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By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:

The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) is ten years old this year. Founded by the Alternative Investment Management Association and the Centre for International Securities and Derivatives Markets, the aims of the association were to establish the CAIA designation as the benchmark for alternative investment education worldwide; promote professional development through continuing education, innovative research and thought leadership; advocate high standards of professional ethics and to connect industry professionals globally.

On this the Association’s tenth birthday, there is substantial evidence of its phenomenal growth with more than 5,400 CAIA charter holders worldwide, compared with the founding 43.

Despite the financial crisis that has rocked the investment industry, and perhaps the alternative investment industry more than most, CAIA reports that enthusiasm for the CAIA program and its comprehensive curriculum continues to be strong. Writing in the CAIA newsletter, Caroline Bault, managing director of global business development reports that exam registration numbers show sustained double digit growth which she says firmly establishes the CAIA Charter as 'one of the most important credentials in the finance industry’.

The organisation has also spread its wings internationally over the past ten years with the launch of 15 active chapters from the West Coast of the USA to Singapore and Hong Kon......................

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