CFA Level 1 Complete Course Fast Track Batch

Complete CFA Level 1 prep under 300 hours

CFA Level 1 Accelerate Batch is SSEI’s self-paced CFA Level 1 course for working professionals, career-switchers, and serious aspirants. Learn through under 300 hours of expert-led recorded lectures, a week-by-week study plan, and weekend live problem-solving workshops.

What you'll learn

• All ten 2027 syllabus topic areas through under 300 hours of expert-taught video
• A week-by-week study roadmap telling you exactly which readings, videos, and practice sets to complete
• Topic pacing calibrated to your chosen exam window
• Live weekend problem-solving on the exact topics the roadmap assigned that week
• Vignette mastery via re-watchable lectures (1.5x Views)

This course includes

• Under 300 hours of expert-taught video — the complete live-batch recordings covering every CFA Institute learning objective and reading
• Week-by-week study roadmap — a clear schedule telling you exactly which readings, videos, and practice sets to complete each week
• Topic pacing guide — calibrated to your chosen exam window (Aug 2026 · Nov 2026 · Feb 2027 · May 2027 · Aug 2027 · Nov 2027)
• Weekend Live Problem-Solving Workshops — every weekend, faculty (Sanjay Sir · Budhaditya · Anurag Sir) works through practice questions on the specific topics the roadmap assigned that week
• Recorded workshop archive — missed a session? Catch the recording later, no penalty
• Self-practice combined book — (questions + answers), shipped in hardcopy
• Audio summaries — for revision on commutes or between meetings
• 100+ weekly and topic-wise mocks — across the curriculum
• 2 Full-Length Mock Tests — practice before the real exam with two complete mock tests.
• 1.5× Views permanent recorded access — You can watch the complete course content for up to one-and-a-half times its total class duration. —1.5x views

Curriculum

Quantitative Methods

• Returns of Financial Assets and Instruments
• Types of Financial Returns
• Benchmarking Returns
• The Time Value of Money in Finance
• Statistical Characteristics of Asset Returns
• Statistical Distributions Financial Asset price and Returns
• Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
• The Return and Risk of a Financial Portfolio
• Simulation of Financial Assets Prices and Returns
• Applications of Simple Linear Regression in Finance
• Introduction to Financial Data Science

Economics

• The Firm and Market Structures
• Understanding Business Cycles
• Fiscal Policy
• Monetary Policy
• Introduction to Geopolitics
• International Trade
• Capital Flows and the FX Markets
• Exchange Rate Calculations

Corporate Finan

• Organizational Forms, Corporate Issuer Features, and Ownership
• Investors and Other Stakeholders
• Corporate Governance: Conflicts, Mechanisms, Risks, and Benefits
• Working Capital and Liquidity
• Capital Investments and Capital Allocation
• Capital Structure
• Business Models

Financial Statement Analysis

• Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis
• Analyzing Income Statements
• Analyzing Balance Sheets
• Analysing Statements of Cash Flows I
• Analysing Statements of Cash Flows II
• Analysis of Inventories
• Analysis of Long Term-Assets
• Analysis of Long-Term Liabilities and Equity
• Analysis of Income Taxes
• Financial Reporting Quality
• Financial Analysis Techniques
• Introduction to Financial Statements Modeling

Equities

• Equity Instrument Features
• Equity Jurisdictions, Classes, and the Voting Process
• Equity Issuance and Trading
• Sources of Equity Valuation
• Introduction to Equity Valuation
• Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Growth Models
• Relative Value Equity Valuation Approaches
• Financial Statement Forecasting in Equity Valuation
• Industry and Competitive Analysis
• Company Analysis: Past, Present, and Future
• Equity Analyst
• The Capital Asset Pricing Model, Market Model and the Other Factor-Based Equity Models

Fixed Income

• Fixed Income Features
• Fixed Income Cash Flows and Types
• Fixed Income Issuance and Trading
• Fixed Income for Corporate Issuers
• Fixed Income for Government Issuers
• Fixed Income Bond Valuation: Prices and Yields
• Yield and Yield Spread Measure for Fixed-Rate Bonds
• Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Floating Rate Note
• The Term Structure of Interest Rates: Spot, Par, and Forward Curves
• Interest Rate Riska and Return
• Yield Based Bond Duration Measures and Properties
• Yield Based Bond Convexity Measures and Portfolio Properties
• Curve Based and Empirical Fixed Income Risk Measures
• Credit Risk
• Credit Analysis for Government Issuers
• Credit Analysis for Corporate Issuers
• Fixed-Income Securitisation
• Asset-Backed Security (ABS) Instrument and Market Features
• Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) Instrument and Market Features

Derivatives

• Derivative Instrument and Derivative Market Features
• Forward commitment and Contingent Claim Features and Instruments
• Derivative Benefits, Risks, Issuer and Investor Uses
• Arbitrage, Replication and the Cost of Carry in Pricing Derivatives
• Pricing and Valuation of Forward Contracts and for and underlying with Varying Maturities
• Pricing and Valuation of Future Contracts
• Pricing and Valuation of Interest Rates and Other Swaps
• Pricing and Valuation of Options
• Option Replication Using Put-Call Parity
• Valuing a Derivative Using a One Period Binominal Model

Alternative Investments

• Alternative Investment, Features, Methods, and Structures
• Alternate Investment Performance and Returns
• Investment in Private Capital: Equity and Debt
• Real Estate and Infrastructure
• Natural resources
• Hedge Funds
• Introduction to Digital Assets

Portfolio Construction

• Portfolio Risk and Return: Part 1
• Portfolio Risk and Return: Part 2
• Portfolio Management: An Overview
• Basics of Portfolio Planning and Construction
• The Behavioural Biases of Individuals
• Introduction To Risk Management

Ethical and Professional Standards

• Ethics and Trust in the Investment in the Investment Profession
• Code of Ethics and the Standards of Professional Conduct
• Guidance for Standard I: Professionalism
• Guidance for Standard II: Integrity of Capital Markets
• Guidance for Standard III: Duties to Clients
• Guidance for Standard IV: Duties for Employers
• Guidance for Standard V: Investment Analysis, Recommendation and Actions
• Guidance for Standard VI: Conflict of Interest
• Guidance for Standard VII: Responsibilities as a CFA Institute Member or CFA Candidate
• Application of the Code and Standards: Level 1

2027 Syllabus Notes

• GIPS is no longer a standalone L1 reading. Market Efficiency and the standalone Security Market Indexes reading have been removed from L1.