EFPA EFA - independent subject foundations study materials
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EFPA EFA - independent subject foundations study plan

EFPA EFA - independent subject foundations · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 5 hours per week

Week 1

Goals, cash flow, insurance and lifecycle planning

  • Review Goals, cash flow, insurance and lifecycle planning using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Goals, cash flow, insurance and lifecycle planning, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 2

Investment instruments, portfolios and measured performance

  • Review Investment instruments, portfolios and measured performance using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Investment instruments, portfolios and measured performance, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 3

Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models

  • Review Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 4

Futures, options, swaps and conditional hedging models

  • Review Futures, options, swaps and conditional hedging models using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Futures, options, swaps and conditional hedging models, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 5

Risk transfer, policy analysis, underwriting and claims

  • Review Risk transfer, policy analysis, underwriting and claims using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Risk transfer, policy analysis, underwriting and claims, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 6

National accounts, money and fiscal reasoning

  • Review National accounts, money and fiscal reasoning using the mapped guide and reference terms.

  • Attempt relevant questions before reading answers and explain the distinction or calculation.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for National accounts, money and fiscal reasoning, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 7

Goals, cash flow, insurance and lifecycle planning & Investment instruments, portfolios and measured performance & Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models & Futures, options, swaps and conditional hedging models & Risk transfer, policy analysis, underwriting and claims & National accounts, money and fiscal reasoning & Market, credit, liquidity and model-risk reasoning

  • Apply the cases before reading model responses.

  • Retest recurring errors with a mixed set and compare preparation with the actual syllabus.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Goals, cash flow, insurance and lifecycle planning, Investment instruments, portfolios and measured performance, Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models, Futures, options, swaps and conditional hedging models, Risk transfer, policy analysis, underwriting and claims, National accounts, money and fiscal reasoning, Market, credit, liquidity and model-risk reasoning, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Week 8

Goals, cash flow, insurance and lifecycle planning & Investment instruments, portfolios and measured performance & Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models & Futures, options, swaps and conditional hedging models & Risk transfer, policy analysis, underwriting and claims & National accounts, money and fiscal reasoning & Market, credit, liquidity and model-risk reasoning

  • Apply the cases before reading model responses.

  • Retest recurring errors with a mixed set and compare preparation with the actual syllabus.

Your checkpoint

A checked study log for Goals, cash flow, insurance and lifecycle planning, Investment instruments, portfolios and measured performance, Financial appraisal, financing and conditional valuation models, Futures, options, swaps and conditional hedging models, Risk transfer, policy analysis, underwriting and claims, National accounts, money and fiscal reasoning, Market, credit, liquidity and model-risk reasoning, with supporting reasoning and unresolved questions.

Milestones

Week 2: Explain the principal concepts using evidence rather than memorized option positions.

Week 5: Apply subject concepts to cases and identify assumptions and limits.

Week 8: Review mixed performance and the exact current qualification requirements.