVESTMENT MARKETS AND EXPERIENCED IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. WITH TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY, KYPROS NEOCLEOUS HAS GONE THROUGH VARIOUS POSITIONS

IN DIFFERENT INVESTMENT FIRMS WHERE HE SERVED AS A TRADER, AS AN INVESTMENT ANALYST, DEPUTY HEAD OF

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT & INVESTMENT ADVICE AND CURRENTLY, AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD MEMBER AND

MEMBER OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE IN A FUND MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

KYPROS GRADUATED FROM NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, UK IN 2008 WITH A MSC IN BANKING AND FINANCE AND HOLDS A

BSC IN STATISTICS AND INSURANCE SCIENCE FROM UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS. HE IS ALSO A CFA CHARTERHOLDER AND

CERTIFIED WITH THE ADVANCED CERTIFICATE FROM CYPRUS SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION."

MR STELIOS PETRIDES

STELIOS IS CURRENTLY THE FUND MANAGER OF ANCORIA INSURANCE IN CYPRUS. PRIOR TO JOINING ANCORIA, STELIOS

WORKED FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF CYPRUS DEVELOPMENT BANK AND AS DERIVATIVES TRADER AT ALL

OPTIONS IN AMSTERDAM. SINCE 2016, STELIOS HAS BEEN TEACHING THE AREAS OF CORPORATE FINANCE, EQUITY

INVESTMENTS, FIXED INCOME, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS AT

GLOBALTRAINING’S CFA LEVEL 1 EXAM PREP COURSES. HE HOLDS A BSC IN INFORMATICS FROM ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS AND A MSC IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MAASTRICHT. STELIOS IS A

CFA CHARTERHOLDER.

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PARTICIPANT PROFILE ANALYSTS (EQUITY & FIXED INCOME), ACCOUNTANTS / AUDITORS, INVESTMENT BANKERS, INVESTMENT FIRM

MANAGERS, PORTFOLIO MANAGERS, TRADER / SECURITIES, SALES / MARKETING MANAGERS, INVESTMENT

COUNSELLORS. TO ENROLL FOR THE CFA® PROGRAM, A DELEGATE MUST HAVE A BACHELOR’S DEGREE, BE IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS / HER

BACHELOR'S DEGREE, HAVE FOUR YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE OR A COMBINATION OF WORK & COLLEGE

EXPERIENCE THAT TOTALS AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AND MEET THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT ADMISSION CRITERIA.

THE EXAM THE CFA® OFFICIAL EXAMS ARE SAT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONCE A YEAR IN CYPRUS (JUNE)

STUDY MATERIAL TUITION FEES INCLUDE THE COST OF TEACHING AND LECTURERS’ NOTES. THE KAPLAN SCHWESER NOTES QUESTION

PRACTICE MATERIALS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AS EBOOKS ACCORDINGLY THE KAPLAN SCHWESER STUDY PACK ARE LONG REGARDED AS THE PREMIER STUDY NOTES IN THE MARKET. THE SCHWESER

STUDY NOTES HELP CONDENSE THE PRESCRIBED READINGS AND ALLOW THE DELEGATES TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS MORE

RAPIDLY ALLOWING EXTRA TIME FOR QUESTION PRACTICE. IT ALSO ALLOWS STUDENTS FREE ACCESS TO THE GLOBALTRAINING ONLINE RECORDINGS OF THE COURSES AND TO TUTOR

SUPPORT VIA EMAIL.

FURTHER NOTE, THAT UPON REGISTRATION TO THE CFA ® ASSOCIATION FURTHER COURSE MATERIALS (STUDY MANUAL,

QUESTION BANK) WILL BE ALSO PROVIDED TO STUDENTS. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OBTAIN THE MATERIALS

THEMSELVES, AS THEY WILL NOT BE PROVIDED BY GLOBALTRAINING.

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FEES

STUDENTS HAVE THE OPTION TO REGISTER FOR THE FULL COURSE WHICH INCLUDES BOTH THE INTRO/INTERIM PHASE AND THE

REVISION PHASE, OR FOR THE REVISION PHASE ONLY

THE COURSES ARE DELIVERED BOTH IN CLASS AND ONLINE. ONLINE OPTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL COURSES RELEVANT TO

CFA® LEVEL 1 EXAMINATION PREPARATION. THROUGH THE ONLINE OPTION, THE STUDENTS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO A TEMPORARY

RECORDING IN REGARDS TO THE MODULE ALSO TAUGHT IN CLASS. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED ONLY WITH STUDENTS

THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR BOTH TUITION AND REVISION PHASE (FOR LEVEL 1).

*A SEPARATE MATERIAL FEE WILL APPLY FOR THOSE OPTING THE REVISION FEE ONLY.

TERMS OF PAYMENT THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF PAYMENT APPLY TO ALL STUDENTS.

50% ON ENROLMENT 25% BY THE END OF FEBRUARY 25% BY THE END OF MARCH

NOTE STUDENTS WHO NEED TO VARY THEIR TERMS OF PAYMENT, SHOULD SPEAK TO OUR CREDIT OFFICER, MS IRENE SAVVA.

LECTURE HOURS COURSES WILL BE DELIVERED THROUGH A BLOCK MODE. THE FOLLOWING TIMINGS APPLY, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.

FRIDAYS AFTERNOON (HALF DAY) 18:00 – 22:00

SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS (FULL DAY) 09:00 – 17:00

TEACHING LOCATION CFA® LEVEL 1 COURSES WILL TAKE PLACE AT GLOBALTRAINING NICOSIA CLASSROOMS,

THE ABOVE MENTIONED COURSES WILL RUN IF THERE IS A MINIMUM NUMBER OF 8 STUDENTS.

CFA® Level 1 Qualification

TUITION & REVISION € 1250

REVISION ONLY € 600*

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CONTACT DETAILS

GENERAL 7777 8030 www.globaltraining.org

CAROLINE DAVIDIAN 22 841545 davidian.c@globaltraining.org

MARIA KARKALLY 25 381180 karkally.m@globaltraining.org

VENUE NICOSIA:

46, MAKEDONITISSAS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 24005, 1700 NICOSIA

TEL: +357 22 841 500 FAX: +357 22 357 484

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Chartered Financial Analyst®

CFA® Level 1

June 2020 exam sitting

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Economics EC/ Derivatives

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MOCK EXAM 1

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MOCK EXAM 2 CFA Level 1/2 exam

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INDEX of CFA® - Level 1 modules-tuition Lecturer Course administration Globaltraining

Ethics and Professional Standards Fotis Demetriou Georgia Cottis Director

Investment Tools Caroline Davidian Assistant Manager

Financial Reporting and Analysis Fotis Demetriou Tel: +357 22 841545

Corporate Finance Stelios Petrides Email: davidian.c@globaltraining.org

Economics Kypros Neocleous

Quantitative Methods Fotis Demetriou Important Notes

Asset Classes

Alternative Investments Stelios Petrides

Equity Investments Stelios Petrides

Derivatives Stelios Petrides

Fixed Income Stelios Petrides Teaching hours(REVISION) are as follows:

Thursday - Sunday 9:00-17:00

Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning Stelios Petrides

REVISION KAPLAN lecturer

Location of the courses: these will take place at Nicosia Globaltraining classrooms,

with a live online available option.

2019 timetable

2020 timetable

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Fixed Income

Teaching hours(TUITION) are as follows:

Friday afternoon (half day)

Saturday (full day)

Sunday (full day)

18:00 - 22:00

09:00 - 17:00

09:00 - 17:00

REVISION