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Kaplan, Inc. is a for-profit corporation headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and founded in 1938 by Stanley Kaplan.

Kaplan provides higher education programs, professional training courses, test preparation materials and other services for various levels of education.

It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company, formerly known as The Washington Post Company.

Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) (pronounced "KAI-ah") is a professional designation offered by the CAIA Association to investment professionals who complete a course of study and pass two examinations.

The "alternative investments" industry is characterized as dealing with asset classes and investments other than standard equity or fixed income products.

Alternative investments can include hedge funds, private equity, real assets, commodities, and structured products.

The CAIA curriculum is designed to provide finance professionals with a broad base of knowledge in alternative investments.

Financial risk management is the practice of economic value in a firm by using financial instruments to manage exposure to risk, Operational risk, credit risk and market risk.

Other types include Foreign exchange risk, Shape risk, Volatility risk, Liquidity risk, Inflation risk, Business risk, Legal risk, Reputational risk, Sector risk etc.

Similar to general risk management, financial risk management requires identifying its sources, measuring it, and plans to address them.

Test preparation (abbreviated test prep) or exam preparation is an educational course, tutoring service, educational material, or a learning tool designed to increase students' performance on standardized tests.

Examples of these tests include entrance examinations used for admissions to institutions of higher education, such as college (e.g. the SAT and ACT), business school (the GMAT), law school (the LSAT or LNAT), medical school (the MCAT), BMAT, UKCAT and GAMSAT and graduate school (the GRE) and qualifying examinations for admission to gifted education programs.

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program is a professional credential offered internationally by the American-based CFA Institute (formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research, or AIMR) to investment and financial professionals.

A candidate who successfully completes the program and meets other professional requirements is awarded the "CFA charter" and becomes a "CFA charterholder".

As of July 2014, there are approximately 120,000 charterholders in 35 countries.

The top employers of CFA Charterholders globally are UBS, JP Morgan, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and BlackRock.