GAFM-AIM Exam Information and Outline
Accredited Investment Manager (AIM)
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 3, 2026
GAFM-AIM Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
GAFM.
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- Exam Format
- Online multiple-choice certification examination following the GAFM Accredited Certification Training Program (ACTP)
- Investment Management Process
- Investment policy statement
- Client objectives and constraints
- Portfolio Theory
- Risk and return
- Efficient frontier, CAPM and APT
- Asset Classes
- Equities, fixed income, alternatives and real estate
- Asset Allocation
- Strategic and tactical allocation
- Rebalancing
- Security Analysis and Valuation
- Fundamental and technical analysis
- Performance Evaluation
- Sharpe, Treynor, Jensen
- Attribution analysis
- Ethics and Regulation
- Fiduciary duty and compliance