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Education in alternatives industry never ends, says CAIA's Craig Asche

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

From Sagar Chakraverty, Opalesque Asia:

"I like to think of it [the CAIA program] as being able to see the forest through the trees. We have so much focus on specialization these days and people become so narrowly focused in terms of their expertise. It is essential because they need to know so much in their area but sometimes what is lost in that process is the ability to step back and see the whole picture? I think you've got a much better chance of understanding what is going on around if you have gone through a program like the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) program."

This is what Craig Asche, executive director of the CAIA program, the global association of alternative investment analysts, shared with Opalesque's founder Matthias Knab in a recent video interview (here).

CAIA program spreading globally as continuous education is a necessity The CAIA program is fast expanding all over, currently having chapters in different locations such as Switzerland, New York, London, Singapore, Iberia, Canada, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, and Hong Kong. The growth of such a program is fuelled by continuous realization from various participants of the alternatives industry that they need to understand the rapid changes, and know how to position for those changes.

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