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Code of Ethics
Standards of Professional Conduct
GIPS
Application

About this course

The CFA Level 1 exam is the gateway to one of the most respected credentials in finance — and it's notoriously broad. This course is built for the way the exam is actually written: a relentless stream of multiple-choice questions that test conceptual clarity, formula fluency, and the ability to apply ideas under time pressure.

What you'll learn

  • Ethical and Professional Standards — Code of Ethics, Standards of Professional Conduct, GIPS, and applications
  • Quantitative Methods — time value of money, probability, statistics, hypothesis testing
  • Economics — micro, macro, international trade, and currency exchange rates
  • Financial Reporting and Analysis — income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, ratio analysis, inventories, long-lived assets, taxes
  • Corporate Issuers — capital budgeting, cost of capital, working capital, corporate governance
  • Equity Investments — markets, indexes, valuation models, industry analysis
  • Fixed Income — bond features, yield measures, term structure, credit analysis, securitized products
  • Derivatives — forwards, futures, options, swaps, and basic pricing
  • Alternative Investments — real estate, private equity, hedge funds, commodities, infrastructure
  • Portfolio Management — risk and return, modern portfolio theory, IPS basics

How it works

Each topic is broken into focused sub-topics and reinforced with carefully curated multiple-choice questions written in the style of the actual exam. You build conceptual understanding, formula recall, and exam-time judgement in parallel — exactly what Level 1 demands.

Who this is for

Candidates preparing for the CFA Level 1 exam, finance and commerce students looking for rigorous practice, and working professionals transitioning into investment management, equity research, or asset management roles.

Learning Series

CFA Preparation

The complete CFA Program track on Abekus - Level 1 foundations across all ten topic areas, Level 2 valuation and financial reporting depth, and Level 3 portfolio management, behavioural finance and the Investment Policy Statement. MCQ practice with an explanation after every answer, designed as a progression: each level assumes the one before it.

3 courses·1,961 practice MCQs·73h of content

What learners say

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Megha J.

The Ethics section alone is worth it. Realistic scenarios that force you to apply the Standards instead of memorizing them — a huge confidence boost going into the exam.

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Sneha K.

Cleared Level 1 on the first attempt. The Fixed Income and Derivatives sections here were sharper than most paid mock packs I tried.

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Rahul D.

Used this alongside the official curriculum for my Level 1 prep. The Ethics and FRA questions were brutal in the best way — exactly the kind of traps the real exam sets.

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